REDMOND, OR -- Plans for Redmond's new Public Safety building are moving forward. The design was unveiled last week during an open house.

Police Chief Devin Lewis looks forward to a larger, more modern facility, “We’re lacking enough parking for not only our staff and our police vehicles, but we don’t have any parking for public and the community to either report a crime or to get some sort of services from us.”

Lewis is excited for the new building and the public’s positive feedback, “What we heard kind of mirrors what we’re hoping for as well. They want to see a building that reflects Redmond. So, use a lot kind of a lot of the natural resources in the construction, is built in a sustainable, energy efficient way, but is also open and inviting to the public."

Lewis tells KBND News the new building will offer much more than the current one, “A lot of positivity on the proposed spaces for the people coming to the police department to talk to police so they will have that visual and auditory privacy if they’re here talking about something sensitive or making a crime report. Also, designating an area of that parking that would be under video surveillance and is designated as safe exchange area. Lot of feedback on our proposed community room.” That community room would be available for public meetings, training and emergency operations.

The facility will be built on 8-acres on Northwest Canal Boulevard, at the north of Redmond, thanks to a voter approved $40-million bond. It’s set to be finished in February 2025.