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AUG ' 90 7: 43 FROM ARCHITECTURAL riLL I TNC F GE . 304 • • E, OPTIONS AND RELATED COSTS Introduction The existing Mounds View City Hall Building requires substantial additional space just to meet current needs in addition to future needs to the year 2015. Section D of this report tabulates the amount of space required to meet both current and future needs. An ina-ease in net square footage of 66%will be necessary to enable the building to meet these needs. Since the existing site is the only identified site available to the city for City HHall/Police Department use,all site options have been condided. The park-tike ung with mature trees provides for a very pleasant setting for the building. Also,the site is cortven ently located within the City of Mounds View,rear the geographic center of the city. Options that would consider vertical evansion to the building wm not developed. It would not be feasible from a structural standpoint and would compound accessibility issues. Site requirements impacting options development are as follows. A requirement of the Police Department for direct,safe,and ample vehicular acc from the dgarage!parking facilities to Edgewood Drive. A second requirement of the Police Department is a secured parking area for police squad cars and personal vehicles of the des employees. A requirement for the provision of parking 60+vehicles for public use relating to the site's rec'eational(anilines has some impact as well. The public lot and the Police access drive and lot would replace the east softball field. The City would relocate the tot-lot. Option A • Option A would propose to build a stand-alone Police Building adjacent to the etin g City Hall Building. This would provide the necessary square footage for the Police Department. The Parks, Recreation,and Forestry Department along with the Public Works Department would relocate in. the area vacated by the Police Department. This would provide the needed square footage for all departments. The only feasible site location that would provide uzfficient space for a Police Building is to the north of the water tower where the east softball field now exists. Access to Edgewood Drive would be direct. There was no further development of this option for the following reasons. The first being that there is not any real support from City Hall staff for a stand-alone Police Building. In fact there is a real desire to keep all the City departments under'one roof with simple and direct access for the public. Secondly,construction costs for a stand-alone Police Building would be higher than the -�a{ ♦ - f of r`•:' • •� s � •f a♦ • -' v•�..- - _ .. a...... `� -. ._ .� be as much a 20%compared with Option C. Option B • Option B would propose the relocation of the Council Chamber from its existing location to a future vacated Water Filtration wing of the building. The Council Chamber would have its own separate entry lobby plus require rpstrcams for the public. Staff acmes to this new Council . Chamber from City Hall would be through the Parks Department/Public Works Department shared Conference Room. Public access would be from outside. A Police Department addition • would extend from the west wall of the existing Council Chamber out in a northwesterly direction The Parks,Recreation,and Forestry Department along with the Public Works Department would be relocated in the area vacated by the Police Department. All departments would then open out into a large centralized open Lobby/Waiting Area. E-1