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Staff outlines two sites for maintenance facility; council asks for formal recommendation

5782172 · September 11, 2025
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Summary

Staff presented two options for a new city maintenance facility—redeveloping Steele Avenue (estimated ~$36.5M) or building on 25 acres at Black Hills Industrial Park (estimated $65M–$80M). Council members asked staff to return with a formal recommendation and financing plan.

Public Works staff presented preliminary analysis for a new streets and maintenance facility. The Steele Avenue site is about 13 acres; staff estimated redevelopment costs at roughly $36.5 million to meet fleet needs for the next decade. Staff noted existing campus assets with residual value: a 2015 utility maintenance structure (replacement-cost estimate now about $11 million), usable shop building constructed in 1981, about $2 million in surrounding paving and…

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