City staff outlines timeline for North Market substation, police headquarters moves and fire station designs
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Staff told the Planning and Infrastructure GIS Committee that the North Market substation contract is being routed, police headquarters design is near settled with an expected move summer next year, and several fire station projects are in design or site acquisition phases.
City infrastructure staff reported progress on several public-safety capital projects, including the North Market substation, relocation plans for the police headquarters and multiple fire station projects.
The staff presenter (identified in the meeting as a city infrastructure official) told the committee the contract for the North Market substation is about to be routed and said the bidder was the same contractor that worked on Monkhouse; based on that contractor's prior schedule, the presenter estimated the new substation should open in early to mid-spring next year, roughly eight to nine months after construction begins. The presenter said: "the contract is about to be routed for the substation on North Market…we would expect a job about as quickly as that one, which would mean probably early to mid spring next year to be open, 8 to 9 months from the time they start."
On the police headquarters, the presenter said the physical layout for the new headquarters is essentially settled after meetings with the chief and staff and that the city hopes to have staff out of the current headquarters around July 1; the presenter said relocations to interim sites (South Point and Wildwood) will start this month in multiple moves. The committee discussed a planned police patrol area location at Kings Temple United Pentecostal Church for Patrol Area 4; the presenter said the lease for a prior interim site began Jan. 1 and that the city "will end up paying them 4 months" and that the school board is allowing early termination of that lease without extra months.
On fire stations, staff said design on Fire Station 15 (Valley View) is nearly complete and will go to bid next, the parcel next to Fire Station 3 included in the new bond is appraised now to begin acquisition and design, and relocation work for Fire Station 12 remains in search for a suitable site. The presenter said some sites considered were too far from the station's service area and that the city may use real estate acquisition to secure a better location.
Council members asked follow-up questions about lease payments, progress on site appraisals and timing for moves; Chief Rees offered brief status updates on Station 4 plans and said design for Station 4 renovation was about 80% complete. No formal action or vote on these items was recorded in the meeting transcript; the segment was an informational update to the committee.
