Background
In the fall of 2014 the Village Board selected FGM Architects who specialize in Police Station and law enforcement architectural design to prepare a Police Station Feasibility Study for Arlington Heights. The objective was to hire an architectural firm to prepare a Feasibility Study for utilizing the current Police station site and Municipal Campus including Village Hall. Schematic concept plans have been developed providing a “best fit” police station option on the existing Municipal Campus. The overriding goal is to determine whether a new Police Station meeting modern day standards could be feasibly developed upon the existing Municipal Campus. Since commencing the study, the consultants have completed a series of multi day meetings with Police command staff and department divisions to evaluate current operations, needs, and objectives. FGM Architects have also conducted a series of meetings with the Police Station Committee.
The Police Station Committee consists of the following representatives:
Thomas Glasgow - Village Trustee
James Tinaglia - Village Trustee
Charles Witherington-Perkins-Director of Planning & Community Development
Diana Mikula - Assistant Village Manager
Gerald Mourning - Chief of Police
Nick Pecora - Police Captain
Tom Kuehne - Director of Finance
Cris Papierniak - Assistant Director of Public Works
Steve Hautzinger - Design Planner
On October 10, 2014 the Village Board Committee-of-the-Whole met and provided input on the project goals and questions that must be answered as part of the scope of work.
On January 20, 2015 the Board met and reviewed the programmatic space needs analysis prepared by FGM Architects and reviewed conceptual site plans. This meeting with the Board was one of several “check in” points in the process to obtain input from the Village Board.
On May 26, the Village Board reviewed five different concept plans for placement of a new Police Station at the current site on Sigwalt Street.
Final Report
After significant discussion and presentation by FGM Architects at the May 26 meeting, the Board concurred with the Police Station Committee and FGM Architects, that the preferred option was option C. Since the May meeting, FGM Architects has prepared the attached final report for consideration by the Village Board.
For ease of review, the following sections are highlighted:
Section 1: Executive Summary, page 3.
Section 9: Recommendations, page 153. Section 9 pulls together all of the concept plans as proposed in option C along with the detailed budget for this proposed option.
Pages 135-136: Provide a comparison of the construction cost for option C with other community’s’ Police Stations and also in comparison with the 2010 study.
It is anticipated that a very brief presentation would be made summarizing option C, along with any questions from the Village Board. At the conclusion, it is suggested that the Village Board accept the final Police Station Study.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the Village Board accept the final Police Station Feasibility Study and authorize proceeding with implementation of Option C.