Milford chronicle., 1957-03-08
Committee On City
Hall Makes Report
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versy, an attempt at the solution
or which was made by the election
or the aforementioned committee.
While not making a definite dec
laration or recommendation as to
a possible City Hall, the commit
tee suggests that City Council
should have an Open House at both
the former Caulk buildings and
the present City Hall on Saturday
and Sunday, March 16 and II, be-
tween 2 and p. m, in order that
the citizens of Milford can person
ally examine the buildings.
The right to rent and/ sell the
former Caulk property is being
asked by City Council in a refer
endum called for Wednesday,
March 20. Several members of the
present Council and the Mayor are
opposed /. to the use of the Caulk
property, basing their opposition
on what they feel would be a cost
ly changeover from its present de-
signed use and expensive mainten-
ance and operation as City Hall.
In closing, the committee ad-
vised City Council of their inten-
tion to make the report public as
of Thursday, March z, and that the
report had the unanimous approval
of all the committee members.
The report in its entirety fol-
lows:
To the Mayor, City Council and
Citizens of Milford:
The committee appointed at the
annual citizens meeting to make a
report on locations of a city hall
hereby submit the following re-
port as instructed on January 10,
1857.
LOCATIONS
1. Parking lot on N. E. Front
Street was considered unsuitable.
2. Vale lot at corner of S. Wal
nut Street and S. e. Second Street
was considered a site that could
be used. BY using this site, it is
estimated that off-street parking
could be provided for approximate
ly thirty autos. But, the commit
tee wishes to remind the citizens
that this area is presently very
congested for parking, and we feel
that a plan or system would have
to be provided to eliminate the
existing parking and traffic haZ-
ards.
8. Old City Power Plant site on
Washington Street was considered
a suitable location. Since room for
parking is available and other city
buildings are in same location, this
site. would increase Capitalization
of city operations, which should
raise the percentage of efficiency.
4. Present City Hall-Due to the
Importance of presenting our re-
port to the council and citizens
prior to the early date of the forth
coming referendum, we have not
had sufficient time to ascertain
the approximate dollar cost of
renovating, repairing, and expand
ing the present city office facili-
ties. We suggest that council OBJ
tain an inspection of this building
as to its condition and a report as
to the approximate cost of creating
workable floor area to fulfill the
city administrative requirements,
including safe storage for city
records.
The committee feels that the
cost of new building to house
police and city offices would be
approximately $125,006 to $780,
900. The bid for building a, city
hall on August 5, 1866, was in the
amount of $156,S00. If new build
ing were designed that was not
quite as elaborate as the previous
one, and taking in consideration
increased building costs since, we
feel that the figure quoted will be
a fairly accurate estimate.
FORMER CAULK OFFICE BUILD
ING
The former Caulk office build
ings have been carefully inspect
ed by the whole committee and we
have found the buildings generally
in very good condition. The foun-
dation and brick walls were sound
and there was evidence that major
repairs had been made to keep the
buildings structurally sou n d.
Where we felt we were not quail
fled to render an honest opinion,
we requested and received the op-
inion of qualified people.
The heating system was exam
ined by Mr.. Clarence Downing and