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2013 Public Safety Facility Bond Albany Police Department

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2013 Public Safety Facility Bond Albany Police Department

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  1. The public safety bond will fund construction of a new police facility on land that the City already owns. The existing police station was built in 1988 for a staff of 47. The current police department facility is 10,500 sq ft. More than 87 people work there today. Since 1988, Albany’s population has grown from 28,020 to 50,710 and police calls for service increased by more than 55%. The City Council has determined that the existing building and site are inadequate to meet the law enforcement needs of our community. This measure amends the city charter to authorize up to $20.3 million in principal amount of city general obligation bonds to finance capital costs related to new, seismically sound public safety facilities, including a police station and a main fire station. The city estimates that the levy for these bonds will be at the same rate as the city levies for its outstanding general obligation bonds (about 43 cents per $1,000 of assessed value). The City’s Strategic Plans, as early as 2007, have identified the need for new public safety fire and police facilities. The Plans stated the intention to take a funding measure to voters no later than 2015. The City Council is asking voters to consider funding these facilities now while interest rates are at historic lows. The new bonds would also generally coincide with the pending payoff of general obligation bonds, issued in 1996 and 1999 (refinanced in 2007). Because of the pay-off of those bonds, the new fire and police facility bonds are not expected to increase property taxes. Instead, the City expects to continue levying taxes at approximately the current rates. The exact design will depend on construction costs at the time bids are received. The general proposal is for a 30,000 sq. ft. two-story building, with the ability to add third and fourth floors in the future. The ideal scenario would be to add a third floor shell now and finish it later when more funds become available. The feasibility study recommended a 43,995 sq. ft. facility for a 10-year growth plan and 50,808 sq. ft. for a 20-year growth plan. All these factors will be taken into consideration during the design phase. Planned items in a new Police facility include: 2013 Public Safety Facility BondAlbany Police Department • Radio tower on or attached to building. Interview rooms. • Holding cells that are sight- and sound-secure. Locker rooms. • Radio and computer equipment room. Evidence processing area. • Emergency backup power generator. Video surveillance system. • Vault for secure storage of seized weapons, drugs, money. Weapons armory. • Secure parking with automatic gates. Work out area. • Covered parking for emergency vehicles. Training room. • Dispatch center equipment and work area. Bulletproof glass for front entrance. • Secure sally port for prisoner processing. Community room for public safety education.

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