HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemo - Read Before Packet - 2/10/2015 - Memorandum From Ken Cooper, Loveland Facilities Operations Manager, Re: Regional Training Campus- Reduced Capital Plan Option (Feb. 12, 2015 Joint Work Session)CITY OF LOVELAND
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Memo
TO: Loveland City Manager Bill Cahill
Fort Collins City Manager Darin Atteberry
FROM: Ken Cooper, Loveland Facilities Operations Manager
DATE: February 6, 2015
RE: Regional Training Campus – Reduced Capital Plan Option
CC: Loveland Police Chief Luke Hecker
Fort Collins Police Chief John Hutto
The Regional Training Campus (RTC) project includes a number of critical components required to
effectively meet the current and long-term Police training needs for Fort Collins and Loveland:
Pistol training up to a 50-yard distance
Rifle training up to a 100-yard distance
SWAT / Simunitions shoot house
Classroom space to support weapons training
Driving track for high-speed vehicle training
Skid pad & other vehicle training features
Storage needs for the campus
Considering these critical elements of the proposed campus, the RTC project team has carefully
reviewed options to reduce the overall capital investment, while keeping intact the basic project
needs. The following project elements can be removed or reduced:
Reduce the pistol range from 25 lanes to 20 lanes
Remove the proposed street grid – build at a later date
Reduce the vehicle maintenance building to a basic storage building
These changes maintain the integrity of the project, but reduce by nearly 13 percent the estimated
total project cost to the cities. The shared capital investment is reduced by about $3M, from $23.5M
down to $20.5M. At the upcoming joint study session with the two City Councils on February 12,
CITY OF LOVELAND
PUBLIC WORKS
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
410 East 5th Street Loveland, Colorado 80537
(970) 962-2635 FAX (970) 962-2908 TDD (970) 962-2620
www.ci.loveland.co.us
2015, the project team will cover in more detail the impact on maintenance and operations from this
reduced project plan.
The attached PowerPoint presentation for the February 12 joint study session has been updated. It
includes additional slides with financial summary information about the reduced RTC plan. To ensure
clarity at the joint study session, this new presentation should replace the one distributed to City
Councils on February 4.
Thank you.
LIST OF ATTACHMENTS:
1. Updated PowerPoint presentation for joint study session on February 12, 2015
Regional Training Campus
Joint Study Session
Fort Collins & Loveland City Councils
February 12, 2015
Fort Collins – Loveland Airport
Purpose of Presentation
Express the need
Compare alternatives
Answer previous questions
Establish clear path forward
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Risk, Consequence, Liability
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Shooting, High Speed Driving Traffic Stops, Daily Vehicle Operations
Intermittent, Admin Tasks Non-EM Police Calls, Report Writing
Project History & Needs
Loveland Firearms Training
Late ‘60’s – bulldozer + open ground = gun range
No capital investment since
Noise concerns grow with increased use, spike after reservoir
Treatment Plant expansion, site increasingly incompatible
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Loveland Firearms Training - WTP
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Loveland Firearms Training - WTP
Project History & Needs
Fort Collins Firearms Training
Current indoor range built 1984, purchased 1990
Half as many staff in 1990 – too small now
Unsafe, needs considerable & costly repair
Cannot train all systems
Rifle training 80 mile roundtrip – subject to owner demands
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Fort Collins Firearms Training Range
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Fort Collins Firearms Training Range
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Fort Collins Rifle – Pawnee Grasslands
Project History & Needs
Loveland Firearms Training
2007 – Capital project to improve existing range
Canopy structure to mitigate noise
$3M project to Loveland Council in early 2008
Neighbors of range are clear – “Move it, don’t improve it”
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Project History & Needs
Loveland Firearms Training
2008 - Developers reach out
Preliminary drawings, regional thoughts include CBI Lab
By 2010, no investment community interest
FRGC provides short-term, pistol training supplement
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Project History & Needs
Fort Collins Driving Training
No resource in Northern Colorado
Closest is Adams County – 120 mile roundtrip
Restricted scheduling across many agencies
Unable to EVOC train in 2014, slow speed at TransFort
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Project History & Needs
Loveland Driving Training
Cones in parking lot – Fire Training Grounds
Minimal systems, site is unsustainable
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Project History & Needs
Fort Collins & Loveland continue to grow up – but
ability to best train Police does not
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Loveland City Council Directive
January 2013 - Council makes Police training facility
top priority at Workshop
$18.2M in Loveland capital plan - fill Loveland needs
Gun range as part of campus, include driving & other training
Other agency use, but Loveland to own & operate
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Fort Collins & Loveland Team Up
Summer 2013
Early design, site selection process
Loveland asks Fort Collins in – FC commits resources as
equal partner in July
Larger project, longer-term solution for Cities
Project grows from $18.2M to $24M, but Loveland’s
capital reduced by over $6M
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Loveland & Fort Collins – Priority
One-stop shop – firearms & vehicles
Pistol & rifle, tactical throughout
SWAT / Simunitions shoot house
EVOC driving, street grid, dynamic movement to shoot house
Classrooms, support – future Academy
Phased approach, grow on 43-acre Airport campus site
Constructed, owned, & managed by Loveland & Fort
Collins
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Excess Campus Capacity?
Yes - here’s why
Size driven by best methods to train, optimal class sizes
Cities’ needs today fill less than half total campus capacity
8 percent of training in RTC is “best practice” – not performed
today due to lack of facilities
If no other agencies ever use it, campus size doesn’t
change
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Best Excess Capacity Use?
Encourage other agency use
Ideal regional site
Shared benefit when other Police improve training
Letters of intent – eleven agencies, 1,100 officers
Rental fee revenue – help cover O & M
Staff growth in Cities to eventually squeeze users, will take
decades
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Other Capacity Issues?
Sufficient training capacity – exception is classrooms
However...
Training segments are M-F, 8am-10pm
Capacity significantly higher
Some classroom training at HQ (small dent in classes sold)
Some training at HQ’s transition to RTC, small added soft
costs for travel
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Revenue Projection
Project due diligence
Demand exists – Adams Co turning agencies away
Letters of intent
75% rental income from Track – no similar resource in NoCo
Projections assume rental of 25% of unused capacity
Market / Demand pricing – $150 added per segment = $150K
annually
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Expenses
O & M – $710K in year two
Variable costs: campus manager & admin support
Capital renewal costs included in O & M
Land lease costs already within both Cities’ budgets
$350K annually with escalation
Shared by two Cities – keeping with current in post-Allegiant
19 cents per sq ft meets FAA mandate for developable land
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Capital Required
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• Source of Cash:
• Loveland - $6M CEF, $1.7M GF, $4.3M Tabor Reserve
• Fort Collins - $1M GF, $11.1M COP Debt
Anticipated Capital Spend Timing ($ millions)
2015 2016 2017 Total
Loveland $ 1.0 $ 4.0 $ 7.0 $ 12.0
Fort Collins 1.0 4.1 7.0 12.1
Total $ 2.0 $ 8.1 $ 14.0 $ 24.1
Training Campus Summary Financials
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• Year 1 is Track only, Range & Classrooms online Year 2
• Market/Demand Opportunity assumes additional $150 rental income
• Budget Savings within each dept assumed to be transferred to facility
Training Facility Operating Costs ($ 000's)
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
Revenue
Class Charge to Outside User $ 73 $ 110 $ 114 $ 117 $ 121
Facility Rental 85 287 295 304 313
Total Revenue $ 158 $ 397 $ 409 $ 421 $ 434
Expenses
Personnel 115 302 312 322 332
Operations, Supplies, Maint 47 303 303 318 319
Capital Reserve 18 105 106 107 108
Total Expense $ 180 $ 710 $ 721 $ 748 $ 760
Training Facility Income/(Loss) $ (22) $ (314) $ (312) $ (327) $ (326)
Market/Demand Revenue Opportunity 148 153 157 162
Facility Income/(Loss) with Opportunity $ (22) $ (166) $ (159) $ (170) $ (164)
Budget Savings Loveland 59 61 63 64 66
Budget Savings Fort Collins 77 79 82 84 87
Net Facility Income/(Loss) $ 114 $ (25) $ (15) $ (21) $ (11)
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• Budget savings do not include productivity from reduced driving - $125K
• Opportunity - additional $150 per segment of rental
• Fort Collins budget impact driven by financing cost on $11.1M
Budget Impact
Training Facility Budget Impact ($ 000's)
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
Loveland Travel & Fee Savings $ 59 $ 61 $ 63 $ 64 $ 66
Fort Collins Travel & Fee Savings 77 79 82 84 87
Loveland Financing Cost $ -
Fort Collins Financing Cost - @ 4% 20 yrs (809) (809) (809) (809) (809)
Shortfall w/o Opportunity $ (22) $ (314) $ (312) $ (327) $ (326)
Shortfall with Opportunity (22) (166) (159) (170) (164)
Budget Impact - Loveland w/o Opportunity $ 52 $ (43) $ (41) $ (43) $ (41)
Budget Impact - Fort Collins w/o Opportunity (747) (940) (937) (944) (941)
Budget Impact - Loveland with Opportunity $ 52 $ 6 $ 10 $ 9 $ 12
Budget Impact - Fort Collins with Opportunity (747) (841) (835) (839) (833)
Alternatives
• Terminal Value of RTC at year 20 not included in NPV, but significant
• Combined analysis for both Loveland & Fort Collins
• Adams County alternatives:
• Not practical given inability to schedule time in late 2014 & all of 2015
• Does not include lost productivity associated with travel time
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Alternative Comparison ($ millions)
Initial
Capital
20 Year
Additional
Operating
NPV of
Total
Cashflow
Regional Training w/o Rev Opportunity $ 24.1 $ 3.9 $ 26.3
Liberty Arms & Build Track 8.5 34.1 25.5
Adams County for All - 28.3 16.8
Alternative – Adams County
120 mile roundtrip – obvious inefficiencies
No control over scheduling, limited capacity
Theoretical only – cannot effectively schedule
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Alternative – Liberty Arms
Proposal to two Cities – Nov 2014, updated Jan 2015
$1.1M annually – five year window, then undefined
Not competitive with RTC’s O & M, which includes
driving, etc.
No long-term control, solution for Cities unsustainable
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Alternative – RTC with Reduced Capital
20 lane pistol range (from 25)
Build street grid at later date
Vehicle maintenance reduced to storage building
Critical training props remain
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Capital Required – Reduced RTC
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• Source of Cash:
• Loveland - $6M CEF, $1.7M GF, $2.5M Tabor Reserve
• Fort Collins - $1M GF, $9.2M COP Debt
Anticipated Capital Spend Timing ($ millions) - Reduced Capital
2015 2016 2017 Total
Loveland $ 1.0 $ 2.5 $ 6.7 $ 10.2
Fort Collins 1.0 2.6 6.6 10.2
Total $ 2.0 $ 5.1 $ 13.3 $ 20.4
Summary Financials – Reduced RTC
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• Year 1 is Track only, Range & Class rooms online Year 2
• Market/Demand Opportunity assumes additional $150 rental income
• Budget Savings within each dept assumed to be transferred to facility
Training Facility Operating Costs ($ 000's) - Reduced Capital
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
Revenue
Class Charge to Outside User $ 73 $ 110 $ 114 $ 117 $ 121
Facility Rental 85 240 247 255 262
Total Revenue $ 158 $ 350 $ 361 $ 372 $ 383
Expenses
Personnel 115 301 310 320 320
Operations, Supplies, Maint 47 283 283 297 297
Capital Reserve 18 102 103 104 105
Total Expense $ 180 $ 686 $ 696 $ 722 $ 723
Training Facility Income/(Loss) $ (22) $ (335) $ (335) $ (350) $ (340)
Market/Demand Revenue Opportunity 148 153 157 162
Facility Income/(Loss) with Opportunity $ (22) $ (187) $ (182) $ (193) $ (178)
Budget Savings Loveland 59 61 63 64 66
Budget Savings Fort Collins 77 79 82 84 87
Net Facility Income/(Loss) $ 114 $ (47) $ (38) $ (44) $ (25)
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• Budget savings do not include productivity from reduced driving - $125K
• Opportunity - additional $150 per segment of rental
• Fort Collins budget impact driven by financing cost on $9.2M
Budget Impact – Reduced RTC
Training Facility Budget Impact ($ 000's) - Reduced Capital
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
Loveland Travel & Fee Savings $ 59 $ 61 $ 63 $ 64 $ 66
Fort Collins Travel & Fee Savings 77 79 82 84 87
Loveland Financing Cost $ -
Fort Collins Financing Cost - @ 4% 20 yrs (677) (677) (677) (677) (677)
Income/(Loss) w/o Opportunity $ (23) $ (335) $ (335) $ (350) $ (340)
Income/(Loss) with Opportunity (23) (187) (182) (193) (178)
Budget Impact - Loveland w/o Opportunity $ 51 $ (50) $ (48) $ (51) $ (46)
Budget Impact - Fort Collins w/o Opportunity (615) (822) (820) (827) (818)
Budget Impact - Loveland with Opportunity $ 51 $ (1) $ 3 $ 1 $ 8
Budget Impact - Fort Collins with Opportunity (615) (723) (717) (722) (710)
Alternatives – Reduced RTC
• Terminal Value of RTC at year 20 not included in NPV, but significant
• Combined analysis for both Loveland & Fort Collins
• Adams County alternatives:
• Not practical given inability to schedule time in late 2014 & all of 2015
• Does not include lost productivity associated with travel time
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Alternative Comparison ($ millions) - Reduced Capital
Initial
Capital
20 Year
Additional
Operating
NPV of
Total
Cashflow
Regional Training w/o Rev Opportunity $ 20.4 $ 4.2 $ 22.9
Liberty Arms & Build Track 5.5 33.8 22.4
Adams County for All - 28.3 16.8
Why Now?
Requirements only increase & waiting is expensive
Ideal site, stakeholders supportive
Partnership saves each City millions
DOLA cycles – up to $4M
User agencies in position
Infrastructure to Airport, development
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Governance
Jointly owned & operated
Steering Committee for communication
Day to day operations support from Loveland
Possible building authority – LLBA model
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Questions to Address
50-50 capital partnership between Cities
Weld County as potential capital partner
Simulation to replace live training for firearms &
driving
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Desired Project Schedule
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DESCRIPTION
YEAR
EXPECTED DURATION
Project programming – info gathering
2014
1st
& 2nd
Quarters
Early design – schematic design
2014
3rd
& 4th
Quarters
Budgets finalized – Council approvals
2015
1st
Quarter
Design development & construction
drawings
2015
1st
, 2nd
, 3rd
, & 4th
Quarters
Construction bid process
2015
4th
Quarter
Project construction – campus infrastructure,
driving areas
2016
1st
, 2nd
, 3rd
, & 4th
Quarters
Project construction – indoor ranges
2017
1st
, 2nd
, 3rd
, & 4th
Quarters
Recommendation
Move forward now with Regional Training Campus
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Aerial looking NW at Range Building
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Aerial looking NW at Campus
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Proposed Site Plan
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Proposed Plan Diagram