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r-r- <br />•’Vv ‘ -w*-; V. • . r\ <br />t' <br />t'|».T’,i:; ! ■' <br />Very Interesting Comparisons and Highlights of Alternate City Facilit­ <br />ies Chart <br />1. Comparing present and projected population (top line and next <br />to bottom line) with other cities and Orono indicates very min- <br />imul growth by year 2000 and no need to build for future growth. <br />2. Comparing employees per capita (line 3) Orono is number^ and <br />the need for additional staff and space would seen very unlikely. <br />3 Size of present City Hall site, 2 1/2 acres, with more appropriate <br />sized city hall and facillities, would be adequate. See cover letter <br />{?S% covered with buildings and 75% left for parking or green space.) <br />4. Cities of Mound (population larger than Orono), Crystal (3+times <br />Orono's population) manage with sites approximately the same as <br />present Orono site. <br />5. The city of Plymouth with a population of 51,000 (7 times that <br />of Orono) and growing rapidly, has a city hall/police building <br />slightly larger (22,000 sq. ft. to Orono's proposed 17,729 sq. ft.) <br />6. The city of Plymouth is about to build a huge new public works <br />building, but has managed with a facility of 22,000 sq. ft. until <br />now—that's about 25% smaller than the proposed Orono Public Works <br />building of 29,425 sq. ft. heated area, plus, another 5,000 sq. <br />ft. of cold storage area. <br />7. The proposed Orono police facility would be veryyclose to the <br />size of Plymouth's police facility which has a force 2 1/2 times <br />as large as Orono's (50 Plymouth - 20 Orono police). <br />8.The size of the Orono proposed administration building (9,481 <br />sq. ft. ) is almost as large as Champlin's (10,000 sq. ft.) and <br />almost as large as Plymouth's (11,000 sq. ft.) Yet, both cities <br />are much,.or many times, larger than Orono. <br />9. With further study of the chart, there are many more interesting <br />comparisons that indicate Orono's proposed plans for a city facilities <br />are in dire need of reduction if they are going to receive public <br />support through a referendum which, as the chart indicates, is the <br />method usually used. <br />10. The need for a city facility is not questioned BUT appropriate <br />size and cost is mandatory for pablic approval. <br />I'm