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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (CONTINUED) site is too removed from Birch Street to be considered both for impacts on response time and for safe response on 12th Avenue. Secondly, the existing grade at Birch Street east bound from 12th Avenue is steeper than deemed safe when entering this 50 mph county road. This grade would result in significant delays in the time it would take for apparatus to reach the posted speed creating a hazard both for the firefighters and private vehicles traveling this route. The remaining two sites meet the minimum requirements addressed above so further evaluation and comparison was pursued for each. Conclusions The study goes on to identify a comprehensive list of site attributes in detail as shown in the body of this report as well as assigning them relative values in a 5 step scale from negative to positive as shown in the Site Selection Matrix. The report evaluates in detail the two remaining properties that meet minimum requirements as sites for the proposed Lino Lakes Fire House #2. The conclusion of the report recommends the Centerville Road and Birch Street property as the best potential site for the City of Lino Lakes for the fire station. The following partial list of qualities of this site make it superior to the 1300 Block and Birch Street location. • Response Time: The more easterly location of the Centerville Road and Birch Street site provides better total coverage of the City of Lino Lakes with virtually no properties in the 14+ minute response category and significantly less properties in the 9-14 minute category. • Site Cost and Availability: The property is already owned by the City of Lino Lakes and the value accessed by Anoka County is significantly less than the 1300 Block property. While the city may record a transfer of the property between departments, no actual payments to other entities would be required. In addition, the property is immediately available for design and construction activities without a purchase and closing process. • Street Access and Safety: The access from this site would be directly onto Birch Street (CSAH 34) with close connection to Centerville Road for north and south response. This section of Birch Street while still an Anoka County road is of a lower traffic load designation resulting in less traffic for apparatus to encounter when leaving the station than other sections of Birch Street. The relatively flat grades in both directions on Birch Street also provide good visibility and acceleration potential for the Fire Division vehicles. • Site Visibility and Potential Neighborhood Impacts: This site is at the most traveled intersection in the southeastern side of the City of Lino Lakes providing great public visibility as a prominent Lino Lakes public safety facility. At the same time, the land directly adjoining this intersection is currently undeveloped which results in very minimal current resident impacts compared to the 1300 Block neighborhood. See additional detailed site analysis for the recommended site and the other properties in the full report body. CNH Architects and the Lino Lakes city staff on the building committee have reviewed this study's findings and are comfortable with the report is recommendation for the selection of the Centerville Road and Birch Street site as the best location for the proposed future fire house. 4 Lino Lakes Fire House #2 • Site Analysis