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Public 5afety Facility
Improvement Project
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City Council Workshop
September 2,2008
Topics We'll Discuss
✓History and Future of Department and
Facility
✓Public Safety Facility Improvement:
Communications Center, Locker rooms, city
employee fitness center, employee rest
area
✓Firearms Training Facility
✓City Hall Parking
History and Future
✓1972 Ground Breaking for Police Station
City population 145,000,police employees 239
✓2008
• City population 202,000,police employees 376
✓2020
City population 230,000,police employees 435
Additional 59 employees from 2008
82%Increase from 1972
✓Surveys of "New" Employees
"The building looks old and outdated"
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Current Communication's Center
✓760 square feet
✓Eight operator positions
✓26 Communications Operators
• In 1974 there were 10 comm. operators
✓The room is a closed environment
✓2008 Matrix Communications Survey
•72%said existing center is too small
89%said additional space needed if
consolidation occurs
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Consolidation of Public Safety
Dispatch
✓Matrix Consulting is completing the
consolidation study for Police,Fire,Marine
Safety Dispatch
✓Additional staffing would be required
✓ Would require additional work stations in
the communications center
✓Potential for a cost savings each year after
an initial start up cost
✓08-09 cost at Metro Net $781,145
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Benefits of Consolidation
✓Local control of all public safety services
(fire,police,communications)
-'Better coordination/communication of field
operations (Higher quality of service to
community)
✓Additional career development
opportunities for Communications Unit
employees
✓Higher quality communication services for
the Fire Department
✓Possibility of servicing other fire
departments to offset costs
Female Employee. Locker Room
✓Space is too small for number of
female employees
✓Locker space restricted due to size
✓Showers outdated and in need of
repair
✓Space from Records Bureau storage
area was used to enlarge locker
room.
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Male Employee's Locker Room
✓40% more male employee's than
when the facility was built
✓Lack of locker space for new male
employees
✓Outdated and small lockers
✓Need additional storage space
City Employee Fitness Facility
✓1,000 square feet
✓Cramped Cardiovascular room
✓Larger room would allow for
more equipment
✓Larger room would allow for a
more comfortable workout
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Employee Rest Area
✓Currently does not exist
✓Needed because greater number of
employees live a farther distance
away
✓Will provide a place for employees to
rest if they are having to attend
court or training
✓Conversion of the current cardio
room of the exercise room
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Firearms Training
✓Current Firearms Training Schedule
• Handguns 6 Times Per Year
• Shotgun 2 Times Per Year
✓ The two facilities used by HBPD
• Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station
• Rhaagues Gun Range (Corona)
Seal Beach Naval Weapons
Station
Range is Not always available
Old facility =
7.9 miles away
20 minute drive for officers a
to location
Officers are unavailable for
quick response on calls
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Seal Beach Naval Weapons
Range and the Orange. County
Sheriff's Range
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Option #1
✓New construction would be a two story building in
front of current police building
Firearm Training Facility on ground level
Communications center,Female locker room,
Exercise room on second level
✓Issues with this option
Sound mediation from firearm range
Communication center out of main facility
Pedestrian bridge needed from main police
building to new building
✓Estimated cost: $8,103,235
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Option #2
✓New construction would be a single story building in
front of current police building and an addition
around the east side of police building
Single story firearm facility
Communication Center,Exercise room and female locker
room connected to east side of existing police building
✓Issues with this option
No sound meditation issues
Open more employee friendly Communications Center
Affected areas still in main police facility
✓Estimated Cost: $7,810,319
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City Hall Complex Parking
✓Limited parking for residents visiting complex
✓Limited parking for city employees
✓If firearms facility is constructed the complex
would lose spaces
✓Enlargement of existing rear police parking lot
Would open up top parking lot currently
used by PD employees for residents seeking
city services(additional 56 spaces)
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