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Board authorizes project budget for public health and safety building; contract and contingency debated
Summary
The Board of Finance authorized a project budget to begin planning for a combined public health and safety building after staff recommended a consultant contract; councilors debated the contingency amount and whether the city should commit to a single combined facility.
The Board of Finance voted March 24 to authorize a project budget to begin planning work on a public health and safety building and to allow the administration to create the project using bond proceeds. The board recorded the action as unanimous.
Ashley (Treasurer’s Office) told the board the request would fund a planning contract to help the city analyze site feasibility, program needs and community engagement for a facility that could house police, fire and public-health functions. The administration received seven proposals in response to an RFQ, interviewed four teams and recommended a firm identified in the meeting as Dorm Whittier as the design partner; Ashley said Dorm Whittier’s proposed contract price is about…
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