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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10A - City Hall / Police Site CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT 16200 Eagle Creek Avenue S.E. Prior Lake, MN 55372-1714 January 18, 2005 10A Bill O'Rourke, Police Chief AGENDA ITEM: CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION IDENTIFYING THE SITE FOR THE POLICE STATION I CITY HALL FACILITIES. DISCUSSION: Historv: In November, the City Council established a schedule and process for selecting the Police Station / City Hall site by January 18, 2005. The process has included two public meetings, each attended by approximately 30 persons, together with articles and columns in the Prior Lake American and information placed on the City's web site. ISSUES: The two public meetings have afforded the opportunity for persons with immediate concerns to become involved in the process and share their views. Councilmembers and staff, together with Wold Architects and Owner's Representative Bill Wolters, have attended both meetings so there is a familiarity with the discussions which took place. At the January 10, 2005 public meeting, the architect reviewed the draft site selection report as was done at the January 3, 2005 Council meeting. He confirmed that the Lakefront Park / Kop site had been eliminated from further consideration as directed by the City Council. A copy of the draft report on the three remaining sites was distributed to everyone in attendance. During the meeting, one of the attendees suggested that rather than acquiring all five proposed properties across Dakota (north of the existing City Hall site), that the City acquire the three or four properties that were willing sellers and utilize a combination of acquired property and the existing City Hall site. This would provide greater land to meet current and future City needs as well as allow those who wished to continue to live there to do so. Current Circumstances: In response to this suggestion, Wold Architects has analyzed this site and amended the site selection report to include concept layout sheets for this option, costing out the option and evaluating the option based upon the Guiding Principles. Wold will supply the final report including this option at the January 18th meeting. The City Council should consider the Wold site selection report and input received from citizens during the course of the evaluation process, together with any other factors which are relevant. The Council may wish to discuss their respective views with one another. Following a discussion, it would be appropriate for the Council to consider one of the alternatives set forth below, unless deferral of the matter is desired for a specific reason. www.cityofpriorlake.com 1:\CQUNCIL\AGNRPTS\2005\PD-CH ~lf&1~~4~~ / Fax 952.447.4245 ALTERNATIVES: (1) Adopt the attached resolution after filling in the preferred site and authorize the initiation of negotiations for property acquisition if necessary. (2) Take no action and direct the preparation of additional information. RECOMMENDED MOTION: Alternative (1). 1:\COUNCIL\AGNRPTS\2005\PD-CH SITE SELECTION.DOC 16200 Eagle Creek Avenue S.E. Prior Lake, MN 55372-1714 RESOLUTION 05-XX A RESOLUTION SELECTING A SITE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW POLICE STATION I CITY HALL FACILITY Motion By: Second By: WHEREAS, the 2020 Vision and Strategic Plan and Capital Improvement Program call for the construction of a new Police Station / City Hall facility; and WHEREAS, in 1993, a Master Building Plan was adopted and a Space Needs analysis completed to identify when such facilities should be constructed and how large they should be; and WHEREAS, the Space Needs analysis was confirmed in 2001, verifying the need for approximately 48,000 square feet for the new building(s) to serve the long-term needs; and WHEREAS, in November 2004, the City Council established a process and timeline for site selection which included two public information meetings; and WHEREAS, Wold Architects completed a draft site selection report analyzing various sites; and WHEREAS, the draft report was shared at a City Council meeting, via the City's web site, and discussed at a January 10, 2005 public meeting; and WHEREAS, Wold Architects have completed the site selection evaluation including the new site option and presented it to the City Council at a public meeting. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA that: 1. The recitals set forth above are incorporated herein. 2. After thorough consideration of various sites, the City Council hereby selects the site for the location of the new Police Station / City Hall facilities. 3. If any portion of the selected site is not owned by the City, the City staff is hereby authorized to initiate action to acquire such property. PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 18TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2005. YES NO Hauaen Hauaen Fleming Fleming LeMair LeMair Petersen Petersen Zieska Zieska City Manager, City of Prior Lake www.cityofpriorlake.com Phone 952.447.4230 / Fax 952.447.4245