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Clute study recommends shared police and public works campus, estimates $45 million to build
Summary
Architects presented a needs assessment that proposes a 29,600-square-foot police building and two public-works buildings on a 7.34-acre Commerce Street site, with a turnkey cost estimate of roughly $45 million and options to start design now or wait for a bond vote.
A municipal facilities study presented Thursday to the Clute City Council recommends building a shared campus for the police department and public works on a 7.34-acre site on Commerce Street and estimates construction and yard work at about $45 million.
Preston Scott, a project architect with Randall Scott Architects, told the council the study looked at departmental needs, peer cities, site logistics and five-, 10- and 15-year staffing projections. Scott said the design would locate a single-story, 29,600-square-foot police building on one side of the campus and two public-works buildings — an administration building and a shops building — plus a service yard on the other side.
Scott said the turnkey cost estimate is about $25.9 million for the police building, $14.6 million for the public-works administration and shops, and roughly $5 million for the service yard that includes fuel, wash bays and material storage. He warned the council that local construction costs have been…
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