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<br />Minutes of Special Council Meeting <br />Village of Arden Hi lis <br />Tuesday, March 27, 1984 - 7:30 p.m. <br />Shoreview VI I lage Hal I <br /> <br />Purpose of Meeting <br />Joint meeting of Arden Hills, North Oaks and Shorevlew Councl Is <br />to discuss proposed thIrd fire station for the Lake Johanna <br />Volunteer Fire Department. <br /> <br />Ca II to Order <br />Pursuant to due cal I and notIce thereof, Shorevlew Mayor WedelJ <br />called the meeting to order at 7:45 p.m. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Roll Call <br />Present <br /> <br />- Arden Hills Mayor Robert Woodburn, <br />Council Members Dale Hicks, Thomas Mulcahy <br />and Kathleen Rauenhorst <br /> <br />North Oaks Mayor Warren Johnson, <br />Council Members James Burok, Ray Foley <br />and Mary Ann Yakel <br /> <br />Shoreview Mayor Richard Wedel I, <br />Council Members David McGraw, Thomas <br />Wegleltner, Robert WeYandt and Richard <br />Sundberg <br /> <br />Absent <br /> <br />- Arden Hills CouncIlman Michael ChrIstIansen <br />North Oaks Councilman Robert WInship <br /> <br />Also Present - Fire ChIef Dave Koch, Shorevlew City Manager <br />Gary DIckson, North Oaks Clerk Treasurer <br />Nancy Rozycki and Arden HI lis Clerk <br />Administrator Charlotte McNlesh <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Mayor Wedel I reviewed history of the Lake Johanna Volunteer Fire <br />Department, notIng that Station No.1 was built In 1944, Station <br />No.2 In 1955 and that number of firemen and pieces of equipment <br />have remained the same for the past 29 years. Shorevlew Position <br />Paper re North End Fire Station, Chronology Regarding North End <br />Fire Station and a tabulation of market values and fire contract <br />costs of the three vi I lages were distributed. Mayor Wedell <br />reported that Shorevlew had appl ied for a grant In conjunction <br />wIth the proposed fire station - no action to date on grant. <br /> <br />A questIon was raised re contract provisions for Villages Jointly <br />purchasing land and equipment for the Fire Department. Gary <br />Dickson read Section 4 of the Joint Powers Agreement for the <br />Fire Protection Board which enables Joint purchase provided each <br />Councl I authorized the purchase or lease. <br /> <br />A map delineating the areas to be served by three stations was <br />revIewed. Chief Koch explaIned that service areas were based on <br />response time rather than mileage; feels three stations are <br />needed to serve the 30,000 population spread over 36 square miles; <br />noted that Rosevl I Ie has three stations for Its 36,000 population. <br />Mayor Wedell noted that the population of Shorevlew is expanding <br />very rapidly. Koch explained that for all structure fIres two <br />statIons respond to be sure that enough vol unteer firemen will be <br />at the scene. With the volunteer system you cannot be sure how <br />many are available at a given time. <br /> <br />Chief Koch stated that volunteer firemen sponsored carnivals etc. <br />In the early 1940's and built the first station on New Brighton <br />Road In 1944. In 1955 louis Hili donated the land for Station <br />2 on Hodgson Road. The owner of the property for the proposed <br />statIon on County Road I Is asking $100,000 for the 2+ acre site - <br />$20,000 down payment, balance spread over 4 years. Fire Department <br />estimates of costs for buildIng, equipment, and outfittIng and <br />