Item 4B AudioHonorable Mayor and Members of the City Council. Item 4D is a request to
approve a contract with RPGA, Inc. for the design of the north DPS facility in the
amount of $968,300. This amount includes the architect fee of $720,000 plus
additional fees for pre-design work, civil engineering services, landscape
architecture services, etc.
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This item is aligned with the Council’s strategic focus area of Quality
Development and Safety and Security and is aligned with the strategic
corporate objective of achieving the highest standards of safety and
security through the improved training our “DPS employees will receive
and invest to provide and maintain high quality public assets through the
construction of a quality public facility
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The New North facility will house a joint raining facility including class room
space for class work, a fire training tower, an indoor firing range and a joint area
for driver training. We have already visited with the North East Tarrant county
police training consortium about renting the facility for their regional training
programs.
The facility will also include a Fire station which will improve our response times
to the north side of Southlake.
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The current estimate construction costs for the facility are $11,224,500 and
include the architect fee of $720,000 plus additional fees for pre-design work,
civil engineering services, landscape architecture services, etc. It is important to
point out that the architect fee ($720,000) is a fixed fee and will not increase
unless there is both a substantial change in the scope of the project and the
budget for the project. The other fees are for other consulting work associated
with the project that will be overseen by the Architect of Record.
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Based on the cash flow projection we just went over, it will be necessary for the
City to issue short-term bonds for this project. We would expect that the bond
would be 5-6 year term.
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RPGA has previously worked on this site when the City originally thought the
new Head Quarters facility would be place there. Some of the work done then
will not have to be repeat. RPGA has been a proven quality partner with the City
on the new DPS HQ facility and is a well know and represented firm in the pubic
safety facility field in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area.
The Crime Control Board recommended this agreement to the City Council at its
November 11 meeting on a vote of 5-0.
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