[Music] owners of the South Metro Public Safety Training Facility will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the training center and break ground for a new building there later this year a new Tactical training building will be built on the south side of the property on Brar Boulevard with garage doors at each end the majority will be one level but the building will feature a mezzanine with multiple sets of stairs for training scenarios that include a second level three vehicles will be able to drive through and fit in the building at one time which will come in handy for training during winter months about half of the building will have movable panels that can be arranged to simulate a house or commercial property areas where police have to go in and search for hostages drugs and other Contraband they will be able to manipulate those walls to assimilate an apartment or a second floor of a residence with the new Tactical training building they'll have the ability to create a space exactly that size or what they want uh officers that are going into apartment buildings uh private residences commercial buildings Office Buildings um they can create the exact type of scenario they're going to encounter out in the field this building will be used by the training facilities owner agencies Edina Bloomington Eden Prairie and the Metropolitan airports commission other local and federal agencies will be able to rent the new facility for an hourly fee all types of training will be conducted in the building including building searches use of force techniques and traffic enforcement last month the din city council approved a conditional use permit with a height variance for the project