City officials plan to update the nearly 30-year-old facility, construct a new 9,052-square-foot building to provide more workspace and add more parking to accommodate growing city departments. The first phase of construction will be the parking lot expansion and is set to begin in late September, Director of Public Works Michael Garza said.
The details
The parking lot expansion should take around a month to complete, Garza said. Once finished, crews will begin constructing the new building, which the city anticipates to take 12 months. After that, renovations of the existing service center will begin and could take between four to six months to complete.
The entire project is expected to finish in spring 2026, Garza said.
The center, located on South Coppell Road, houses the city's community experiences and public works departments as well as fleet, streets and water utilities. As the departments have increased staff over the years, they have outgrown the existing space, Garza said.
“These staff members at the service center are the first responders that get called out when there are sewer backups or water main breaks,” Garza said. “Sometimes folks have to work late into the night and we didn’t really have a place for them to sleep.”
The renovations will increase the space in the existing building to accommodate a larger locker room and shower space for both men and women as well as refurbish some interior offices into a workspace for field teams, Garza said. Field crews currently operate out of smaller buildings similar to portables.
More details
The new building will accommodate conference rooms, public bathrooms, a training room and offices for supervisors, managers and assistant directors. A hallway will connect the new and existing buildings, Garza said.
A fenced-in outdoor courtyard between the new building and existing service center, 22 trees and a natural channel to filter out pollutants will also be included in the project, Senior Planner Mary Paron-Boswell told Community Impact.
The context
Council approved a rezoning request in March to allow for the new building and additional parking projects to move forward. In July, council approved the sale of bonds for the project, Garza told Community Impact. The $53 million bond package allocated funds for the following projects:
- Fire Station No. 5: $11.5 million
- Royal Lane: $24 million
- Coppell Service Center Improvements and New Service Center: $12.5 million
- Various Water and Sewer System Projects: $5 million
