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facility for East Side Fire Protection District; renovations and upgrades to CCFPD engine
house no. 1.
• 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.

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