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Town Meeting CAPITAL EXPENDITURES COMMITTEE REPORT TO THE September 21, 2016, SPECIAL TOWN MEETING (STM)
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CAPITAL EXPENDITURES COMMITTEE REPORT TO SEPTEMBER 21,2016, STM 2016-5 <br /> 171/173 is over 2.5 acres, adjacent to our Public Services Facility (PSF) (201 Bedford Street), and only <br /> 0.6 miles from the current LFDHQ. It provides appropriate swing space during reconstruction of the <br /> LFDHQ. The existing building at 171/173 (at over 19,000 sq. ft.) would provide adequate space for all <br /> LFDHQ personnel during the transitional use of the building—eliminating the need to house part of the <br /> operation in temporary (unplumbed) trailers in the parking lot, which has been done for over 15 years at <br /> the existing LFDHQ. A heated tent would be erected in the space behind the existing building to house <br /> the vehicles necessary for operations. The reserve ambulance, a pumper, and a brush truck would likely <br /> be housed at the PSF (which already houses at least one back-up pumper for which there is no space at the <br /> existing LFDHQ). The adjacency of 171/173 and the PSF will improve the access to those vehicles. In <br /> addition, an ambulance whose operation currently "floats" between being out of the two stations during <br /> the day would now operate out of the East Lexington Fire Station all the time. There is space at 171/173 <br /> for any needed additional storage containers. A temporary, wireless, traffic signal would be installed at <br /> the entrance to 171/173, which will be "on demand" operation, as is the one at the East Lexington Fire <br /> Station. The wireless signal would not require disruption of the roadbed. The existing 171/173 building <br /> does not have an emergency generator, but the generator at the LFDHQ may be able to be relocated <br /> during occupancy. A booster antenna is likely to be required to guarantee radio coverage. Fire Chief John <br /> Wilson believes the LFDHQ can adequately operate for up to two years at 171/173. <br /> The traffic pattern at 171/173 for pull-in/pull-out would be less disruptive than the current necessity of <br /> backing trucks into the station, minimizing impact on Bedford Street though some curb cuts may be <br /> required. The Fire Department typically operates approximately 8-10 emergency runs/day from the <br /> LFDHQ, and already follows a policy that restrains use of sirens between 10 P.M. and 6 A.M. <br /> The deliverables for the services to be provided under this request would provide schematic designs and <br /> estimates for a transitional LFDHQ facility, associated legal fees, property surveys, environmental and <br /> architect & engineering (A&E) surveys, and a traffic study evaluating the impact of the LFDHQ at <br /> 171/173. <br /> Subsequent steps (with dates to be determined) related to 171/173 and the LFDHQ include—but are not <br /> necessarily limited to: <br /> • Fund the schematic design (SD) & design documents (DD) for modifications to 171/173 for swing <br /> space for the Fire Department <br /> • Fund the SD &DD for the new LFDHQ <br /> • Fund the build-out at 171/173 <br /> • Fund the DD for the new LFDHQ <br /> • Hold Debt-Exclusion Referendum for the LFDHQ construction (likely including the amount of the <br /> appropriation requested under this Article) <br /> • Fund the new LFDHQ construction <br /> • Construct the 171/173 build-out <br /> • Move out of existing LFDHQ and into 171/173 <br /> • Construct the new LFDHQ <br /> • Move out of 171/173 and into new LFDHQ <br /> • 171/173 available for next use(likely Police Department swing-space or new construction) <br /> CONCLUSION <br /> The Town needs to rebuild or reconstruct both of its Public Safety facilities. The Town owns no location <br /> where either can be temporarily or permanently relocated. This property, adequately sized and with an <br /> existing building of appropriate size, adjacent to our Public Services Facility, 0.6 mile from the existing <br /> LFDHQ, can be fitted to serve as swing space for the LFDHQ in the short term and has additional <br /> possible uses subsequent to that. <br /> The debt-financing-impact model produced last year for Town Meeting and incorporated in this <br /> Committee's Report to the 2016 ATM projected LFDHQ replacement project funding in FY2018 and <br /> 3 <br />
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