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City Council Meeting Minutes April 20, 2021 Page 12 of 14 Mayor Stolzmann stated these improvements are meant to improve public safety in our community by improving access to and training of our officers. She stated these improvements help ensure we have the training facilities and a communication center for the type of police force we want to see in our community. Deputy City Manager Davis stated the 2019-20 biennial budget included a capital improvement project for modifications to the Police facility that would support emergency response, meeting and communications space, and training facilities. Preliminary design and the cost estimates exceeded the funding dedicated for the improvements. The project was carried forward to the FY 2021 budget and is planned for completion this year. The Police Department basement is largely unfinished. Staff has perused various options to support the partial or complete build -out of the project, including requesting grant funding but those requests have been unsuccessful. Currently staff has options to scale the project with two scenarios. Option 1 would partially address the Department's current and future facility needs and Option 2 would fully address the Department's current needs, help meet broader community needs, and support growth and future needs of the Department. Option 1 would include the construction of a designated space for the City's FM radio broadcasting station. It will also include a non-public rest room, showers and locker rooms and a sleep room, as well as a meeting space that is equipped with reliable communication infrastructure (internet, server room) to support round the clock emergency operations. An additional $265,079 is required to complete this project. Option 2 is a complete finish of the basement and would include the construction in Option 1 as well as a community room, public restrooms, additional sleep rooms, additional office and storage spaces, space for defensive tactics training, and an exercise area. An additional $1,133,860 is required to complete the project in its entirety. Staff is seeking Council direction on additional funding for the project and what level of build -out to pursue. Public Comments — None. Councilmember Lipton asked what the original cost estimates were for this. He stated it has been in the CIP plan for many years but never completed. Chief Hayes stated this was originally added to the CIP in 2015 and estimated at perhaps $200,000. He stated much of the cost increase is from decisions to finish additional sections of the basement. Councilmember Lipton stated this project was meant to make sure our police force has the appropriate facilities such as training space and locker rooms. This new plan includes many additional items including community space which was not a part of the original plan. These additions need to be balanced with the rest of the CIP requests. Option 1