CITY WILL REPLACE SHERIFF'S STATION.Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer PALMDALE - Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County officials are moving forward with a revised plan to get the long-awaited permanent Palmdale sheriff's station under construction this spring. After revising the project and its budget, county officials plan to award a construction contract for the new facility in March. The project had been on hold since June after bids came in at $3.9 million over county estimates. The gap in funding is being addressed through revisions to the plans for the station and through the addition of $2.5 million in new funds. ``The personnel here are very excited about it,'' said Capt. John Witt, station commander. ``I can't tell you how the people here are able to work as hard as they do with the conditions we have. It's my understanding this facility (the temporary station) could handle 50 or 60 comfortably. We have about 200 people.'' The new station will consist of a 47,000-square-foot main building, including a 7,800-square-foot jail, a 5,900-square-foot vehicle maintenance building, and staff and visitor parking. A 3,700-square-foot community room and a helipad hel·i·pad n. See heliport. A prepared area designated and used for takeoff and landing of helicopters. (Includes touchdown or hover point.) have been included in the bid package but might be eliminated, depending on contractors' bids. After the June bids came in well over budget, the county ordered an independent cost review. The county also interviewed the bidders. Revisions in the plans resulted in $2.2 million in savings. County officials also decided to extend the bidding period by six weeks to allow more potential bidders to prepare competitive and responsive bids, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a report to the county Board of Supervisors The examples and perspective in this article or section may represent an unduly geographically limited view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. The Board of Supervisors is the body governing counties in the U.S. prepared by Sheriff Lee Baca Leroy David Baca (b. May 27 1942, East Los Angeles, California) is the Sheriff of Los Angeles County, California. After graduating from Benjamin Franklin High School (Los Angeles) in 1960, Baca worked his way through East Los Angeles College before starting with the L.A. , Director of Public Works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. James Noyes and county Chief Administrative Officer A chief administrative officer (CAO) is responsible for administrative management of private, public or governmental corporations. The CAO is one of the highest ranking members of an organization, managing daily operations and usually reporting directly to the chief executive David Janssen. ``We expect these amendments to our bidding process will result in more competitive bids, and we will return to your board to award a construction contract in March 2004,'' said the county officials' report. The overall project cost is now estimated at $22.7 million. In order to fund the $2.6 million increase, $1.1 million will be provided by Fifth District Capital Project Funds and $1.5 million will be provided from the issuance of tax-exempt bonds, to be repaid from the Sheriff's Department operating budget Noun 1. operating budget - a budget for current expenses as distinct from financial transactions or permanent improvements budget items, operating cost, operating expense, overhead - the expense of maintaining property (e.g. . Debt service on the proposed bond issue is not expected to exceed the $480,000 that the sheriff's budget now appropriates for annual payments under its existing space lease in Palmdale. The lease on the existing Palmdale station is scheduled to expire in November 2008 and may be terminated at any time, the county officials said. The 11.5-acre project site, at Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling and Avenue Q, is being given to the county by the city of Palmdale. Under the terms of the land transfer, the city has the option to buy back the site, with the improvements, at current market value if the city chooses to terminate its service contract with the Sheriff's Department. The station will replace leased quarters in a shopping center shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into at Palmdale Boulevard and 10th Street East. Deputies now must have their cars serviced at a local garage; they book evidence and prisoners at the Lancaster sheriff's station eight miles away. Until 1992, deputies patrolling Palmdale worked out of the Lancaster station. The Sheriff's Department opened a Palmdale substation that year in leased space in the downtown business center. In January 1998, the temporary Palmdale facility was expanded to operate independent of the Lancaster station. Jim Skeen, (661) 267-5743 james.skeen(at)dailynews.com |
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