City of Cottage Grove Public Safety/City Hall Facility
Information
2011 Project Timeline
· Design development draft completed in February with Council review on February16 or March 2 (most likely March 2)
· 4 months between Council approval of final design and bidding
· Enter bidding in July or August
· Award bid in August or September
Proposed Cottage Grove Public Safety / City Hall Facility Site Plan
• Site plan includes a 66,000 square foot facility designed by Wold
Architects and Engineers.
• Projected budget currently estimated at $16 million.
• Facility to be built near the Washington County Service Center near
Ravine Parkway and Keats Ave.
• The project will be financed without impacting residents' tax bills by
paying off existing debt and using more than $5 million already set
aside for the new Public Safety facility.
• 85% of the building is designed for housing Public Safety, including
a 40 stall underground garage.
• Project will use common sense approaches to sustainability and green
design.
• The project has moved into the detailed planning stage.
• The facility is scheduled to open in the fall of 2012.
Why build a facility now?
• Great bidding environment currently exists.
• Construction costs are significantly lower than at any other time in the last 10 years.
• The land at the chosen site comes at NO cost to the City through an agreement with Washington County that the land be used within 5 years.
• Planning began in 2001 for eventual Public Safety/City Hall. A Space needs study was conducted in 2005.
• We have outgrown our current facility which was last remodeled in 1995.
Why not use the existing vacant buildings?
· Prefer not to take commercial taxpaying properties off the tax roll (i.e. Home Depot pays $225,495.51 annually in property taxes whether occupied or not).
· Site acquisition for Home Depot would be over $4 million plus construction and remodeling.
· Conversion to meet the needs of Public Safety would be costly, around $14 million (demolition, relocation, improvements and construction) with no room for YMCA/Community Center or Library.
What happens to current building?
· Until we have the plan in place to move we cannot market the current facility, however there has been
past interest in the site due to its good corner location.
· Current layout of building won’t easily lend itself to reuse: buyer/developer may have to tear it down to redevelop.
Site Selection
After reviewing several sites, the City Council voted to build the new facility on the East Ravine Parkway site. The advantages of the Ravine Parkway site are:
• It was the original site selected in 2005 by the City and we have a Washington County agreement that is consistent with the East Ravine AUAR;
• The City has site control this gives us the most straight forward/easiest development;
• Various site amenities and expansion options;
• Develops important area of Ravine Parkway;
• Good access to Highway 61 and arterial streets;
• No cost for land due to a land trade deal with the Met Council that was put together in 2005 but currently expires in 2013;
• Close proximity to Washington County South Service Center. Public Safety works closely with probation and social services;
• Although it is not at the “center of town” currently it will be proximate to the center at full build out. When the current City Hall was built at its present location this was “the edge of town;”
• Cottage Grove will grow in the future. This area called the East Ravine will be the next growth area in our community;
• East Ravine site does not create a loss of tax revenue and it doesn’t have a direct acquisition cost.
Other Sites Studied
Prior to choosing the East Ravine Site, the City considered several other sites to locate the new PS/CH facility:
1. Norris Square
2. Home Depot
3. Cottage View Theater
4. Existing City Hall Site
5. 70th St / Hwy 19
6. Langdon
7. Fire Station # 2
8. West Point Douglas from Jamaica to 80th St.
9. Industrial (Business) Park
10. Frattalone Property
go here for more info - http://www.cottage-grove.org/project_updates_pub_safety_bldg.htm
• Site plan includes a 66,000 square foot facility designed by Wold
Architects and Engineers.
• Projected budget currently estimated at $16 million.
• Facility to be built near the Washington County Service Center near
Ravine Parkway and Keats Ave.
• The project will be financed without impacting residents' tax bills by
paying off existing debt and using more than $5 million already set
aside for the new Public Safety facility.
• 85% of the building is designed for housing Public Safety, including
a 40 stall underground garage.
• Project will use common sense approaches to sustainability and green
design.
• The project has moved into the detailed planning stage.
• The facility is scheduled to open in the fall of 2012.
Why build a facility now?
• Great bidding environment currently exists.
• Construction costs are significantly lower than at any other time in the last 10 years.
• The land at the chosen site comes at NO cost to the City through an agreement with Washington County that the land be used within 5 years.
• Planning began in 2001 for eventual Public Safety/City Hall. A Space needs study was conducted in 2005.
• We have outgrown our current facility which was last remodeled in 1995.
Why not use the existing vacant buildings?
· Prefer not to take commercial taxpaying properties off the tax roll (i.e. Home Depot pays $225,495.51 annually in property taxes whether occupied or not).
· Site acquisition for Home Depot would be over $4 million plus construction and remodeling.
· Conversion to meet the needs of Public Safety would be costly, around $14 million (demolition, relocation, improvements and construction) with no room for YMCA/Community Center or Library.
What happens to current building?
· Until we have the plan in place to move we cannot market the current facility, however there has been
past interest in the site due to its good corner location.
· Current layout of building won’t easily lend itself to reuse: buyer/developer may have to tear it down to redevelop.
Site Selection
After reviewing several sites, the City Council voted to build the new facility on the East Ravine Parkway site. The advantages of the Ravine Parkway site are:
• It was the original site selected in 2005 by the City and we have a Washington County agreement that is consistent with the East Ravine AUAR;
• The City has site control this gives us the most straight forward/easiest development;
• Various site amenities and expansion options;
• Develops important area of Ravine Parkway;
• Good access to Highway 61 and arterial streets;
• No cost for land due to a land trade deal with the Met Council that was put together in 2005 but currently expires in 2013;
• Close proximity to Washington County South Service Center. Public Safety works closely with probation and social services;
• Although it is not at the “center of town” currently it will be proximate to the center at full build out. When the current City Hall was built at its present location this was “the edge of town;”
• Cottage Grove will grow in the future. This area called the East Ravine will be the next growth area in our community;
• East Ravine site does not create a loss of tax revenue and it doesn’t have a direct acquisition cost.
Other Sites Studied
Prior to choosing the East Ravine Site, the City considered several other sites to locate the new PS/CH facility:
1. Norris Square
2. Home Depot
3. Cottage View Theater
4. Existing City Hall Site
5. 70th St / Hwy 19
6. Langdon
7. Fire Station # 2
8. West Point Douglas from Jamaica to 80th St.
9. Industrial (Business) Park
10. Frattalone Property
go here for more info - http://www.cottage-grove.org/project_updates_pub_safety_bldg.htm
City Commissions
If you are interested in serving on a commission or task force go to http://www.cottage-grove.org/ and click on eForms in the upper left corner and select Commission App and fill it out and send it in. All the Council members get copies of the resumes and when there is an opening the Council Liaison to the Commission will schedule interviews. Most interviews are done in February as that is when the terms expire.
Community Center Task Force
2010 Cottage Grove Market Potential Study
January 2011
Consultant: Anderson, Niebuhr & Associates, Inc.
Survey Highlights
· Market study conducted between November 19 - December 18, 2010.
· Telephone survey of 350 residents. Response rate = 83% Even though 350 seems like a small number the way the survey works and the statistical correlation is like close to 95% of the entire population.
· 76 percent of the respondents live in Cottage Grove for 10 or more years.
· 53 percent of the respondents do not have children under the age of 18.
· 89 percent of the respondents are familiar with the YMCA.
· 53 percent of the respondents are interested in programs for people 55 or older at the new community center facility.
· 54 percent of the respondents are interested in youth and teen programming at the new community center facility.
· 85 percent of residents surveyed would like to see a community center, operated by the YMCA located in Cottage Grove.
· 74 percent of residents surveyed supported a partnership between the YMCA and City to develop a community center.
· 70 percent of the residents surveyed supported the use of City funds to construct a new community center.
· Amount of property tax increase respondents that pay property taxes that are willing to pay to support a new community center:
$40 or more per year – 19 %
$30 - $39 per year – 24 %
$20 - $29 per year – 32 %
Unwilling to pay any increase – 23 %
January 2011
Consultant: Anderson, Niebuhr & Associates, Inc.
Survey Highlights
· Market study conducted between November 19 - December 18, 2010.
· Telephone survey of 350 residents. Response rate = 83% Even though 350 seems like a small number the way the survey works and the statistical correlation is like close to 95% of the entire population.
· 76 percent of the respondents live in Cottage Grove for 10 or more years.
· 53 percent of the respondents do not have children under the age of 18.
· 89 percent of the respondents are familiar with the YMCA.
· 53 percent of the respondents are interested in programs for people 55 or older at the new community center facility.
· 54 percent of the respondents are interested in youth and teen programming at the new community center facility.
· 85 percent of residents surveyed would like to see a community center, operated by the YMCA located in Cottage Grove.
· 74 percent of residents surveyed supported a partnership between the YMCA and City to develop a community center.
· 70 percent of the residents surveyed supported the use of City funds to construct a new community center.
· Amount of property tax increase respondents that pay property taxes that are willing to pay to support a new community center:
$40 or more per year – 19 %
$30 - $39 per year – 24 %
$20 - $29 per year – 32 %
Unwilling to pay any increase – 23 %
Cottage View Drive-In
The Cottage View Drive-In Theater is one of the last of its kind in Minnesota. We are working to preserve it so that folks can continue to enjoy it for decades to come. It won't be in the same location, and we need to find a way to overcome the high cost of the land. Anyone have any ideas? Let's talk!
