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Council sets Nov. 10 hearing on Fort Bouton police station plan, staff urges timely vote to avoid higher costs
Summary
City staff presented 60% design documents for an adaptive reuse and addition to the Fort Bouton Street building and asked the City Council to set a public hearing for Nov. 10 to appropriate construction funds. Staff warned delays will raise construction costs; the council set the hearing.
City staff on Tuesday presented 60% design documents for a proposed new Concord Police Department headquarters at the Fort Bouton Street property and asked the City Council to schedule a public hearing on Nov. 10 so the council can consider appropriating construction funds.
Beth Fenstermacher, the city's director of special projects, led the presentation and said the a design-build timeline assumes construction could begin in spring 2026 and the department could move in by late 2027 if the council approves funding on the requested schedule. Fenstermacher said the project team has estimated a construction cost near $45.5 million for a roughly 70,000-square-foot facility that combines reuse of a…
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