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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, March 21,2011 Page 8 Other Committee members included Darcy Huberty, Roseville resident for thirty- eight years and on the Roseville Department for sixteen years; Hart Gillcrest, a fifteen year Roseville resident and member of the Roseville Fire Department, with a career with a GIS engineering firm; Greg Petersen, Roseville resident for seven- teen years, and career as the pilot of a light helicopter service in Anoka; and Jim Tschida, thirty-six year Roseville resident, and previously employed by the Rose- ville Parks and Recreation Department for ten years and a past Roseville Fire De- partment member for thirty-two years. Fire Chief Timothy O'Neill noted that Councilmember Jeff Johnson had served on the Committee as Council Liaison; along with members of the Technical Advi- sory Committee including himself, Fire Captain David Brosnahan, and Fire Mar- shal John Loftus. Fire Chief O'Neill reviewed a brief history of the department and past studies over the last ten (10) years in determining community, department, and station needs. Each Committee member reviewed various components of the study, in- cluding a history of the committee, citizen perspectives, and the 2010 study group meeting since August of 2010; history of the three-station model, including past equipment and response times, as well as past staffing models for those existing stations. The presentation went on to compare the 20th Century versus the 21St Century staffing models for fire and emergency medical services, 24/7 staffing at this time, and aid agreements with adjacent Fire Departments and first responders. Additional information included the Committee's decision that the Fire Depart- ment services could be effectively provided to the community from one station, providing more efficiencies for day-to-day operations with a centralized location. The best location for that one station was determined by the Committee to be the location on the City Campus at Lexington Avenue and Woodhill at the site of the existing Fire Station #1. It had been determined that this would allow the De- partment to maintain, or even improve on, current response times averaging 3.5 minutes; use current city-owned land rather than a proposed Dale Street location where sufficient land may not be available for purchase; and allowing for all pub- lic safety operations to be located and tied together at one location on the City campus; in addition to possibly utilizing the geothermal system already in place on campus. Ms. Hall concluded her portion of the presentation by expressing her honor and pleasure at serving on the Committee and to be involved with so much talent and knowledge; and noted that the Facilitator kept them on task, with three-hour meet- ings every two weeks. Mr. Thibodeau's portion of the presentation included the Committee's study on whether to construct a new facility or remodel existing stations. Mr. Thibodeau II I I'.