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. 1 <br />Dear Crystal Bay Resident, <br />As you are aware, the City has been exploring new facilities <br />and is considering the possibility of a joint City Hall/Police <br />building on the property owned by the City in this neighborhood. <br />The City is also considering relocating it to Highway 12 just <br />east of the Orono schools. <br />City Hall/Police - This is a facility that will be between <br />15-20,000 square feet, (approximately 8-12 times most houses in <br />the neighborhood). City Hall will have business traffic <br />generally between 8-5 weekdays and for meetings up to several <br />nights a month. The police portion will have both police traffic <br />(emergency and non-emergency) 24 hours per day. People will be <br />processed throughout a 24 hour day/7 days per week. It possibly <br />would cost $180-500,000 more to utilize the Crystal Bay site in <br />conjunction with a Public Works building at another location. <br />The enclosed attachment show a potential footprint. This <br />illustrates both the closing off of streets and locations of <br />parking lots. <br />Post Office - If the City Hall/Police facility is located <br />outside the Crystal Bay neighborhood, the current Post Office <br />building would stay. If the City Hall/Police was to be located <br />here, space for a Post Office would be included within the new <br />facility at an additional cost of $50-60,000. If the City <br />facilities are relocated, the could still maintain its postal <br />address at the Crystal Bay Post Office. <br />Use of Existing Land - Discussions have entertained that if <br />City Hall moves from the Crystal Bay neighborhood, the City could <br />use the vacant land as a park except for the Post Office. (If <br />desired, the current Council Chambers could be retained for <br />historical purposes, if a group would like.) As an alternative <br />a portion could be sold for 2-3 residential lots . <br />Pub 1 ic Works - Regardless of what the City did, the Public <br />Wortcs facility would not be located in the Crystal Bay <br />neighborhood. <br />Expansion - In the future should the City be required to <br />expand the facility, it may need to purchase abutting residential <br />properties.