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City staff recommend building new law-enforcement training academy in ITA; initial design budget estimated at $8.6M, construction ~$82.6M
Summary
LJ Hanson, director of Public Works, recommended the city locate a new Law Enforcement Training Academy in the Innovation and Technology Area (ITA) and presented a concept layout and planning-level cost estimate including a roughly $82.6 million construction estimate and an $8.6 million design-phase request.
LJ Hanson, director of Public Works, presented a concept-level plan and cost estimate for a new Law Enforcement Training Academy (LETA) and recommended the city site it in the Innovation and Technology Area (ITA).
Hanson said the existing SeaTac Elementary School property is leased to the city for nominal rent but is functionally undersized and not configured for contemporary adult training. Staff updated space requirements following stakeholder meetings with the police and sheriff’s offices and now estimate a program on the order of the conceptual design presented. Hanson described the concept as three programmatic zones — physical training (“body”), an honors/legacy and common area (“spirit”), and classroom/administration (“mind”) — and said staff worked to maximize shared spaces for police and sheriff users.
The presentation included a…
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