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Written by MARK NIELSEN
Citizen staff   
Friday, 05 September 2008
RCMP moving to Fourth and Victoria North District RCMP may see some of its operations moved into the new Prince George RCMP headquarters once it's completed at the corner of Fourth and Victoria.
At the request of the North District RCMP, an additional 6,944 square feet of floor area has been added to the concept design, community services director Tom Madden said in a report to city council included in the agenda package for Monday's meeting.
Whether North District RCMP will follow through is still to be determined, Supt. Barry Clark said Friday, but added its building at the corner of Fifth and Ospika is getting a little crowded -- major crime and Police Records Information Management Environment personnel work offsite.
Exactly what would be moved into the new building is also to be determined, but "needless to say a number of positions would be moved over there," Clark said.
As has been done in other communities, room has also been made for the city's bylaw services division "as they work closely on many issues with the police department," said Madden. And the design includes a 287-square-metre (3,089-square-foot) emergency operations centre where personnel can meet whenever there is a flood or other event that sparks a state of emergency.
The lease space for North District RCMP would be located on the second floor of a three storey facility, and should the lease arrangement not materialize, the building would be cut back to a two-storey structure.
The main building for the city's detachment would cover 64,714 square feet, well up from the roughly 33,000 square feet the current building covers at the corner of Ninth and Brunswick.
About 180 people -- 45 of them municipal support staff -- work at the current location.
A request for proposals for construction management services is out for bids. The winning contractor will have input on the final design, construction methods and materials and estimates and will also help the city find subtrades to allow the facility to be constructed within budget.
Construction is expected to start in early 2009 and take two years to complete.
"This is based on the expected completion of other major projects in the community and possible slow downs in large residential projects elsewhere in Western Canada which will free up construction capacity," Madden said.
Depending on what's included, the total cost is estimated at as much as $30 million.

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30 million
written by P val , September 07, 2008 (03:19:55 PM)
What was the cost of the brand shiney new cop shop built on 5th and Ospika ?? Now another 30 million ?
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Don't worry about the money....
written by Ken Berry Media , September 07, 2008 (06:44:40 PM)
The gamblers have already paid for it! It looks absolutely lovely from here. A fine architectural work destined to improve Prince George's downtown environment.

Now if only we could get them to sponsor that "Device to Root Out Evil" sculpture from the Vancouver sculpture exhibition in the front yard.
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Don't worry about the money....
written by Ken Berry Media , September 07, 2008 (06:47:40 PM)
I meant, to sponsor the sculpture for the front yard of the new detachment. The size and form of the sculpture could work beautifully against the size and form of St. Michael's Church next door.

Just an existential thought.
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Don't Worry Ken!
written by D.K. Ross , September 07, 2008 (08:02:00 PM)
The sculpture will exist only in our own minds. You would have to to be stoned or drunk to see it but IT WILL BE THERE! That sight would be followed (of course) by a beating with blunt objects and a taser jolt, as needed. To add to the folly, a trip to a cement block room with retractable steel bars... That's the kind of sculpture that I would like to see in this town!
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yes,
written by Ken Berry Media , September 08, 2008 (04:41:51 AM)
I'm beginning to get the picture. Frankly, your depiction (Ross) is exactly what my experience of rural BC has been, metaphorically. I think your sculpture is a little two - dimensional for me and I could never encourage the use of stones or drunks to experience high art.
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and the next Philistine is mine...
written by Ken Berry Media , September 08, 2008 (06:03:33 AM)
Here's the reference...
http://www.vancouverbiennale.com/sculptures_page.php?sculptureID=17
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written by pgboy , September 09, 2008 (06:48:08 PM)
wow in a city as relatively small as ours why do we need so many police detachments when apparently there aren't enough cops to adequately man the ones we got????
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