Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-09
Police BUILDING
Included in
D. c. Requests

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sioners, department heads have
urged spending about $57 mil
lion more than the commits
Sioner's approval last year for
the six-year program.
The proposed SO million police
headquarters building to re-
place offices in the Municipal
Center would be constructed
in 1870.
The building would be To-
Gated within reasonable walk
ing distance of the city's court
buildings" 1t would accom-
modate all police operations
except training and would
house the police warehouse
and garage and service shop
now operating at scattered
sites.
10000 Square Feet Asked
In requesting the new ad-
ministration building. police
officials asked for 10000
square feet to replace the pres
ent 10000 square feet of office
space to provide for more eff
ficient operation.
The officials also asked that
the new site include parking
space for about $50 automo-
biles instead of the 81 present
parking spaces.
/ Police officials pointed out
that since they moved into the
Municipal Center. therer have
been considerable changes in
the size and completely of or
ganiZation of the police de-
partment, in the number of
specialized units of headquar-
tiers, and in the quantity and
complexity of the workload of
the department"
During the past 20 years.
the officials said, five new
units have become installed in
headquarters personel units in
creased from IS to about310.
and field personnel grew from
less than 800 to more than
900.
Highway Request
C The only additions to the
{ Districts highway program
/ from the previous plan is a
, request for $4.8 million for that
part of the proposed North
Leg of the Inner Loop that
would link the proposed
Northeast freeway on the west
with the Washing
ton Parkway and U. S. Route
so on the East.
The public works plan in
! cludes requests for $ll9.327 300
for the school system. This is
5000 million less than was
asked in the last five-year
program because of the sub
stantial appropriation for
school construction approved
by the Commissioners for the
fiscal 1864 budper.
The program includes fund
requests for seven new ele-
mentary schools. The school
system also is asking for one
new high school and additions
to two existing high schools.
and for five new junior high
schools, requirements for two
other and additions for two
existing buildings.
Granville w. Woodson, as
sistant superintendent for
building and grounds, said that
if all projects are approved,
the plan will meet school needs
anticipated through 1870.
New Projects Listed
The new projects not previ-
ously requested are:
Replacement for the Mich
OILS Avenue Elementary School,
"a classroomS, $2,O29,0OO in
l965-1966; replacement for the
Blow-Pie rec Ele mentary
Schools, "a classroomS, $2.65
million in 1965-1966; a replace
, ment for Blair, Ludlow and
Taylor Elementary Schools, "a
claSsroomS, SIS million in
1866, and a replacement for
the Monroe Elementary School,
"a claSsrooms, $2779,000 in
1967-1968.
Additions being asked for the
first time would add Is class
rooms to the Scott-Montgom-
cry Elementary School; eight
claSSrooms to Shepherd Ele-
mentary School; IL claSSrooms
to Watkins Elementary School;
IA claSsroomS to Wheatley Ele-
mentary School; eight class
rooms to Webb Elementary
School; II clasSrooms to Tyler
Elementary School and 26
clasSroomS to Gordon Junior
=. High School.
Based on Budget
The revised six year public
works plan is based on the as
sumption that all capital outlay
. requests submitted by the Dis
trict Commissioners for fiscal
1864 will be granted by Con-
greSS. The budget is now being
studied by a joint conference
" Of House and Senate District
Appropriations subcommittee.
" If the capital outlay re-
, quests are cut ip the final pas
8 sage of the bill, District De-
partment heads will have to re-
evaluate their proposed six
" year public works timetable.
!. The PROPOSED projects must
be reviewed by the District
= Commissioners who probably
, will recommend some trims.
: A public hearing on the over
all plan will be held Janu-
Il airy II.