HomeMy WebLinkAboutRiverside County Fire Department Eastern Division - Office Space INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM
CITY OF PALM DESERT
TO: City Manager and City Council Members
FROM: Ken Weller, Emergency Services Coordinator
DATE: August 25, 1994
SUBJECT: Office Space for County Fire Department Deputy Chief for
Eastern Division
Recommendation:
By Minute Motion, authorize the use of the future space by the
Riverside County Fire Department and appropriate an amount not to
exceed $30, 000 . 00 from the Unobligated New Construction Tax Fund
Reserves .
Discussion:
Recent reorganization of the Riverside County Fire Department has
resulted in a new position of deputy chief for Eastern Riverside
County.
The City has been approached to provide office space for the new
deputy chief at city hall . The area under consideration is the
unfinished future space behind the finance department .
The total square footage of the unfinished space is 3024 sq. ft .
The proposed office space for the deputy chief would be
approximately 585 sq. ft . the remainder of the 1103 sq. ft . would
provide the necessary area for a City Emergency Operations Center
(E.O. C. ) . The project has several basic construction requirements
with or without the E.O. C. , these are : A/C, t-bar ceilings,
electric, telephone, carpet, paint, etc .
Riverside County is prepared to work with the City by providing
labor for construction of walls, t-bar ceiling, painting etc . It
is not our intent to charge rental for the space however the fire
department will pay for the A/C and electric bills for the space .
Doug Phillips has reviewed the prevailing wage issue and has
determined that we do not have to meet these requirements .
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Because of a time constraint for the fire department transition we
are requesting the following action to expedite the process .
1 . Authorization to proceed with the conversion of the future
space .
2 . Appropriate $30, 000 . 00 for the project subject to getting
bids and having the project completed under this amount .
Prepared By: Reviewed and Concur:
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KEN WELLER `%(- BRUCE A. ALTMAN
EMERGENCY SERVICES COORDINATOR CITY MANAGER
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