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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 8, 2003 Page 6 now. He stated that the facility for the fire station and public works were not sufficient for 2 today's demands. 3 4 Mr. Archambault listed several deficiencies for the fire station sites as being: vehicles parked 5 too closely, inadequate space for training, no decontamination space, upgrading needed, no equal 6 facilities for both genders, and does not meet current ADA standards for access to the public. He 7 also noted the need for various repairs and the inadequate living quarters. Mr. Archambault 8 stated the quality of the facility was affecting the ability to retain employees. He mentioned that 9 currently the vehicles are split between two sites. 10 11 Mr. Archambault reviewed the deficiencies of the Public Works facilities. He compared the 12 services demanded in the 1960's to now. He listed the responsibilities of the Public Works 13 department and showed slides listing the deficiencies including some of the vehicles are stored 14 outside, there are structural issues, space issues, needed upgrades, no equal facilities for both 15 genders, no decontamination areas, air quality problems, that this impacts the ability to recruit 16 and maintain employees, and again, does not meet minimum ADA standards. He noted that the 17 snowplows have to be disassembled to allow them to be parked indoors. 18 19 Mr. Archambault reviewed the facility goals to be, looking at providing proper storage and 20 maintenance of vehicles, making sure the improved sites would accommodate for fifty years into 21 the future if possible, continuing to provide high level of service, making sure the improvements are affordable, making sure the improvements are a good investment and assist in keeping good employees. 24 25 Mr. Archambault reviewed facility options that were studied such as location, size, design, 26 materials, remodeling and additions, financing alternatives, affordability and useful life of the 27 facility. He explained there was discussion on the level of service provided, but the task force 28 determined it was not their mission to answer these questions; it was a staff and a Council issue. 29 Mr. Archambault stated they don't have the expertise to answer those questions. 30 31 Mr. Archambault reviewed the selection criteria for a new fire station site to include the land 32 acquisition cost, development cost, useful life, maintenance cost and best land use. He stated 33 one of the limiting factors at this time was in having two fire stations, fire fighters have to man a 34 truck before it can pull out and sometimes they have to get the fire fighters from one fire station 35 to the other station before a truck can leave. 36 37 Mr. Archambault listed the first station sites considered: the current site, Kenzie 38 Terrace/Bowling Alley, Sroga Towing, the tennis courts, Christen Property, American Monarch, 39 Northwest Quadrant, the current Public Works site and Tires Plus. He stated that a scoring 40 system was put into place and the two top sites were the tennis courts and the Christen 41 Properties. He stated that it was determined that there was a better use for the current site as a 42 retail/restaurant site and indicated there was already a buyer for that site. 43 Mr. Archambault stated that the task force believes one fire station would be best to improve cleanup, response time and noted costs would also be saved. He indicated the proposed site 46 - would be adjacent to City Hall. He stated the fire station building preliminary findings include a