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fire station
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Staff _ Evans later responded:"We
A proposal to build a $400,000 can have the architect proceed
fire station for south Maplewoodon plans for the storage of public
bay for a public works facility is works facilities but I'm sure
won't include an addition for a included in the fire station's there might be objections down
public works drawing plans. there."
� facility if the
< City Council F follows a rec "Without a storage area with INCLUDING THE public
ommendation the public works facility there works addition may have other
consequences, added.
F ;" from Manager wouldn't be much sense of hav- men have Evansn bond issues:
Barry Evans. ing a public works facility one"Youor the fire station and one
Evans,at a there,"Evans said.He and Pub- one the publichworks facilities.
�< e
`, recent council lic Works Director Bill Bittner
..<4„,/,‘,..,` meeting..said also said allowing outside stor- "I'm sure they(the fire
't the Planning age would be incompatible with department)wouldn't want the
°` , the nearby residential neighbor- fire station to go down because
' <t> hood. of opposition to the public works
" backs the idea facilities."
Evans of building a However, council,in au-
Lowerfire station on a six acre site at thori�ievng r,,the00 foru the Peter The council said it wants Rac-
Lane. Afton Fire Chief and Al Scha Racchini Architectural firm to chini to include the public works
Citypio would draw plans for the fire station, bay in the the fire station draw-
said the proposed station would seemed to disagree with Evans' Ings.In the meantime,the coun-
cut down the department's time
responding to alarms and lin- suggestion. oil.directed its staff to contact
Hal Norgard,a Ramsey County
prove the city's insurance fire "If the cows don't offend the commissioner,to see if part of
rating. people how can a public works the county's workfarm is avail-
BUT EVANS said the commis- facility?"Mayor John Greavu able,as a temporary solution,
sion also believes that outside asked hen referring to Ramsey for equipment.off-site
storage of public
storage should be banned if a County's workfarm at Lower Af- equp r