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Council reviews expanded fire-station design and a $4–5M cost increase; asks staff to trim options
Summary
Architects presented an updated design for a new combined fire station (consolidating Stations 2 and 4) with seven apparatus bays, training tower and large public/training spaces; the current estimate rose to about $30 million with contingency, prompting council requests to pare public/exterior features and return with refined numbers this fall.
City architects and fire staff presented a substantially developed design for a new combined fire station intended to consolidate Stations 2 and 4. The proposed facility includes seven apparatus bays, a training tower and mezzanine (roughly 4,100 square feet of second-floor training/storage) and a first-floor program of about 39,000 square feet that combines public classroom spaces, administrative offices and cold/hot zones for firefighter health and decontamination.
Staff said the estimate for the…
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