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I . ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD MAY 13, 1991 (#16)CITY FACILITIES CONTINUED considering finances, and the ease it which a site w:juid lend itself to development. he said, 'i mw cinc myself, as a Councilmeirber, getting mare involved rcom a historical and more p0i-gonal standpoint. The fact tnat Cit, Haii has been he*e many, many years, and this is where the citizen s come f<3r City ggfvices, seens more important to me now. I would like to know if this site will in fact cost more to develop than the Highway 12 site.” Boarman replied, "The cost issue involving development of this site and the sewer plant site, cs opposed to the Highway 12 site, is very close to a wash. T'lere are offsetting factors because each site has difterent development requirements. However, there ace other ciriteria to consider, such an size o. the building, and the ability or need to further expand it, which comes back to cost. W«j developed a ouildin^ of 1>,000 tn 1»,000 square feet based on the space study to meat the needs of the new administrative/police facility. It is possible to put a building with that amount of square footage on this site, however, it will h3ve to be two^stories, which will affect the cost issues. If Council agrees to place a ono-stocy building with les.^ sguare footage on this site, then there would be cost considerations for future expansion. This site would be more expensive than the Highway 12 site if there is a need to expand in the future." Boarman went on to say that it is much more efficient to locate all facilities on one site, as opposed to split sites. It means having only one large parking area, one employee lunch room, better situated and utilized storage space, etc. He also noted that in cases whera a public works facility is separated from the m.:in administrative building, it ii common far the public works director to have an office in each building. Callahan asked Boarman if in fact iwould be possible to put all of the facilities on the existing site. Boarman replied, "No- that is not possible." Cal inuu said, "In other words, when you taTk about comparable costs, you are referring to the cost of constructing only the administrative/police facility, to which would be added the public works f-icility cost. If the e-xisting s:. te were selected, it may be more expensive than locating all facilities on one site. Wc would need t either purchase additional property for the public worxs facility, and/or pay the cost for installing a well and sprinkler system in that building if it is located on the sewer plant property. We would alj>o have the additional cost for a well to sprinkle the administrative/police facility. As I understand it, we can put both facilities on the sewer plant property, which would s.ive the cijst of a possible land acquisition and the cost of one well." - 8 -