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St. Anthony Public Facilities Communications Plan—Draft 1. Purpose The purpose of this plan is to identify and organize the public information and communications efforts surrounding the initiative to assess needs, identify options, and select and implement an option to resolve City space needs issues (Public Works,Fire Station.)This plan also recommends a process that includes the formation of a Public Facilities Study Group to work with the project planning firm/architect and make recommendations to the City Council. 2. Key Messages • The City of St. Anthony is now struggling with how to continue to meet residents needs in Public Works and Fire Department facilities that are 40 to 50 years old. • The City Council in August will hire a planning firm/architect to work with a citizens' Public Facilities Study Group to identify needs and develop options to address the City's Public Works and Fire Departments space needs. • The St. Anthony Fire Department is trying to deliver services in 2002 in a building that was designed to be a City Hall in the 1950s. There is a lack of training and office space and inadequate dormitory space; there is inadequate storage for vehicles, equipment and records; the building has structural concerns and it is not handicapped accessible. • Since the Public Works Building was built in the 1960s, its crew has grown from 3 to 15 and the number of maintenance vehicles has increased significantly to meet the City's needs. The Public Works building has inadequate office, training and meeting space; inadequate storage space for vehicles, supplies and records; inadequate restroom facilities and is not handicapped accessible. • The Public Facilities Study Group and planning firm will report to the City Council on facility needs in later this year and will recommend options to meet those needs nett year.The City Council will make decisions on how to meet the needs next spring. 3 W Cif