The City of Roseville is moving forward with plans to build a new Maintenance Operations Center funded through a local sales tax as part of the City Hall campus.
In July, the City Council conferred with architects and selected a concept plan that best fits on the property currently owned by the city. This concept plan also preserves most of neighboring Veterans' Park and leaves the adjacent nonprofit VFW in its current location.
The plan splits the maintenance operations into two sites with the bulk of daily activity occurring south of Woodhill Drive in a significantly renovated and updated maintenance center. A new maintenance yard, which will include fuel pumps and additional storage, will be constructed on the north side of Woodhill Drive.
As a result of the new Maintenance Operations Center, the License and Passport Center and Dance Studio need to be relocated to make room for the maintenance yard.
City leaders explored ways to replace the license center and dance studio, including the possibility of renting space away from the City Hall campus. A majority of the council ultimately voted to build a new license center and dance studio next to the City Hall campus, directly south of Veteran’s Park.
The funding for the new building for the license center and the dance studio will be determined in the near future.
Background
In November 2024, Roseville voters approved a ballot question allowing the city to enact a half-cent local sales tax to build a new Public Works and Parks Operations Facility at a cost of $64.2 million. The Roseville local sales tax began being collected on July 1, 2025.
What’s next
City staff, working with the City Attorney, issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for architectural services and a Request for Qualification (RFQ) for Construction Manager at Risk service. City leaders and the City Council will review applications and select contractors this fall.
The new building, to be located on the northwest corner of Lexington Ave. N. and Woodhill Drive, will serve as a more efficient, centralized hub for the essential city services, including:
- Water distribution and sanitary/storm sewer systems
- road work and pathway work
- snow removal
- maintenance of the city’s 33 parks
- storage for essential city assets, including equipment and vehicles ranging from recreation supplies and utility vehicles to plows, street sweepers, and other specialized vehicles — totaling more than 300 units of equipment
- mechanics space to efficiently work on the city's fleet of vehicles, from Zambonis to vac trucks