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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: David Dibo, Economic Development Executive Director
DATE: August 8, 2023
SUBJECT:
An Ordinance authorizing the purchase of a 3.16 acre property located at 7S330 Eola Road to facilitate the construction of a new Fire Station #9.
PURPOSE:
To meet nationally recognized service standards and improve response times avoiding real danger to residents and businesses from increasingly long emergency response times.
Staff has negotiated a purchase contract for a suitable location for the new Fire Station #9 as that will meet the needs of the Aurora Fire Department.
BACKGROUND:
Station location analysis has been conducted. The analysis began with an evaluation of the distribution of apparatus and personnel throughout the department's service area relative to demand for the department's services and the ability to meet system performance goals adopted by the department. Attached is the Fire Station Location Analysis the Aurora Fire Department as produced to consider feasible location to meet the demand.
Staff has investigated several properties, contacted several property owners and to efficiently and timely address the needs of the community, has been able to have the property owner commit to sell the subject property to the city of Aurora.
The underutilized property was annexed in 2005 with ordinance O2005-129 following an annexation agreement approved with ordinance O2005-128. The property was zoned Office with a Special Use originally intended for the construction of a U.S. Post Office which never came to fruition.
Under this agenda item, staff is recommending the purchase of the property as noted below:
- 7S330 Eola Road, Tax Pins 07-20-102-015 and 07-20-102-016 (the "Hamman" property)
The new fire station, which will also serve as a training center, will replace the existing station located at the 2339 Diehl Road. The new station will be subject to further entitlements including a landscaping plan and elevations tha...
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