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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes August 28, 2001 0 Page 7 1 Mayor Cavanaugh referred to the three year relationship, and asked if Fire Chief Forte had checked 2 into the possibility of a permanent relationship. Fire Chief Forte stated that the concept of joining 3 services had not yet been discussed with their Mayor, therefore, he had not examined the possibility of 4 an eternal relationship. s Mayor Cavanaugh stated they are talking about a very small part of the issue for the City of St. 6 Anthony. He continued that fires are not their main call and seventy-five percent of all calls are non-fire 7 calls. 8 Mayor Cavanaugh stated that Hennepin County trucks come with paramedics who can do more than 9 Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs). He added that the City of St. Anthony was concerned with 10 the EMT response, and the residents felt that the local fire department exceeded their needs. 11 Fire Chief Forte indicated that the City of St. Anthony, if it remains independent, has a one minute 12 better response for all emergencies. 13 Mayor Cavanaugh stated that the additional minute response time, should they decide to join forces, 14 was very critical to the residents. 05 Councilmember Thuesen stated that they are not here to discuss ambulance service this evening. He 16 asked what it has to do with the decision to join forces with the City of Minneapolis. Mayor 17 Cavanaugh indicated that Councilmember Thuesen was the initiator of the issue. 18 19 Councilmember Thuesen added that he felt Mayor Cavanaugh was making ambulance service an issue 20 in order to get the residents to approve the concept of joining services. He added that he felt the 21 ambulance service issue was entirely separate. 22 Resident John Mondati, 3420 Highcrest Road, stated that a friend passed away a year ago because 23 they did not get a quick enough response from the City of Minneapolis. He stated that he thought the 24 City of St. Anthony Fire Department deserves to be protected, as they are valuable people. 25 A Resident asked where the new station would be. Fire Chief stated that was to be determined. 26 A former resident of Minneapolis referred to the slow response times she received from the City of 27 Minneapolis. She wondered why they do not collectively have an ambulance with paramedics in St. 28 Anthony where they have the space to house a holding garage versus Johnson Street which is so 29 crammed. Fire Chief Forte concurred that the Johnson Street Fire House could not house a holding 30 garage. 01 Resident Diana Roadfeldt, 2924 Rankin, asked why the City of St. Anthony could not offer the City of 32 Minneapolis some services. She continued that would allow the City of Minneapolis to sell the station 33 on Johnson Street and build a new station in the City of St. Anthony. Ms. Roadfeldt indicated that the