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City cites response-time need as it moves to acquire site for Fire Station No. 6
Summary
City officials reported a preferred site for Fire Station No. 6 near the former Coca-Cola bottling plant and the Lifelong Learning Center; Fire Chief Lonnie Rasch said acquisition authorization was the purpose of the meeting and reported response-time and site-evaluation details.
City staff told listeners they have identified a preferred site for Fire Station No. 6 near the former Coca-Cola bottling plant and the Lifelong Learning Center and sought authorization to acquire the property.
Fire Chief Lonnie Rasch said the project aims to "enhance the system wide emergency response capability" with a target to respond to emergencies within six to seven minutes and described how the site was evaluated for response times, geographic barriers and projected development. Rasch noted a seller-retained approximately 26-foot easement on the north side of the parcel and that the adjacent parcel is owned by Missoula County Public Schools.
The host reported a purchase-price framework of $27 per square foot with a not-to-exceed total of $2,300,000; the program also quoted a longer numeric string in the broadcast that the host characterized as higher than expected. City staff said conceptual renderings and initial programming were included in the project packet and that further approvals and design work would follow.
