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Council asks staff to study alternate sites for municipal complex after mixed reactions to Hereford Park plan
Summary
Council members and staff discussed schematic designs for a proposed municipal complex (city hall, public-safety building, animal shelter), with debate over keeping the Hereford Park site, moving public safety and city hall to a Rowlett Road parcel, or placing an animal shelter on industrial land; staff reported about $1.3M spent on design to date and was directed to study up to four site options and run public outreach.
Manal, a city staff member, updated the council on March 16 about the municipal complex schematic designs, prior bond propositions and next steps for site selection. The presentation recalled 2021 bond propositions that included funding authorization for a public-safety facility, an animal shelter and park improvements and showed conceptual footprints for a combined municipal complex at the Hereford Park site.
Why it matters: the site choice affects neighborhoods, school adjacency, park amenities and project cost. Manal said the prior schematic work had advanced into schematic design for most site elements and that…
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