City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: JANUARY 4, 2022
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MARK B. JINKS, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Consideration of a Lease Between the City and Graboyes Family Trust for Warehouse Space at 4000 Wheeler Avenue for Public Safety Training
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ISSUE: Consideration of a lease agreement between the City of Alexandria and Graboyes Family Trust for warehouse/office space located at 4000 Wheeler Avenue for the public safety training.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council authorize the execution by the City Manager of a lease agreement substantially in conformance with the attached Letter of Intent between the City of Alexandria and Graboyes Family Trust for 25,234 square feet of warehouse/office space located at 4000 Wheeler Avenue for public safety training.
BACKGROUND: For over a decade, the owners of Landmark Mall provided the Alexandria Police Department (APD) decommissioned retail space to utilize for training at no charge. With the redevelopment of Landmark Mall, the space is scheduled to be demolished and the APD was asked to vacate the space by the end of calendar year 2021. This training space allowed the APD to effectively plan and execute mandated and other training, much of which is driven by policy and The Commission of Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) standards. Without the replacement of this space, the APD will no longer be able to easily and consistently provide mandated training.
DISCUSSION: Based on the need to find another facility to conduct mandatory and necessary training and the facility requirements to accommodate this training, staff identified 25,234 square feet of warehouse/office space at 4000 Wheeler Avenue. The space was evaluated by APD staff and was deemed to have all of the same capabilities of the previous space and meets all of the requirements for APD training. In addition, the space is less than one mile from th...
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