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$860K tab estimated to fix PTC police dept.Thu, 08/23/2007 - 3:49pm
By: John Munford
Floor coating, HVAC changes to combat moisture problem Fixing the moisture problem at the Peachtree City police station will cost an estimated $860,000, it was announced last week. Part of the cost is due to the need to relocate the department while the flooring is ripped up and a special floor coating is applied, officials said. That coating should keep the moisture vapors from penetrating the floor, City Engineer David Borkowski told the Peachtree City Council Thursday night. The repair work also involves the installation of a new heating, ventilation and cooling system and a new flooring system. The repairs will be financed over 15 years at an estimated cost of $75,632 a year based on early returns from bids on the financing package, said City Finance Director Paul Salvatore. The department will be relocated to the former World Gym location on north Commerce Drive, the same location where the city library was temporarily located when it was renovated and expanded. The city has negotiated a $112,000 nine-month lease for the building which will cover nine months and contains an option to extend the lease if necessary. The building is currently owned by PTC Properties, which is letting the city prepare the facility ahead of the occupancy for issues such as installing the phone system, Borkowski said. It will take approximately a month to move the police department in October in large part due to the volume of evidence in storage that must be moved to the temporary location, officials said. The project should be done in the end of May with the police moving back to the department in June. There will not be a holding cell for prisoners in the rented building, so officers will have to transport prisoners directly to the Fayette County Jail, police said. The building’s new floor will have a 10-year warranty against de-lamination and will take approximately seven months to finish, Borkowski said. Borkowski said the problem was not determined to be a high level of groundwater, but rather moisture vapor seeping through the concrete and reacting with chemicals to create a high pH level. The repair estimate includes a contingency of 15 percent, McMullen said. login to post comments |