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Doral council advances plan and procurement for new police headquarters, outlines financing scenarios
Summary
After a presentation showing the police department has outgrown its current space, the Doral City Council approved moving forward with procurement and awarding the architectural RFQ for a proposed ~63,000-sq-ft police headquarters; staff outlined a construction timeline and debt scenarios and council voted to proceed.
Doral — The City Council voted April 8 to advance procurement and funding steps for a proposed new police headquarters after staff presented a concept plan and financing scenarios.
City staff described a three-story, roughly 63,000-square-foot facility to be built on the current police training site, with about 200 combined parking spaces and programing aimed at separating patrol, investigations and support functions. The police chief said the department has nearly doubled in size over the past decade and that the current headquarters—originally built for public works—cannot accommodate operational needs. “The department has almost doubled over the past 12 to 13 years,” the police chief said, listing current staffing levels and operational constraints.
Assistant City Manager and…
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