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Palm Desert council favors keeping sheriff’s substation for city use, asks staff for renovation analysis
Summary
City staff presented three options for the Civic Center sheriff’s substation—retain for city uses (~$974,000), renovate for market tenants (~$1.7M+), or demolish (~$1.09M). Council members largely supported option A (retain and repurpose), and Mayor Truby indicated that option A is the preferred direction to pursue further analysis and implementation planning.
City staff presented three paths for the Civic Center sheriff’s substation to the Palm Desert City Council during a Feb. 12 study session and council members gave direction to pursue keeping the building for city use.
Jill Mendoza, the city’s economic development manager, told the council the 25,000‑square‑foot building (about 19,000 sq ft on the main level and roughly 6,000 sq ft in the basement) was built in 1989, renovated in 2007 and has had HVAC upgrades in 2012. Mendoza said the sheriff’s current lease generates about $570,000 annually (reported as $1.87 per sq ft) and the city covers roughly…
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