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Develop a Master Plan for Design and Rebuild of Chapel Hill Fire Stations and Facilities.
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Staff: |
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Maurice Jones, Town Manager |
Town Manager |
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Vencelin Harris, Jr., Fire Chief |
Fire Department |
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Stacey Graves, Deputy Fire Chief |
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Kelly Drayton, Asst. Fire Chief/EM Coordinator |
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Overview:
Staff will update the Council on a recent evaluation of the Fire Department’s facilities and an approach to plan for design and replacement options to meet current and future community public safety needs. Priority replacements are: Fire Station 3, Fire Station 4 and the CHFD Training Center. Decisions about use of current sites, versus sale of those sites and utilization of other Town-owned properties to relocate stations, will impact funding and the schedule for including additional facilities.
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That the Council receive this update.
Key Issues:
• Provide input and feedback to Town Management and Fire Department staff as we work together to lay out a master plan for facility design and build.
• Begin discussions with Town Council to identify funding for design phase and construction phase of Fire Department facilities replacement projects.
• Condition & inadequacies of current CHFD facilities
• Funding strategies
• Impact of present & future Town growth and public safety
• Collaborate with Orange County Emergency Services to house Emergency Medical Services response resources at redeveloped fire stations.
Fiscal Impact/Resources:
• Current Property Value & Trade-offs
• Funding Strategies - Funding for fire department facility needs will be coordinated through the 5-year budget strategy and this year’s budget development with Council. Total project impact depends upon number of facilities replaced and replacement timeline. We are working with Business Management to provide project cost estimates.
• Orange County has committed to partner with us and house Emergency Medical resources in future fire stations, contributing $300,000 per project for the design phase and up to $3.5 million for the construction phase of each project. $300,000 in design phase funds is already committed for FY23.
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• Draft Staff Presentation |
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• Station Location & Resource Deployment Study Executive Summary |
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The Agenda will reflect the text below and/or the motion text will be used during the meeting. |
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PRESENTER: Vencelin Harris, Jr., Fire Chief
Stacey Graves, Deputy Fire Chief
The purpose of this item is to share information about planning to replace Chapel Hill Fire Department facilities.