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Show 7 i Centerville opens new facility By TOM HARALDSEN CENTERVILLE--The ribbon has been cut and doors opened on Centerville City's new Public Works Facility, a building which should help add to the efficiency of the City's public works department while at the same time remove an eyesore from Parrish Lane. During ceremonies Tuesday The'shop area is just over 7,200 square feet in size. Storage in the shop amounts to a little over 2,600 square feet, with another 2,700 square feet on the ground floor providing pro-viding room for five offices, a conference con-ference and training room, a kitchen, kit-chen, two rest rooms complete with showers and lockers, and two storage rooms. An additional 2,700 square feet of unfinished room upstairs could provide space for 11 more offices and two rest rooms. Perhaps most importantly, the building is constructed for a "grade 4" earthquake, one of the strongest of its kind. The previously used facility next to the City Hall was known for being hazardous in the event of a quake. The shop area contains a lube pit, a five-ton overhead crane with an 18-foot lift, a muffler exhaust system that sucks out hazardous fumes, water parts storage, a backup generator, auto parts storage, storage for the parks, street and water departments; 10 inside parking places for plows and vehicles, an emergency eye wash basin and a built-in alarm system. The facility, located in the City's Industrial Park at 655 North 1250 West, will be home for 10 full-time and 12 part-time employees. 1 1 i I J . , ; ' m. ; a I f i if ' i , I; . 1 5 ! i ! ! i i - r f 8 (P - i! Z night, Mayor Michael Kjar did the honors as a blue ribbon was cut in the vehicle maintenance bay of the $695,000 facility. The building will house offices, a maintenance area, storage space, and will provide room for future growth. Centerville began construction on the building last March. The 7.5 acre site is also fully landscaped, and will provide a new home for piles of sand and dirt currently seen as motorists enter the city on Parrish Lane. "We've been hoping for some time to spruce up the entranceway to the city, said city administrator David Hales. "Once we get all of the sand and equipment moved to the new site, we'll clean up that area adjacent to City Hall and the ball diamonds." After the ribbon cutting, officials walked through the new public works building which will serve the needs of Centerville for many years. i . : . ' ; i ' ! I ; i V : -. v : i - -; -: j i I Mayor Michael Kjar cut the ribbon to officially open the new public works building. The ceremony took place in the vehicle maintenance bay of the facility. i - -" r ' " y -j f """l . . rv J ---f I nu d t i f " 1 1 1 -J' i CWTERVILLE CITY -1 I 1 grPM WORKS f . .; ...... , ; 1250 W. FACILITY j s . f J,l g " Vi" " k ! j .Thhe W95.000 public works facility in Centerville is an attractive addition to the entranceway to I intj cny. |