Agenda - Council Work Session - 07/27/2010

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Ramsey Fire Station No 2 Replacement Study a Feasibility Study V Ramsey, Minnesota BKV Group 1272.05 G R O U P used for the investigation of multiple site configurations in the Site Assessment section of this report. The plan diagram provided in section 5 of this report represents the preferred preliminary floor plan, however, it should be noted that a detailed programming and schematic design effort will be required in order to develop a final concept plan for a new replacement fire station. Additional concept plans are provided in the appendix of this report. Site Assessment and Concept Site Plan The proposed site is to include the Replacement fire station as well as a proposed communications tower supporting Anoka County 800 mhz dispatching communications. Information related to the communications tower requirements and design criteria were based on numerous reviews with John Tonding of Anoka County and reviewed with Connexus in conjunction with the adjacent Connexus power sub - station located to the East of the site. Multiple site concept plans were developed to explore a range of site development concepts including fire station location, site access, and communication tower locations. The site concept plans are based on preliminary building concept plan options included in Appendix B of this report. The concept site plan included in section 6 o this report illustrates the recommended site concept, however, further development should be required in the Schematic Design Phase of a replacement fire station project. Through these preliminary site concept explorations, the design team and Fire Department believe the site to be adequately sized and configured for reasonable flexibility and some future expansion for additional apparatus bays. The final location of the communications tower requires final coordination and agreement by Connexus, Anoka County, and the City of Ramsey, however, preliminary tower locations appear to be compatible with the proposed fire station use and anticipated site configuration. Option Cost Estimates The estimates included in section 7 of this report outline the costs associated with the re -use concepts Option I and Option 2 and replacement fire station Option 3 and were prepared by BKV Group based on the enclosed plan concept document. Estimates should be considered as comparative only, final project budgets should be established following more detailed Schematic Design efforts for any of the options explored in this report, comparisons of overall project scope, however, may be made with these figures as project assumptions have been kept consistent The Preliminary Project estimates are as follows: Initial Project Option Costs Construction Cost "Soft Costs" / Contingency Total Project Cost Option I- Stabilization $270,000 $82,262 $352,262 Option 11 — Partial Demo $621,220 $196,345 $817,565 Option 111— New Construction $1,781,640 $626,353 $2,407,993 Project Cost Comparison Options I and II above each assume the construction of a new replacement fire station within five to eight years. As such, a comparison to overall project feasibility should include an assessment of initial option costs (as outlined above) as well as total project costs which include new construction costs and inflation costs over time. The following assume a five year delay prior to construction of a new replacement fire station for Options I and 11 and compare those total project costs against new construction for Option III in 2007 Initial Project Scope New Construction New Construction Inflation to 2012 Total Project Option 1 $352,262 $2,407,993 $638,883 $3,399,141 Option II $817,565 $2,407,993 $638,883 $3,864,444 Option 111 $0 $2,407,993 $0 $2,407,993 Architectural Space Program Report Comm. No. 1573.02 Date