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4 exposure of firefighters to unhealthy environments due to the mold conditions 36 Fire Station 42 was built in 1967 as a call-back station and is currently in a non-active status for 37 fire response, but does house one fire engine. Fire Station 9�2 was evaluated by both the 3,,,i architectural firm and the Building Facility Needs Committee. The finding of the architectural 39 firm was that the building needed significant upgrades, including a new roof, windows, heating 4 ('_) plant, electrical systems, and many others. The building also had compliance issues and was not °11 gender accommodating. Both the architectural firm and the Building Facility Needs Committee 42 did not feel the station was a viable candidate for remodel due the age of the building, needed 43 repairs, limited space and building footprint, utility easements on all sides do not allow for 44 expansion, and the location of the building within the city. 45 46 Fire Station 43 was built in 1976 as a call-back station and remodeled in 2001 to add bedrooms 47 for on-duty staffing and perform mold abatement of the first floor of the station. Station 43 was 48 evaluated by both the architectural firm and the Building Facility Needs Committee. The finding 49 of the architectural firm was that the building needed many repairs including a new roof, mechanical and electrical systems. The block used in construction of the building has lead to 'i water infiltration and continued mold problems. The Building Facility Needs Committee did not 2 feel the station was a viable candidate for remodel due the potential cost of opening up the 3 exterior block for mold abatement,, space issues, compliance issues, gender accommodation 54 problems, and overhaul footprint of the building. 56 After extensive evaluations of fire department operations, services, response times, buildings, maintenance issues,, space concerns,, compliance issues, gender issues, station locations, health 58 issues,, safety issues, and future considerations including shared services, the Building Facility 59 Needs committee recommends the fire department move to a one station new building on the 6('_') current Fire Station 41 site. Thus consolidating its current three station out-dated model into a 61 one station centrally located station to better serve the community both today and well into the 62 future. 63 FINANCIAL IMPACTS 64 While the full extent of the financial impacts of the committee recommendations is not yet 65 known,, the fire department believes that the committee by choosing to consolidate the three 66 station concept into a one station concept has chosen the most cost effective option for providing 67 current and future service to the community. Not only will there be savings related to reduction 68 of buildings but in the annual maintenance and energy costs. 69 The fire department in coordination with the City Manager and finance director has identified a '7 0 funding source for the first step of the new fire station process. The fire department recognized a '7 1 significant overall operations savings from their 2010 budget and has the ability to fund the '72 anticipated 80,000 - 100,000 architectural services costs without requesting '7 3 additional/unbudgeted funding. '74 The fire department understands the complexity of this project and it effect on the community 75 and fire department and therefore will proceed with a step by step approach to completion. 76 The fire department recommends the following implementation, planning, and building process. 77 1. Selection of an architectural services company using the overall best value process too 78 provide the following.- Page 2 of 3