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Home My WebLink About3. Fire Station Referendum Presentation 1 , . > . FIRE STATION / EQUIPMENT PIIRCHASE � REFERENDUM MAY 4, 1993 Back round 1) Fire Station Location Study 2) 1990 Space Needs Study _ 3) Fire Station Site Analysis 1992 Citizen's Advisorv Committee Recommendations , 1) New Station a. location b, design c. cost • 2) New Fire Truck . a. need b. cost 3) Total Cost . • �}p2 . Z� , �q�3 �p. �� y should I vote for a nevvi central f�re station? - •' � �'� � � ry � � � �� i� "�a, —. � . �, � , z - , . T. i , , ��'� �„� �4 � 6� t � �' �.� � ... � v . _ A Y6S vOt6 �6l�YlS Improved fare�rotection service 24 hours a day. �� "� �� ; , ;� ; �,. �� ,��.� .z �; �;, . h, �: � ��aA �� v `��k�' . , � : �r� ��.�!�R,�i...�'�.�{.�,�. r�., , �,�r�7� ' �,� n;�1,��.n�3..,,u , ,... , A Yes Vote Means Maintenance of fire insurance ratings at the current level. � A Y6�V0�8 M6aYl.S ^� Support of a VolunteerFire Department, which provides fire • Why��response dme protection to property owners at a tremendous tax sauings. �hy �O WI� need �O ll�l�rOVC Ol1r to a fire �ncident fl�� prOtl�Ctl(All S�11'V1CeS? so cridcal? 1� Y6S VOt6 M6l��ZS N More volunteer re hters to rovide better covera e and res onse y Fire protection for Rosemount residents is � �g p g p The Rosemount Fire Station, now nearly 20 years old, is currend located on Brazil in emergency si tuations. Avenue in the northeast quadrant of downtown Rosemount,just north of City Hall.The provided by a 35 member volunteer fire present fire station location delays the response time required to cover the most rapidly department.The department responds to A Yes Vote li�leans ^- Implementation of the City's long-range fire protection plan that �anizing western portions of the City. In effect, the City fights very few fires and morethan3oofireandemergencymedical responds to very few medical emergencies in the central and eastern ends of Rosemount. calls each year.The majar factor involved will meet the present and foreseen future needs of our community By far the largest number of incidents of both fire and rescue are generated by the inthefirefighterseffectivelycontrollingloss f01" t]28 iZBxt 2O yeCl1'S. e�cisting development within and to the west of the old village.Due to the availabIlity of of life and limiting property damage in fire City utilities, future development of Rosemount will also be concentrated in the west emergencies is quick response time: end of the City which will further compromise adequate fire coverage and response time to this area. a. Poor location significantly effects • The e�cisting Fire Station,built nearly 20 years ago,has become inadequate response time both to west and east Where do I vote on May 4th? , for the present and future needs of the Fire Department. b. Poor vehicle accessibility due to the Vehicles are currendy placed by priority within the garage area;there are overcrowding of equipment in the � times when apparatus and vehicles need to be juggled to respond with the apparatus bays Precinct 1: Shannon Park Elementary School 13501 Shannon Parkway most efficient equipment. Pl'eC111C[2: St.John's Lutheran Church• 3285 144th Street West • The foar nazrow truck bays are inadequate to house existing vehicles. c. Lack of adequate training and Precinct 3: United Methodist Chvrch • 14770 Canada Avenue • Supplies and equipment are now kept in racks on the apparatus floor, a maintenance areas Precinct 4: Llltll@rSri Cllill'C�1 Of OiIP SSVIOP• 14980 D1SYYlOri(� Patll safety hazard to firefighters attempting to respond quickly. Preeinct 5• Senior Cit�en's Center • 2900 145th Street West • There is a lack of adequate training and maintenance areas,insufficient d. Insufficient administrative storage � records storage space, and inadequate parking for meetings and traiuiiig space ��.1t1I1 Hours: 7:�0 �.M. - 8:00 P.M. sessions. � • The e�cisting aerial truck,also 20 years old,is expensive to maintain and e. Lack of adequate parking for inadequate for the current needs of the department. meetings and training sessions. ��' �s��" t�,�.��'�'� �� '�2 "`��,��.��.� " The 3 to 4 m�nute travel d�stance from the ,. � � � � � � . �� :� � " ,� ' � ,� � � � �� '�` � � �� ! �� fire station to an emergency�s cruc�al... ,� � � � �� ' ``` � �'� ' �' = for effect�ve fire protection of l�fe and propertyi! � : � � r . .� � ,y � a � � � � � �� , _ � �� .� ,. � �. .. , �_�.�. _� � , r .. .` __. :�:= �__-..:.�, z �_�.. __ _��..�.�, __ � ��..�.� �� .�,�� m _ ._ �=�.. s � _ _�.� x Newgrowth housi��v��e�,;aeNw.�,: _ "'- �. �� ' :=� �,.. - ` �- :� � �..� Populat�on Growth - .� - Y� � � � � �IRE STATION REFERENDUM _ ` °�' - �a ` _ Y : y� .. � � ' Carrier Route Pre�Sort � ` "'= ,� `�� Since 1974 when the existing fire station " ' _w,:� .� � �f � TUESDAY' MAY 4TH U.S. POSTAGE was built,the City's population has nearly �'`� _-.=�� ; ._, ..�...,_.,�_.. ' "' � PAID tripled,growing from 4,034 persons to an ` � ,� : `�� `=-.-___...'.'-�-..�`_'_`"�---.`____—.�ri..�� ;� € Permit No.33 estimated 10,500 ersons as ofDecember, �= �`�"'' �'�::-'-�-.-=�;�:v'�. '.� � , � � P � �„ �F:�.�.": Rosemount, MN 55068 1992. � � � c ---_. , � ti--- "t �. �� , � ° I y; �_ � ` -,�::.: �� From 1980 to 1990 Rosemount experienced .. ; ' � � � ��` �� f�� , nearly a seventy percent(703'0)increase in �� _ ' �� - � �' �' population, a faster rate of growth than � �� ,��:• � � �" ° �� ,� either Dakota County or the Metropolitan _ �� - �.� o , � � , �= � �� area as a whole. Dakota County has pro- �: � � � ,y , ; �_ ,.,, � � , � �;, � � jected Rosemount's population to reach � � " � ` � � "°"` '� �� 14,800 by the year 2000,and 22,300 by the � �� , ': � `.,: � e _ : ... '� �=� �. � ,,::.:::; � "'� year 2010. � �� ` � � POSTAL PATRON � � a,��- y��. e,aa � The Metropolitan Council acknowledges � � � � � � � �� Rosemount's increasing development ac- � ��,�` �� tivity,Projecting thaC households will in- , � ��, � � '� � crease by about 220 units per year��from �`� e�ze„� e.,� � . 1990 to 2000 and by 300 units per year ...because lives are on the line. from 1990 to 2010. �.�'� � o �1B a ne ce . � , �Y�� r�., ;�,�;� r�: �u,�� xow ��t�e ex�st�ng � . . # X�� fire S��t1011 S�rVe Oilr riee�S? �,��,�T„�,"��'�=Xn, y��`' � _ � �--� F1 -_ '�� .- fnre stat�€on be ut�l�zed� .� r-- ,� �_ � W � — . a — .- _-- -- — � �� _ -�� --- - _ . _ =��, '�� t_-� �,_ T _-The e�sting fire stafion��iv'I provide a cost —__._ � �� , „ Rosemount s current and future fire protection needs will be well served by a new central ` � �., �, effective means to relieve the serious space � �Yn�`" ,� � � • • • • • ,. " =�� `' ; shorta es of the Public Works De artment. � fire station located to the west and centered in a residenhal area wluch has the potent�al to � . - �� .�,., � g p ��-�' � ', • • • ' '` � �� " � �'`� ` ��'� The Public Works De artment is ex eri- �� , yield a larger number of volunteers who live withui a two muiute turn-out-time from the H 4 �ks' P P �� 2 �� station.This will maintain excellent short-term coverage to the urban residential areas of _-:,t, , i �{ '+ �£�� ` - . -:� -'� .' ,� - , encing a severe lack of vehicle storage and � � � �=� Rosemount whIle keeping future options open for new growth to the east ��' �, \ � \_� � administrative space. Its location ne�ct to � �� :�� " '�� ;. �� `,�� , � p'�; : � , � �' the existing fire station provides the mucla �� ; -� s. �. The new,fire station location will result in improved coverage and faster re- � ,.r- !"�� " �,y, .' �� r n��, � � � � needed space for e Public Works Faciliry. _ . � . � � �M� � sponse t�me to all areas of the city, the easterrl portions of the city as well as the �-� ��. s�, � �,� _ ,� �� ; , ; � � western areas. - � E � �� 4 , r � : _ .�..+��.r,a.�.� ' ' / } ' �V� : � ... �J� f %' '��.. � , . r.'. '` 'i}. e — � '3 ..�. A > �G I � 'a4AS��T The proposed new central fire station is organized into three zones for operating efficiency; � � - �� • �!�� `'' = �"`��"�� , �, .�, a� �, w�ly �OCS t�1P emergency response, training and meeting, and administrative and records. The Emer- �; " - � �� \ , �,�R *��.�� 'ite �ep�I"�m@nt gency Response Zone is made up of the communication room, where radio contact is � , �� i,; � maintained and also the apparatus areas for servicing and storage of emergency vehicles. r` '�" ��... ,�,, �� IIECC� dIl e"lCl'�dl From the comrnunication room,the dispatcher records every incoming call from fire and � �'� � � �� _�� . 7 rescue to personal injury,accidents and natural disasters.The right team is then iimnedi- �� c� � � �" platform truck. � �,�� ately dispatched to the emergency site. Adequate apparatus bays will house the City's �,� �� ,� � ,i''' �� ' �� ° � e�sting vehicles along with the new aerial platform truck. � � �'�'�'��;' � � � The current 20 year old aerial truck has � �. �� , �`�`��a` �� '� ��°��a"a` � /� � �� . had and continues to experience many �e Fire Department responds to many accident and rescue related incidents as well as fire �rj � � mechanical problems resulting in ex- calls.Volunteers receive their advanced medical training at the facflity,train for rescue and tended periods of down-time along firefighting and meet together and receive all instructions from this facIlity.A new facility Preliminarysketch ofProposedFireStation with expensive repairs.The age of the �,�,�provide the needed areas to support the critical training and meeting needs of the Fire Cramped conditions atPublic Works truck design and the fact that the com- Department pany which built it went out of business after building only a few tntcks,makes Fram the CitizensAdvisory Committee... it very difficult to get the truck repaired Hose�rAaiNiNc - �_ .-- -- and keep it in service. ToweR � FUTURE ' � AMBULANCE LOUNGE The ro osed truck would have a loo- _��` seRvice � "Citizens of Rosemount will benefit from the location of a new fire station • • What will this cost foot ladder and platform. Rosemount � o � � l �--�", � on 145th Street by having a facility located in the urbanizing west end of has out rown the hei t and reach ca- -- � „ us as ta�xpayers? g �' �, Rosemount which will have a positive impact on response times. pabilities of its current vehicle. The very situations that require the use of -- � � ;1 TRAINING ROOM The cost to construct a new Central Fire an aerial latform truck for rescue and FIRE � FiRe -.-- --- « Station and purchase a new aerial platform P � --- --- With the continued growth of Western neighborhoods, this facility will �ck ta make the Station full o erational fOC Flie SUPpI85SlOri 1I0�1B SaIT18 Sltll- APP�RATUS �-� APPARATUS I_OCKER ROOMS> y p ations for which the current truck is --� meet the fire safety needs of the City for many years to come.At the same is estimated at$3,400,000.The City Coun- inadequate. A loo-foot aerial truck - � _ e,-- time, the existing fire station will relieve the space deficiencies of the cil approved a resolution recommendang would ve the fire de tment the ve- aPPa ATUS _ STORAGE that this amount be financed using a gen- gi �' SUPP RT AREAS - PllbIIC WOTiCS De artment.The effective use of the current fire station and hicle and tools necessary to provide - P eral obligation bond issue.The annual cost service in these high level situations, � �,_� increased fire protection the new facility will provide,is the best approach to ta�c payers (based on a$100,000 house) as well as sin e famil homes,multi- - �� for retiring the bonds over 20 years would, S� Y ADMINISTRATION for all Rosemount taxpayers." famify dwellings,industrial bulldings DISPATCH " � � � on average be less than$79.00 per house- and school buildings.This truck could hold peryear for fire protection throughout also function as an additional pumper p�Celiminal'y FIOOr Plan --- --- — The Citizens Advisory Committee,comprised of the following Rosemount �e community. This ta�c amount will di- if necessary. minish over time for individual taxpayers residents, has been warking on recommendations to improve the City's as the burden is shared by new growth in fire facilities and services since August of 1992. households and deveTo�ment. -�� . �� Where w�il the � � ., Fiasemount�. ��'''� ��' H�°� �' Fire �tat�on be a Q/� ^�� " ; sctqo� � • { � � y-..�. � constructed� ' � � -� ��+oa��- E%ISTING . ' ��.. ,a�,� �, �sa �� FIRE STATION ``� �,��. � �" � v,,,...�. � '��r �-��// 7� �,� �"• �a� �� .. �N��' PROPOSED 0 ��'' x � PUBUC WORKS TSle Clt anal zed a number of oten- �� PIRE STATION ., "��. ,z�-�7 �' : ��T�H LL y y p ScottNelson JudyLindsay JohnOxborough �� ; � � � LOCATION ' tial site options within the strategic �'�` "V � , a��; �Q response area for a new station based KayOehlenschlager David Ganfield MaryB.Vennewit,z I\ `��` � � � . � Y , > •� � �3 '� Q on location,land use, site size, access Monica Tousignant Roger Taylor Linda Reed µ� � ,�� :. : � �o o.�. •''� r r`�� to major arterials, site development Davi d Sauter Kim Car de l li Kur t Wa l ter-Hanson .� � _ � o �� ` TomBarton G. TinkerHostutler MichaelMolenda � � �� `�� ' � � e o ^�� C� = t ; ,. ,..,W� costs, and availability. it was deter- �' � �tN i : �a ,�� 31' mined that the best option was a site JohnHawkins WesleyHasbrouck GeraldAnderson �,�� ';,��I� � ;, location on 145th Street, an open lot William Droste Neighborhood Volunteer Firefighters... 4 �• - between Shannon Parkwa and Chi •• Y P- first line of protection °••~ •' f-`-�1�7 pendale Avenue. Area Location Map