Public Safety Building Plan Moves Ahead Remake for Civic Center envisioned

By Jim Tortolano Orange County Tribune

The proposed new Public Safety building took a step forward on Tuesday night as the Garden Grove City Council heard a report on the status of the project and approved $1.2 million to planners and consultants for the facility.

“I’m really excited about this,” said Mayor Pro Tem George Brietigam (District 1). “It is long overdue.”

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Proposed is not just construction of a new police department facility, but also a parking structure and a new public park as the entire Civic Center –bordered by Euclid Street, Acacia Parkway, Stanford Avenue and 8th Street –would undergo a remake.

The entire project is estimated to cost $108 million, and will replace most of an aging Public Safety building that opened in the early 1970s and which is considered too cramped, without sprinklers or proper Americans with Disability access.

While no final decision