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Page 8 April 17, 2008 Spotlight<br />
Rotterdam station moves closer to reality<br />
Town hires fi rm<br />
to design new police<br />
and court facility<br />
By ROSS MARVIN<br />
Spotlight Newspapers<br />
marvinr@spotlightnews.com<br />
Rotterdam police and town<br />
court offi cers may not be housed<br />
in the deteriorating, 100-year-old<br />
town court and police station<br />
off Princetown Road for much<br />
longer.<br />
At its meeting on Wednesday,<br />
April 9, the Rotterdam Town<br />
Board moved closer to the<br />
creation of a new station and<br />
court when it unanimously<br />
agreed to hire the Albanybased<br />
engineering fi rm, Clough<br />
Harbour & Associates, to design<br />
the facility.<br />
The $35,900 contract with<br />
Cough Harbour is partially<br />
funded by a $25,000 state<br />
grant.<br />
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we’ll seek a location for such<br />
a facility.”<br />
Nearly four years ago,<br />
Clough Harbour returned<br />
part of a $38,700 feasibility<br />
study that looked into the<br />
former Curry Road Shopping<br />
Plaza as a site for the station<br />
and court.<br />
Last year, the board decided<br />
that location was unfeasible.<br />
Tommasone cited traffic<br />
constraints as the main reason<br />
why the board decided to move<br />
in a different direction.<br />
“The best place for our<br />
police would be somewhere<br />
around the five corners,”<br />
said Tommasone, referring<br />
to an intersection in central<br />
Rotterdam, off Route 7.<br />
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A back wall of the Rotterdam police station is visibly deteriorating.<br />
Offi cials say much of the building is unfi t to house the police department<br />
and town court.<br />
Ross Marvin/Spotlight<br />
Tommasone said he hopes<br />
that Clough Harbor’s design<br />
study will be finished by the<br />
fall.<br />
“They’ve already committed<br />
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some of the structural fl aws of<br />
the current station and court.<br />
The building, which used to<br />
be an elementary school, also<br />
has limited parking and a small<br />
courtroom that is frequently<br />
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overcrowded.<br />
“The town courtroom is packed<br />
in there,” said Tommasone. “It’s<br />
not a safe condition. It’s not the<br />
best condition for our offi cers.<br />
We’re in a position where we<br />
have to have safety.”<br />
Deputy Police Chief William<br />
Manikas agreed with the town<br />
supervisor.<br />
“The building is three fl oors<br />
and we’re constantly bringing<br />
prisoners up and down the<br />
stairs,” said Manikas. “It’s a<br />
safety problem.”<br />
Manikas said the building also<br />
offers very little storage space,<br />
which makes record-keeping and<br />
maintenance more diffi cult.<br />
Manikas also cited the facility’s<br />
lack of parking spaces as a major<br />
issue.<br />
“Parking is a huge problem<br />
when court is in session,” he said.<br />
“People park on the street and it’s<br />
dangerous.”<br />
Manikas, though, said he<br />
didn’t think it necessarily<br />
mattered where the new police<br />
station was located.<br />
“There’s a public perception<br />
that the five corners is a central<br />
location and it’s always good<br />
to have a police presence<br />
where people know how to<br />
find you, but it’s really more<br />
important for firehouses and<br />
courts to be centralized” said<br />
Manikas. “We have officers<br />
that cover specific zones, so<br />
regardless of the new location<br />
our response time should not<br />
be impacted.”<br />
Still, Manikas said the<br />
department, which has<br />
complained about the current<br />
station for years, was pleased<br />
with the board’s decision to<br />
execute the contract with Clough<br />
Harbor.<br />
“We’re encouraged this is<br />
moving forward, but finding<br />
the right property is a potential<br />
problem,” he said.<br />
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