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Public Safqyl City Hall Project <br /> <br />Public Information on the Public Safety Facility (continued) <br /> <br />Another issue to discuss and present to the public is why the public safety building is <br />6.76(+) million dollars. The discussion needs to center on the fact that this is a bare <br />minimum for the facility and does not include any "luxuries or extras." This facility <br />includes the following: <br /> <br />1. Fire truck garage/apparatus room for 6 fire trucks. <br />2. 3,000 sq ft of office space and meeting room space for the fire department. <br />3. 2,000 sq ft for the emergency operations center, which will be in the <br /> basement <br />4. A two level (plus a basement) 32,600 sq ft police facility, which includes: <br /> a. only 8 garage stalls for police vehicles <br /> b. gun range for fire arm training (total cost of $380,000) <br /> <br />The only "extra" debatable with this facility is the gun range. In the long-term, it is <br />believed that the gun range will be positive and will save in operating expenses, <br />although it will be a long time before the saving reaches $380,000. <br /> <br />It should be noted that this facility is planned to meet our public safety needs until <br />the year 2023. However, sometime in the next 10 years the city will need to identify <br />and spend about $450,000 to complete the gun range and the second level building <br />shell (4,500 sq ft). <br /> <br />Opportunities to present information to the public on the public safety project <br />include: cable TV shows, city newsletter articles, StarNews articles, and the use of the <br />city web site. <br /> <br /> <br />