UPDATED:
Commissioners approved the design/construction contract by a 5-0 vote, with District 3 representative JoAnn Birrell saying “this has been a long time coming.”
She said a groundbreaking will take place on Dec. 1 at 11 a.m.
ORIGINAL POST:
Initial design work for a new police station in Northeast Cobb is on the agenda for the Cobb Board of Commissioners Tuesday.
A contract for $723,980 with Batson-Cook Company is being presented to commissioners to design what would eventually become the Cobb Police Department’s Precinct 6.
It’s the first part of a two-phase project that’s been budgeted for $5 million in 2016 Cobb SPLOST funding.
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The Batson-Cook project work would include “design, project fee, and general conditions costs” for Precinct 6, according to the agenda item.
There was no other information available about the project, including the future precinct patrol area and location and how it would be staffed and funded.
Cobb government spokesman Ross Cavitt told East Cobb News in response to those questions that Precinct 6 would be located next to the Mountain View Aquatic Center (2650 Gordy Parkway).
Initially, the new facility will house the police department’s specialized units “and not have a patrol zone. That could change in the future, but that is the starting point.”
Most of the East Cobb area is currently included in Precinct 4, whose station is located on Lower Roswell Road.
That precinct runs from the Powers Ferry Road area to the east side of Canton Road.
Last month, the Cobb Police Department moved into its new headquarters on Fairground Street, in the former LGE Community Credit Union building, a project that cost $13.5 million, also from the 2016 SPLOST.
The department had been operating out of overcrowded space on the North Marietta Parkway and Cherokee Street.
The full agenda for Tuesday’s commissioners meeting can be found here; it will start at 9 a.m. and take place in the second floor board room of the Cobb government building (100 Cherokee St., downtown Marietta).
COVID-19 protocols are being followed, including mandatory masks and a limit on in-person attendance due to social-distancing.
The hearing also will be live-streamed on the county’s website, cable TV channel (Channel 24 on Comcast) and Youtube page. Visit cobbcounty.org/CobbTV for other streaming options.
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