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• Anticipated work in FY2023 which came from substantial BD efforts and marketing in
FY2022 - programming and planning for renovations to PSAP Collinsville (IL) PD;
conceptual design and planning for new fire department burn building and drill tower;
programming and planning for new village hall, police and EMS facility New Baden (IL);
programming and planning for new PD Troy (IL); assessment and needs analysis renovated
PSAP and PD Kirkwood (MO); programming, planning and design for new ISP District 11
Regional HQ; condition and space needs assessment for satellite fire station, headquarters
fire station, police department, EMA / EOC and PSAP Jacksonville (IL); design and
documentation for two new engine houses WCFPD; addition and renovation to Village of
Glen Carbon (IL) Police Department.
• A trend in public safety project commissions which we saw take shape a few years back
with FGMA’s design of the Edwardsville (IL) Combined Public Safety center and continue
into the FGMA project in Roxana (IL) for their Village Hall, Police and Fire center has
manifested itself in several new / reinvigorated projects for shared public safety end users /
agencies – in Missouri: City of Des Peres Dept. of Public Safety HQ (addition and
renovation), City of Fredericktown Police, Municipal Court and Fire Departments (new
build), and Rock Township Ambulance in conjunction with Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office
(new build); and in Illinois, City of Murphysboro City Hall, Police / PSAP and Fire center
(new build), Village of New Baden Village Hall, Police and EMS center (new build), City of
Columbia City Hall, Police / PSAP and EMS center (new build – possibly to include separate
Columbia Fire Protection District engine house and admin headquarters – also would be
new build). These projects represent each respective community’s efforts to consolidate
resources and be good stewards of public dollars while imparting a smaller footprint and
more economical operation. These decisions are believed by their Owners to allow for
more staff cross-training, thereby pushing back against the challenge of regular staffing
shortages; co-locating staff, entries and circulation and common work spaces to enhance
security, collegiality, and to facilitate better service to citizens, businesses and guests, and
to provide more effective emergency response when called upon.

In parallel to the public safety trend, we have been fortunate to be awarded three exciting,
diverse and compelling recreation projects, each of which features a common thread of
aquatics and outdoor fitness. In East St. Louis, the Park District which serves its eponymous
community as well as many other jurisdictions within St. Clair County (IL) has engaged
FGMA to design a replacement for the revered Pop Myles aquatic center in Lincoln Park,
downtown East St. Louis. Meanwhile, City of O’Fallon (IL) selected FGMA to lead a master
plan, programming and budgeting effort to conceive of major overhauls to the jewel in
O’Fallon’s recreation crown, Community Park. The project will feature a replacement to
Memorial Pool, new recreation and fitness swimming amenities, tot pool and splash pad,
as well as a new bathhouse, renovated parks offices, expanded programming areas, and
an outdoor performance venue… all to be ringed by a new multi-use, accessible path
network. Lastly, Rend Lake – after a multi-year delay – hired our team to create a master
plan and conceptual design for major improvements to the recreation options on their
existing campus. To include multiple spray and splash pad areas, playgrounds, a marina,
trails and connecting paths, rental pavilions, support structures and a retail / management
hub, and multiple types of rental / intermediate stay residential units, the investment will
reinforce Rend Lake as a preeminent destination for getaways, regional travel and outdoor
adventure in southern Illinois.
• We also saw FGMA’s commissions related strictly to EMS continue, as we start to receive
outreach from new clients based on word of mouth from past customers – this led directly
to work at BRAD. And good fortune in the arena of emergency communications / PSAP
and Dispatch Center / EOC projects has come our way, with St. Louis City PSAP / EOC
being thawed after a two-year freeze, and projects to plan, renovate or build new PSAP /

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