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Town Meeting APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE REPORT TO THE MARCH 2017 SPECIAL TOWN MEETING 2017- 1
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Article 2017-1.3: Appropriate Design Funds for Fire Station Swing Space <br /> Funds Requested Funding Source Committee Recommendation <br /> $50,000 GF Debt Approval(9-0) <br /> As noted above under Article 2017-1.2, the Town purchased the property formerly owned by Liberty Mu- <br /> tual at 171/173 Bedford St. late last year, with the intent to prepare that property to serve as swing space. <br /> The purchase of the site and building, as well as the evaluation of the site as a temporary location of the <br /> Fire Headquarters station, was funded by an appropriation made at Special Town Meeting 2016-5. This <br /> article is the next step in the process of preparing the site for use as swing space, i.e., the appropriation of <br /> $50,000 to fund the design of required modifications to the 171/173 Bedford St.building, the provision of <br /> a temporary heated structure to house fire vehicles at the site, and other site changes. <br /> It is presently envisioned that the modifications to the building will be confined to the first floor and the <br /> partial lower level, since those spaces will be sufficient for the intended purpose. Any use of the second <br /> floor would require creating a second means of egress from that floor. Modifications to the building also <br /> include the installation of sprinklers since there will be dormitory-style rooms on the first floor for use by <br /> the firefighters. A temporary structure connected to the main building with a covered walkway will be <br /> constructed to house four fire vehicle bays and to provide space for storing equipment. <br /> A study of traffic and vehicle access indicates that a single-mast-arm traffic signal should be installed in <br /> front of the site on Bedford St. with stop lines painted on the road at appropriate distances from the signal, <br /> and that the signals at the intersections of Bedford St. with Revere St. and Worthen Rd. should be con- <br /> trolled by radio signals. The driveways at the 173 Bedford St. site will need to be widened to accommo- <br /> date turning of the fire vehicles, especially the ladder truck, onto and from Bedford St. The goal is to <br /> maintain response times comparable to those achieved from the current Fire Headquarters. <br /> If this article is approved, we anticipate that there will be a follow-up request at a special town meeting in <br /> the early fall of 2017 for the appropriation of funds needed for the final design phases of the project and <br /> to complete preparation of the site for use as a temporary fire station. The total cost of the present request <br /> plus the remaining phases has been estimated by a professional cost estimator,based on preliminary doc- <br /> uments, at $2,092,121. The fall request would be contingent on approval of the exclusion of debt service <br /> for the project at a referendum to be held later in the fall. The debt exclusion authority would cover the <br /> present request for design funds, which will be financed in the interim by short-term, interest-only bond <br /> anticipation notes (BANs), as well as the expenses for subsequent phases of the project. In the event that <br /> a debt exclusion for the fire station is not approved by the voters this fall or in the next year or two, the <br /> preparation of the site as swing space will not proceed and the $50,000 of debt incurred under this article <br /> for preliminary design work would have to be serviced within the non-exempt tax levy. <br /> If this article is approved, the project schedule shows the Fire Department moving to the temporary loca- <br /> tion in 2018. <br /> The Committee unanimously recommends approval of the article(9-0). <br /> 5 <br />
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