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Chico fire chief presents feasibility study for proposed Station 6; estimated base cost $24 million
Summary
Fire Chief Steve Standridge and consultants presented a feasibility study for a new Station 6 to improve response times in North Chico. The study estimates a full-build cost of about $24 million and offers several reduced-footprint options; no council action was taken.
Chico Fire Chief Steve Standridge on Tuesday presented a feasibility study for a proposed Fire Station 6 intended to reduce response gaps in the city’s rapidly growing northern neighborhoods. Standridge and consultant Michael Scott of RRM Design Group described the site design, operational layout and multiple cost options for the new facility.
The study, provided to council members the day before the meeting, places the “overall full design” cost at about $24,000,000. Scott described phased reductions that would lower the up-front cost—one reduced option was presented at about $18,400,000 and smaller configurations were shown down to $16,400,000—while cautioning that fewer apparatus bays would reduce the department’s ability to house and protect vehicles. “The overall full design is about $24,000,000,” Standridge said. “Reducing the bay does reduce ability to respond and ability to have apparatus in the bays.”
Why it matters: the city has seen what Standridge described as “extraordinary growth”…
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