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Middlefield Road, 932 Middlefield Road, 1833 Broadway and the proposed site on Maple Street which is owned by the City. The Maple Street site, also called the Marina site, is the optimum location due to the following factors: no land acquisition costs or delays, no relocation costs, no need for an expensive parking structure, and fewer contingency costs. In response to Council questions and comments Community Development Director Pawloski discussed: the advantages and disadvantages of the Marina location; the project's seven phases and technical aspects of the cost and time for construction documents; loss of tax increment for Maple Street property; the part economics played in choosing Maple Street site; and effects of delay in a decision to go forward. Councilman Stanqel suggested a police facility might not be the most suitable use of property in a revitalized downtown area, and the Marina site makes sense. Vice Mayor LaBerge addressed those citizens who had concerns about the location, advising most people do not plan to come downtown shopping or go to a restaurant and then think as long as they are here they might as well drop by the police station. Preserving the present site is not as important as providing a police facility of sufficient size and equipment to adequately protect Redwood City. Councilman Claire advised he had originally objected to the E. Bayshore site because he felt the police facility fit into the civic center project; but the civic center is not being built, and Redwood City needs a new police facility now. City Manager Smith described police facility funds would be derived from utilities users fees and $3.5 million originally earmarked for new city hall. For the Record: On December 5, 1989 the Planning Commission voted to certify the Final Environmental Impact Report with the recommendations that alternative sites be evaluated, specifically in the downtown and that the bicycle bridge be incorporated into, or at least be aligned with, the new Blomquist Street bridge. a. M /S: Stangel /LaBerge to approve police facility project Carried by unanimous voice vote. b. Title read. M /S: Stangel /LaBerge MINUTE ORDER NO. 89 -165 RESOLUTION NO. 11194 APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF REDWOOD CITY AND H. WENDELL MOUNCE, A.I.A. ASSOCIATES, FOR ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES FOR THE PROPOSED NEW POLICE FACILITY Approved by unanimous roll call vote. Reg.Mtg.Minutes MINUTE BOOK NO. 49 12/18/89 Page e N o. 180 Page 5 g