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St. Helens council forum revisits police station site selection, public raises cost and process concerns
Summary
At a May 7 public forum, city staff and consultants presented a site evaluation that ranked a Columbia Boulevard parcel (1771) highest for a new police station; residents questioned the process, financing and parking plans while staff said negotiations with the landowner are ongoing and estimated the project at about $11.9 million.
St. Helens city staff and a consulting project manager presented a site-selection review for a proposed new police station at a May 7 council public forum, saying a Columbia Boulevard parcel (referred to as the 1771 site) ranked highest among evaluated options and that negotiations with the property owner are underway.
David Lentz, senior project manager and project executive at BoJack, said the project team had evaluated multiple sites and that “we've got a rough estimate for the whole project at $11,900,000.” He described a scoring matrix used by councilors and planning commissioners that placed the 1771 Columbia site at the top of the list after more than 20 meetings and a multi-site review.
The presentation summarized alternatives considered: the Columbia Boulevard/1771 site; the existing police-station site (which would require purchasing adjacent property for parking and about $500,000 in plan modifications); a prior Castro Road site (removed after appeals and floodplain concerns); a Gable Road…
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