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Consultants recommend several relocation options for Fire Station 3; council accepts phase‑2 report
Summary
BKV Group told the Inver Grove Heights City Council that rebuilding at the current site would work but several alternate parcels — notably a church-owned parcel outside city limits — would improve response coverage to the northwest; council accepted the phase‑2 report and directed staff to monitor property‑sale opportunities.
BKV Group presented phase‑2 findings of a Fire Station 3 location study to the Inver Grove Heights City Council on Oct. 13, concluding that the existing site can be rebuilt for round‑the‑clock staffing but that alternate locations could improve future response times to the rapidly developing northwest part of the city.
The consultant team — Paul Michel and Craig Carter of BKV Group — told the council their analysis considered drive‑time coverage, site functionality and acquisition and construction costs. Michel said the current site could accommodate a new, 19,000‑square‑foot, single‑story station with three apparatus bays while retaining the existing station during phased construction. Carter said the project team “found something” but that topography, utility access…
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