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Special Council Meeting Minutes - <br />8-3-09 <br />Page 4 <br />One of the key components of the way this plan was set up with this L shape is that this piece is <br />going to be an administrative piece and this piece will have a couple of special functions to it. One <br />is vehicle storage for some of the more unique police vehicles, police motorcycles, police bicycles, <br />those types of things. Things you want to keep indoors can be stored in this garage area. This garage <br />area is directly connected to the main building and very close to the uniformed patrol area. <br />The last component, the most unique component is the indoor firing range which can also be <br />accessed from the inside of the building. It has a weapons cleaning space, an armory where they <br />hold the armnunition and then the shooting range itself which is a five-stall shooting range. A lot of <br />times municipalities will rent this space out to other municipalities that don't have firing ranges <br />which is why most new police stations have them. They are looking for this space. They need it to <br />train properly. With the way we have set this up with this secondary entry here if a different <br />municipality came in, they could enter the building quite easily and get to that space and not disrupt <br />any function. <br />This plan has been set up with a lot of thought on our part. The first step would be the programming <br />phase as we move into the planning process. <br />This other rendering was developed by them of what the exterior would look like. Just to orient you <br />from the plan, you are looking at it facing the public entry and the side of the building that faces <br />SOM Center. We were directed pretty specifically within the parameters of our design process that <br />western reserve-style was desired by the Village. We took that very seriously. We feel this design <br />emulates that sort of feel similar to other buildings we have in the community. This is the public <br />entry right here and this is the part that faces the street. Again, as you go around the corner there, <br />you are at the storage area. <br />This gives you a brief look at the site plan and what the building would look like and the function of <br />it. This is what we presented a couple of weeks ago now. We will be moving forward once we <br />receive the final approval. <br />Pete added that we have done our research regarding the site and familiarized ourselves and found <br />that all of the utilities are available off the street. There is good water pressure. They axe located on <br />the west side of SOM Center so we do not foresee having to disturb the pavement of SOM Center <br />and causing a disruption to traffic. <br />We have also accounted for stormwater management. The green areas are for the newly-required <br />stormwater quality that EPA requires. We are also showing in this blue area additional stormwater <br />quantity that we would accomplish by expanding the existing stormwater detention axea and we <br />would work with the Village Engineer to design that. <br />The changes from the original presentation were pointed out by Bill Davis. The building has been <br />set back so there are no variances required. The garage and shooting range has been switched to the <br />other side of the building. As Ken said, this is our take on the information that you have given us. <br />We are ready for your input and will accommodate you.