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A resolution authorizing the acquisition of certain property and the acceptance of a donation of certain property, which together shall serve as the future site of the City of Colorado Springs Police Department Sand Creek Substation
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From:
Peter Carey, Chief of Police, Colorado Springs Police Department
Summary:
The proposed resolution authorizes the acquisition of certain vacant property from its current owner 123 Cascade Associates, LLC and the acceptance of a donation of adjacent vacant property from the same owner, which together shall serve as the future site of a new Colorado Springs Police Department Sand Creek Substation.
Previous Council Action:
On November 25, 2014, City Council approved the 2015 Budget. The Sand Creek Substation Replacement Project budget in 2015 is $662,000.
Background:
The current Sand Creek Substation was built in 1988 and opened for service in 1989. Since the substation opening, it has been necessary to increase the number of Patrol Officers, Patrol Support Officers, and civilian Community Services Officers who work out of this facility to properly respond to the total number of calls for service generated in the southeast quadrant of Colorado Springs.
Despite multiple internal reconfigurations and remodels of the existing facility, this building cannot adequately accommodate the 143 sworn and civilian employees, or any additional personnel CSPD assigns to that location due to operational needs. A vertical expansion to the one-story, brick building is not structurally feasible and a horizontal expansion, if economically supportable, would come at the cost of reducing existing parking spaces.
Internally, current staffing levels forced the department to convert a large office into a male locker room annex. This locker room annex can house approximately 33 employees. There is no available space to add a female locker room annex should the need arise; and only one locker s...
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