Title
LONGVIEW POLICE STATION REMODEL - ELEVATOR UPGRADE
COUNCIL STRATEGIC INITIATIVE ADDRESSED:
Enhance public safety and emergency response
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
The Longview Police Department remodel is nearing completion and will be ready to furnish by late-February. The remodel incorporated several components necessary to bring the building into compliance with current fire code due to the additional occupied areas. Egress issues have been addressed in the building and parking garage, and a fire alarm system is being installed to provide monitoring and alarming on all three levels. In accordance with code, the new fire alarm system is designed to override certain elevator functions such that the elevator car will automatically recall itself to an alternate floor if heat/smoke is detected, or upon loss of power. However, the elevator is original to the 1968 building and too old to be integrated with the fire system.
Because the second floor of the LPD building exceeds 3000 SF, and due to the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements, building code requires a working elevator. And because the elevator travels more than 25-feet, the code requires emergency recall capability. To provide recall, the elevator must be modernized so it can be integrated with the fire system.
ThyssenKrupp, an elevator installation, repair, and maintenance specialty firm, provided a proposal to modernize the elevator with a new power unit, elevator doors with infrared detectors, pushbutton panels, emergency lighting, ADA phone system, leveling system and landing unit, (for slowing down and stopping in the hoistway), overspeed device (for seismic safety) and controller which will interface with the fire system. Additional items of work include required to lighting, ventilation and electrical safety in the elevator mechanical room, pit, and hoistway. These improvements are entirely functional and code related and do not include any aesthetic or ambiance related additions.
Once the remodel is complete and the additional office space occupied, the elevator will be used more frequently. The operations and maintenance history shows periodic controls and mechanical issues, such as not stopping level with the adjacent landing floor, but no major issues or defects that suggest a need to replace the hydraulic jack. As part of the modernization, an overnight load test will be conducted to verify the integrity of the hydraulic system. If the piston is unable to hold position due to hydraulic losses, the hydraulic jack may need to be replaced. Jack replacement is not included at this time because there is no visible evidence of leaks and the load test has not been performed. If jack replacement is recommended after the load test, further investigation would be required to accurately determine the cost, but replacement could run between $60,000 and $100,000 depending on how it is installed (steel cased or soil imbedded), concrete removal, drilling contractor, groundwater elevation, etc.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY:
The remodel project and parking garage repair is being funded by the Public Safety Fund with a total approved budget of $1,242,000. The cost of the completed building renovation is estimated at $1,092,000 plus $150,000 for necessary repairs to the parking structure. The Public Safety Fund is projected to have a remaining fund balance of $895,000 after the LPD remodel and parking garage repairs are completed. The total estimated cost of the proposed elevator modernization is $100,000, which would leave a remaining Public Safety Fund balance of $795,000.
Other planned expenditures from the Public Safety Fund include:
$130,000 - Lighting improvements at locations on Ocean Beach Highway and flashing lights at crosswalks on 30th at Hudson St and on Nichols Blvd at 16th Ave
$280,000 - Mid-block crosswalks on 3rd Ave north of Hudson St and on 30th Ave at Columbia Valley Gardens Elementary School
$72,000 - Local matching funds for the 15th Ave and Washington Way corridors signal upgrade projects
$300,000 - Traffic Engineer salary for 2018 through 2020.
$782,000 - Total
Completion of the LPD Remodel and related work, plus the other planned expenditures, will essentially deplete the Public Safety Fund.
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:
Motion authorizing upgrade of the LPD elevator and use of the Public Safety Fund to pay for the upgrade.
STAFF CONTACT:
Amy Blain, Project Engineer