Newspaper Clipping - Newspaper Clipping Scan - Eagan Police Department moves into new facility - 11/1/1978 (2) Eagan
Department
•moves into new ac1* 1 I
By DEL STELLING
Saturday, October 28, was another V
milestone for the Eagan Police De- ` � ti
partment, as it was on that date the
department moved into its new head-
quarters building.
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The new facility, located across
Pilot Knob Road from the Eagan
Municipal Building, was completedF' c
after months of planning and con- c
struction. I
On October 26, 1977,the Eagan City
Council awarded a construction con-
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tract to Henry 0. Mikkelson Con-
struction Co. in the amount of
$487,555. 3
These funds, according to city ad-
ministrator Tom Hedges, were de- „
rived from the city's federal revenue
sharing funds.
The building plans as authorized by
the city council were prepared by
James Horne Architects, an Eagan
firm.
The new facility is designed tom,..
house police administrative offices, `
booking and recording rooms, evi-
dence processing and garage stor-
age.
It is located on a 20-acre site which
was purchased by the city in 1974 to
allow for future construction of ter- (suN photos by DEL STEELING)
QFFICE MANAGER Virginia Knight is on hand to greet visitors to the
tain public facilities, new headquarters building of the Eagan police Department. Accord-
At the time the building was being ing to city administrator Tom Hec'ges, an open house will be con-
planned, it was pointed out that the ducted at the new facility sometime early next month.
police facility would be so located on
the site that municipal offices, a fire basement, and allows for future con-
station, a community building and struction of a second story.
other possible facilities such as a lib- The second story, it was pointed
rary might be constructed there in out, may in the future be used for
the future. administrative offices and city coun-
Assisting in the preparation of cil chambers.
plans and specifications for the build- The architect said the building has
ing were city administrator Tom 'aeen constructed of brick masonry
Hedges, Martin Des Lauriers, police (xterior walls, poured concrete foun-
chief; Jay Berthe, assistant chief, dation, precast concrete columns,
and Dale Peterson, building inspec- beams, floor and roof and burnished
tor. concrete block decor on the interior
The completed building consists of walls.
an 8,000 square foot single story According to Police Chief Des-
structure with a full, unfinished Lauriers, the facility was designed
as a complete communications
center and meets the four-hour hold-
ing cell function as approved by the
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Ap-
prehension.
The basement includes a mechani-
cal room, police evidence storage
and city record storage for present
and future years.
An open house may be held"some-
time in early December," according
to Hedges.