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Riverside board narrows public-safety design options, eyes $28 million referendum for April 2027
Summary
Trustees reviewed four design schemes for a consolidated Riverside Public Safety facility, agreed to send two preferred schemes to the preservation commission, eliminated a proposed west driveway, and discussed a potential $28 million bond referendum that staff estimates would cost a $500,000 home about $720 a year.
Riverside trustees on March 19 reviewed four exterior concepts and preliminary budgets for a proposed consolidated public safety facility and gave staff direction to advance two preferred designs to the village’s preservation commission.
The board’s discussion centered on what the architects called competing goals: honoring the proportions of the historic village hall while creating a contemporary, well‑lit community facility. Williams Architects presented four schemes—labeled Dynamic Response, Contextual Presence, Spatial Framing and Traditional Anchoring—each with distinct massing, glazing and roof treatments. Project manager Kim Nigro said all schemes share the same site layout and basic program: central apparatus bays, shared administrative and community spaces that align along an axis to the river, and secure…
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