The City of Fishers is moving forward with a public-private partnership with Hagerman Group (through a separate entity “Hagerman Police Station LLC”) by beginning the pre-construction process of designing the new police headquarters structure.  The Board of Works and Safety approved a “scoping agreement” with Hagerman to begin the process.

City Attorney Chris Greisl told the board a request for proposals (RFP) was issued in September to “design, build and finance a new police station…to design, develop, build, finance, maintain, manage and operate a new public parking garage…and remodel the interior of the city’s current police station for future use.”  This will all be done consistent with Indiana’s Public-Private Partnership Act, the city attorney said.

The new police station is envisioned as a 50,000 square foot facility with 3 or 4 stories and a 240 space parking garage.  The old Bureau of Motor Vehicles building, most recently used for the Fishers City Court, will be demolished to make way for the new police building.

As part of the public-private partnership, the developer selected will plan, design, construct, operate, manage and finance the building on behalf of the city, ultimately transferring the entire facility to the City of Fishers, according to Greisl.

With Hagerman being selected by the mayor for the “Scoping Agreement,” Hagerman will do the preliminary work and plans for the new police building.  There is a $510,000 ceiling on what Hagerman will be paid during the Scoping Agreement period.

Then a developer will be selected to continue the project to its completion.  If Hagerman is not selected as the project developer, Mayor Scott Fadness says Hagerman will be paid 75% of its costs, up to the $510,000.

Fadness says the scoping agreement provisions provide language to give Hagerman  incentives “to be realistic about the scope” of the police headquarters building project.