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    The document outlines a proposal by the City of Salem to expand the police station and retrofit buildings at City Hall for $70-85 million. It lists concerns that the proposal would reduce the size of Peace Plaza, drain the pond, demolish the council chambers unnecessarily, and build an underground parking garage for $40 million. It argues that Eugene recently built a similar police facility for under $17 million and that Salem could save $40 million by finding an alternative site or building off-campus.

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    The document outlines a proposal by the City of Salem to expand the police station and retrofit buildings at City Hall for $70-85 million. It lists concerns that the proposal would reduce the size of Peace Plaza, drain the pond, demolish the council chambers unnecessarily, and build an underground parking garage for $40 million. It argues that Eugene recently built a similar police facility for under $17 million and that Salem could save $40 million by finding an alternative site or building off-campus.

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    Police Facility Flyer 11-9-2013 PDF

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    The document outlines a proposal by the City of Salem to expand the police station and retrofit buildings at City Hall for $70-85 million. It lists concerns that the proposal would reduce the size of Peace Plaza, drain the pond, demolish the council chambers unnecessarily, and build an underground parking garage for $40 million. It argues that Eugene recently built a similar police facility for under $17 million and that Salem could save $40 million by finding an alternative site or building off-campus.

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    HOW THE CITY OF SALEM CAN SAVE $40 MILLION

    ANALYSIS of the proposed $70 million to $85 million Police Addition plus Seismic retrofit.

    THE CITY'S ROUGH SKETCH OUTLINE OF THEIR PROPOSAL SUPERIMPOSED ON AN AERIAL PHOTO

    There was no involvement of the people of Salem in these overly expensive plans
    YOU WILL SEE THE FOLLOWING EXPENSIVE & DISRUPTIVE IMPACTS ON OUR CIVIC CENTER 1. PEACE PLAZA IS TO BE REDUCED IN SIZE !
    and City plans to REMOVE sculpture, peace plaques, grand staircase, all mature trees on either side, so our Peace Plaza apparently becomes a hole in the ground while a basement parking garage is constructed below.

    2. MIRROR POND IS TO BECOME A DRAINAGE SWALE !


    The Police Addition is shown being built partially on the lake. Mirror Pond is drained and a series of drainage swales and paving is constructed. We like our lake, and prefer that to a drainage swale with paving.

    3. CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS IS TO BE DEMOLISHED UNECESSARILY !


    It is in the way of a Police Parking Garage but the reason given is it needs seismic strengthening. So strengthen it !

    4. COUNCIL CHAMBERS IS REBUILT ! as an East Wing of City Hall with Public Works offices, and Courts.
    This removes ALL the mature trees at east end of Peace Plaza, and the grand staircase. We love our Plaza the way it is !

    5. POLICE PARKING GARAGE ! is constructed underground all the way from Mirror Pond to the Library.
    Designed to accommodate 210 cars. The rule of thumb is $20,000 per parking space. So $40 million ? TOO EXPENSIVE !

    WE SAY YES TO POLICE FACILITY AND YES TO A $20M SEISMIC RETROFIT BUT WE SAY NO TO MESSING WITH OUR PLAZA, CHAMBERS, LAKE FOR $40 MILLION MORE
    The bond issue maybe will be $85 million if they add seismic reinforcement of the Public Library.

    Eugene just built their 60,000 sq.ft Police Facility with 200+ spaces for under $17 million! So Let's find a site or a building ! Save $40M ! It's too expensive to force it at our City Hall !
    PRODUCED BY SALEM COMMUNITY VISION"BUILD A $20M POLICE FACILITY INSTEAD !!!" . SalemCommunityVision@yahoo.com"FIND A BUILDING OR SITE"... Citizen Participation / Fiscal Responsibility"SAVE $40 MILLION !!!"...........

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