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Mount Vernon presents $35.3 million plan to replace aging Fire Station 1
Summary
City staff and architects presented concept designs, floodproofing requirements and cost estimates for a proposed new Fire Station 1 in downtown Mount Vernon; council was briefed on alternatives, permitting and a likely bond to fund construction but took no action.
City of Mount Vernon officials on April 9 presented concept designs, site evaluation and a cost estimate of $35,300,000 for a proposed replacement of Fire Station 1 in downtown Mount Vernon.
The project team — Fire Chief Brian Harris, lead architect Rachel Hedloff of Mackenzie Architecture and Development Services Director Stacy Pachner — described a two-story building on the city-owned parking-lot site with four drive-through apparatus bays, public meeting space and a display room for a restored historic La France firefighting apparatus. The design is sized for 10 firefighters per shift and includes bunk rooms, offices, a conference room that could be used by other city departments and a fenced secure staff parking area.
Pachner told council that the project must meet local floodplain code and federal guidance. The site lies inside the base floodplain (Zone A) and, under the city’s implementation of FEMA rules (Mount Vernon Municipal Code Title 15), critical facilities must be elevated above the base flood elevation.…
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