Norwich ― The City Council voted unanimously Monday night to purchase a nearly 30-acre property off Ox Hill Road as a site for a new police station, to expand Mohegan Park and for possible future municipal uses.

The council met for 30 minutes in executive session to discuss the proposed purchase of the property for $385,000. City Manager John Salomone then gave a brief public presentation, projecting a large map on a video screen that showed the outline of the property and the areas proposed for the police station and public use.

The council resolution stated the city would purchase 27.58 acres from property owner Ox Hill Land LLC, based in Westport. But Salomone said the property boundaries, which date back many years, are uncertain.

The boundary in one area appears to overlap with land already designated on city maps as part of Mohegan Park, he said.

The closing is expected to take place by Dec. 31.

The land runs from Ox Hill Road and includes a large area between the rear of the Rose City Senior Center and the Mohegan Park boundary. Municipal uses, including the police station, would be situated near the senior center and Mahan Drive.

On Sept. 5, the council approved sending an ordinance to bond $44.75 million for a new police station to voters in November. The price includes property acquisition, potential demolition and new equipment and furnishings.

The ordinance describes a police headquarters that would include a community room, training classrooms, an emergency operations center, a main desk, a dispatch center, areas for the public, prisoner processing, detention and transport, an armory, parking and electric vehicle charging stations.

Voters in 2012 rejected a $33 million plan to convert the former Sears building downtown into a police station. Three years later, city leaders rejected bids from private developers for a leased police headquarters.

Only two residents spoke Monday, with Beryl Fishbone expressing concern that her low-lying neighborhood off Washington Street at the base of the large hill leading up to Mohegan Park frequently floods. She said adding more concrete and development at the top of the hill could worsen the problem unless drainage is addressed.

“That water has no place to go except down,” Fishbone said. “We’ve been promised a new drain system, but that drain system is for the current problems.”

Pietro “Rocky” Camardella, a Republican candidate for City Council, complained that there was little public discussion of the Ox Hill Road site prior to Monday’s council meeting.

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