New Public Safety Center

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There's also news on some other development in this article. Edmond strategic plan wins approval from city council | NewsOK.com

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City to open demolition bids Tuesday » Local News » The Edmond Sun

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Edmond gets bids for demolition to make way for a public safety center | NewsOK.com

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Drove down Littler today and noticed all the trees they have already marked for removal.

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EDMOND — City staff and the engineering firm of Frankfurt Short Bruza expect their plans to construct the $25.5 million Public Safety Center to be 95 percent complete by March 1, said Larry Stevens, city manager.

“Recently we met with the engineer to get an updated project schedule,” Stevens said last week to the City Council. “Their intent is to send out bid packages on March 21. And it’s our intent at this time to award a construction contract at your May 13 City Council meeting.”

The 70,000-square-foot Edmond Public Safety Center will combine the Edmond Police Department with Central Communications and Emergency Management.

Safety Center plans almost complete » Local News » The Edmond Sun

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Edmond downtown demolition nears | News OK

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Edmond city offices move | News OK

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What is this thread about? I read the thread title, but I don't know what saftey is...?

Just giving you a hard time, Panda!

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What is this thread about? I read the thread title, but I don't know what saftey is...?

Just giving you a hard time, Panda!

Lol, come on man. Don't kill mah vibe here. ;P

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haha, no killin' here. It's all about public safety! : D

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haha, no killin' here. It's all about public safety! : D

Public safety "centered" on killing my vibe? lololol jk ;P

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It is quite the move. IT is now permanently at the new location on North Broadway but I am curious once the new public safety center is built how they are going to renovate and/or use the old police building. I'm guessing that utility customer service and the financial departments will move in there with a small sort of renovation. That old police building seems like it would be a poor fit for remodeling.

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It is quite the move. IT is now permanently at the new location on North Broadway but I am curious once the new public safety center is built how they are going to renovate and/or use the old police building. I'm guessing that utility customer service and the financial departments will move in there with a small sort of renovation. That old police building seems like it would be a poor fit for remodeling.

Well in this article I just read, it say's their permanent location has not been determined. I would just say bulldoze the old police station and build a new 3-6 story office building. That would be really nice.

Here's an update on the move from Newsok.com: More Edmond city workers make their move | News OK

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IT will permanently be at their new location, it was remodeled to house all 16 of IT staff members and a new datacenter. The financial side of things (Accounting, Treasurer, Payroll, Purchasing, UCS etc...) are just in a temporary location in the same building as Simply Southwest. It is leased.

What many people have said for years is exactly what you propose. There needs to be a really nice 3-5 story building in downtown Edmond to house all municipal services. It's annoying to find out where the City Manager's office is, and over here is the council chambers and over here is the planning department, or and where is building inspection? It's just a mess in my opinion. The other thing is growth. Some of the city buildings including the Public Works complex out at I-35 and Covell have very little room for expansion. In building a multi-story building there would be growth for city personnel in the future and you could even lease some space out with tenants that wanted a presence in downtown Edmond.

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Current Scope of Project
The 70,000 square foot multipurpose Public Safety Center will be located at the southeast corner of First and Littler where the Administration Building resides. The new building will house the Edmond Police Department, Public Safety Communications and Emergency Management functions. In addition to this facility is a 15,000 square foot Police Support Ancillary Facility, which will be located west of 33rd and Broadway on land already owned by the city. The ancillary facility will house Evidence Storage, Lab Work and related functions.

Edmond Police Department Headquarters
The Lockup Facility will be designed to include 10 adult male and 5 adult female holding cells.
The Patrol Division will accommodate a sworn police staff of over 100 officers.
Criminal Investigations Division will be designed to serve a sworn staff of 27 members.
Special Services Divisions will accommodate a total of 23 staff and associated administrative functions.
The Office of the Chief will be designed to accommadate a future staff of 21, including associated administrative functions.
The area for the Records Division will be 1,951 square feet.
There will be a 2,000 square foot Multipurpose Community Meeting Room which will be accessible to the public.
The Public Safety Center will also include backup generators for emergency power, HVAC, electrical and data functions.

Public Safety Communications Department

The Communications Administration will accommodate 5 staff.
Public Safety Communications will be designed to accommodate a staff of 35 Dispatch/Call Takers, Communication Systems Specialists and other support spaces.
Emergency Management Department will include an Emergency Operations Center capable of serving as a communications hub in an emergency event.
There will be several support spaces that will include a communications systems room, electrical/UPS Room, Computer Server Room, etc.

Read more here: Edmond, OK - Official Website - Public Safety Center

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P.S. to JTF, if you see this (which I doubt even looks at the Edmond thread lol) what do you think about this. It looks pretty urban and close to the street. I think Edmond's downtown is really becoming nice. Now, if they would redo Broadway through downtown 2 lanes, add parallel parking and a nice parking garage, a street car, and widen the sidewalks to about 15-20 ft. I think Edmond's downtown would be amazing (along with a few remodels ;P).

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P.P.S. to OKCisOK4me, thank you for telling me how to use the [img] [/img] thing. It worked greatly.

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P.S. to JTF, if you see this (which I doubt even looks at the Edmond thread lol) what do you think about this. It looks pretty urban and close to the street. I think Edmond's downtown is really becoming nice. Now, if they would redo Broadway through downtown 2 lanes, add parallel parking and a nice parking garage, a street car, and widen the sidewalks to about 15-20 ft. I think Edmond's downtown would be amazing (along with a few remodels ;P).

I just happen to see your comment in the Recent Postings section. This looks pretty darn good from what I can see. The only thing I can't tell is if the trees are between the sidewalk and the building or the sidewalk and the street. Trees should be between the sidewalk and the street. Other than that it has nearly everything you could want; close to the street, vehicle access via an alley, historical building material and style, grand entrance, more than 1 story, etc... What's not to like?

As for your list of other things that could make downtown Edmond better - that is a pretty good starting point. They are still making a huge mistake locating the convention center along I-35 but what can you do - some habits die hard.

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The only thing I can't tell is if the trees are between the sidewalk and the building or the sidewalk and the street. Trees should be between the sidewalk and the street.

Yeah, I spent about 5mins looking at the rendering trying to figure that out and couldn't really tell. It looks like to me that they're going to go between the street and the sidewalk.

As for your list of other things that could make downtown Edmond better - that is a pretty good starting point. They are still making a huge mistake locating the convention center along I-35 but what can you do - some habits die hard.

I agree about the convention center. Seems pretty strange that they would do that. My only guess is that they want to increase the presence the city feel along I-35 and they think putting it along a major highway will help with their customers. Since they're building it their, I really hope they do end up building a lifestyle center and/or a really nice indoor mall since there is really nothing to do around there for people that stay there (for those who don't want to drive anywhere). I emailed the city of Edmond and I was told a new indoor mall was in the works, but I'll believe it when I see it. They are also widening Covell to six lanes over the highway and through to Sooner road, so that will be interesting how that turns out. I guess The City really thinks this area is going to take off in the coming years.

I just happen to see your comment in the Recent Postings section.

I just didn't think you would be looking in the Edmond thread seeing as is pretty much set on being a classic all American Suburb lol

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They are also widening Covell to six lanes over the highway and through to Sooner road, so that will be interesting how that turns out. I guess The City really thinks this area is going to take off in the coming years.

If there is one thing we know for sure - if you build road capacity someone will end up using it. If Edmond aspires to be interstate suburb then I think they set the bar a little too low. Reading one of the articles linked to in this thread I had to shake my head at one of the comments from an Edmond official saying they wanted to make the city more walkable while talking about the convention center. I concluded people know what needs to be done; they just don't know how to execute the vision. A drawing of a suburban convention center along a 6 lane street with imaginary black-silhouetted pedestrians is not how you do it.

Hopefully projects like the downtown public safety building will help them see what proper walkable execution looks like.

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Well in this article I just read, it say's their permanent location has not been determined. I would just say bulldoze the old police station and build a new 3-6 story office building. That would be really nice.

Here's an update on the move from Newsok.com: More Edmond city workers make their move | News OK

It should be bulldozed. The building has been remodeled about as much as it can be. It would be a much better value to start fresh with an updated structure which is much more flexible such has been mention in this thread. Consolidate the other city offices within one building and open the SW and NE corners for parking garages, a new Downtown Community Center, etc.

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It should be bulldozed. The building has been remodeled about as much as it can be. It would be a much better value to start fresh with an updated structure which is much more flexible such has been mention in this thread. Consolidate the other city offices within one building and open the SW and NE corners for parking garages, a new Downtown Community Center, etc.

Yes I couldn't agree more. I wish they would demo the community center all together. It sucks. I'm sure this is in the works. Seeing as the Safety Center should be done early 2015.

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Architects estimate cost for Edmond's public safety center at $33.9 million | News OK

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Ready for 2015 to be here, this is going to be an amazing facility.

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I agree, Hollywood. It will be a very nice addition. Here's another article: Demolition paves way for new Public Safety Center » Local News » The Edmond Sun