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• 2. Other Community Facilities and Services City Hall/Community Room The City has a staff of eight full-time employees and one part time employee housed in a 15,104 square foot City HalUCommunity Center located on Larpenteur Avenue just east of Cleveland Avenue. Departments at City Hall include Administration (5 employees), Public Works (3 employees), and Parks (1 employee). The structure was built in 1982 and contains a large multi-purpose meeting room which functions both as a community room and a Council Chambers. There are currently no plans for expansion; the existing facility is considered sufficient to serve the population growth forecast to 2030. Unless substantial residential growth occurs on University of Minnesota property north of Larpenteur, there will be no need to do more than maintain and remodel the present facility. Technical Services The City contracts with the City of Roseville for engineering and information technology services. The City's staff computers and internet-based telephone are connected by cable modem to a network that covers 14 local units of government, managed by the City of Roseville. The City is represented on the North Suburban Communications Commission, • which provides cable televising of City Council and Planning Commission meetings to the community and cable TV service to City Hall. The City is a member and active participant in the Ramsey County GIS User Group, a consortium of cities, school districts, soil and water conservation districts and other agencies that share costs for acquiring and maintaining geographic data. Through the efforts of this group, public property information and maps are now available to residents on the Internet for free. Since 2001, the City has provided information and online services to residents through its website, now named www.falconheiahts.org. The City website received a major upgrade in 2006 with a move to GovOffice hosting, enabling online recreation program registration and business licensing. In 2007 the newly recodified City ordinances were added to the website. Police, Fire and Rescue Services and Emergency Readiness The City has a fire department that includes a paid on-call Chief, apart-time Fire Marshall and a force of 20 volunteer fire fighters. The department has one station located at City Hall, which serves the entire City within afive-minute response time. The City has a very good ISO or fire insurance rating of 5. The adjacent City of Lauderdale • contracts with Falcon Heights for fire department services. The City contracts with St. Paul for ambulance service. Falcon Heights Comprehensive Plan Draft January, 2008 Page IV - 5 Part IV: Parks, Community, Economic Development, Implementation, Appendices