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Planning commission reviews cost‑saving changes to new police station; consultant flags roughly $20K–$35K savings per item
Summary
Commissioners reviewed staff‑recommended value‑engineering (VE) changes for the new police station site and heard line‑item savings from a remote consultant — graveling a future Connex area (~$20K–$25K), simpler perimeter fencing (~$30K), planter revisions (~$35K) and seat‑wall changes (~$25K). Staff emphasized permit timing before April code changes.
The St. Helens Planning Commission on the evening of the meeting reviewed proposed value‑engineering changes to the site plan for the new police station and heard line‑item savings from the project consultant.
A consultant on Zoom, identified in the meeting packet as Mackenzie, told commissioners that graveling the area reserved for a future Connex box would save “right around $20 or $25,000,” and that switching the north perimeter fencing from a decorative style to chain‑link would save “about $30,000 or so.” She said a proposed planter change would reduce cost by about “$35,000,” and that seat‑wall…
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