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Lakeville committee previews police-station schematics; debt-exclusion vote, town meeting dates announced
Summary
Committee members reviewed preliminary police station renderings, discussed infrastructure tie-ins and noted the debt-exclusion vote set for June 6 and town meeting on June 12.
Members of the Town of Lakeville Economic Development Committee reviewed schematic renderings and site plans for a proposed new police station and discussed related infrastructure and outreach at the April 4 meeting.
A town official presented architectural renderings and explained the design responds to a needs assessment that included time spent at the existing station with the police chief. "This design was based on a needs assessment that the architect did. So before he even put pencil to paper, he went and spent a day or 2 at the police station talking with the chief," the town official said. The schematics show a public community room, prisoner processing and three holding cells, a separate prisoner exit, and a parking layout that could be configured to provide about 135 spaces in an overflow arrangement for adjacent soccer fields.
The official said the building will share a driveway entrance with the park but will include a police-only exit to provide emergency access and to simplify a curb cut on the state road. From an economic-development perspective, the committee discussed running a water main from the corner of the old town hall past the proposed site to a hydrant, which could enable future expansion along Route 18 if neighboring Taunton pursues development.
The committee was told the project is advancing toward a vote: a debt-exclusion question is scheduled for June 6 and town meeting for June 12. The official said the committee and staff will continue public outreach so residents have information before the votes. "When we do the vote for the debt exclusion, which will be in June, June 6, and then town meeting is June 12, that people will be aware of it and participate in that," the official said.
Committee members provided feedback on layout elements and asked for minor changes that will be made before finalization, including placement of prisoner egress and adjustments to locker and custody areas. No formal municipal action or appropriation was taken at the committee meeting on April 4; the items discussed are preliminary schematic designs and planning steps ahead of the scheduled public votes.
