23-041 (06-06) Support 2024 Legislative Bonding Request Remote Fire StationDocuSign Envelope ID: A632638E-51 DD-4CB4-B94D-976ABDB3116E
RESOLUTION NO. 23-041
RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE CITY'S 2024 LEGISLATIVE BONDING REQUEST, UNDER MINNESOTA
STATUTES 16A.86, TO CONSTRUCT A REMOTE FIRE STATION
WHEREAS, the City of Golden Valley is transitioning to duty crew fire department operations,
providing 24/7 staffing at fire stations; and
WHEREAS, 2016 and 2022 studies by professional consultants affirmed the need for this
operational transition to support hiring, retention, and consistency and reliability of fire service delivery
for residents, visitors, and businesses; and
WHEREAS, the same studies utilized industry -standard response time mapping under a duty crew
service model to define the optimized quantity of fire stations as two stations, retaining a centralized
downtown fire station and recommending a new, optimally placed remote station, which together will
provide maximized coverage of the city's square footage and historic calls; and
WHEREAS, the City has utilized professional consultation and multiple rounds of city-wide
community engagement activities to define a remote fire station's detailed space needs and explore an
acceptable and effective location within the City to improve upon current response times according to
National Fire Protection Association standards; and
WHEREAS, the City has identified a potential site for the proposed remote fire station and hired a
commercial real estate broker to negotiate purchase and sale agreements; and
WHEREAS, the proposed project supports the continuity, efficiency, and efficacy of fire services to
the residents, visitors, and business owners of the City, as well as responding to mutual aid calls from
other communities to support public safety and emergency response throughout the west metro area;
and
WHEREAS, the proposed new facility will provide code, regulatory, and best practice facilities for
duty -crew service, further supporting the City's transition to duty -crew service, with facilities that
provide gender -equitable resources for all firefighters; and
WHEREAS, it has been determined that a newly located remote fire station is the highest and first
priority for addressing both the City's facility needs and public safety; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has approved a preliminary 2022-2031 Capital Improvement Plan which
includes a remote fire station; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes at this time to proceed with construction for a remote fire station, and
estimates the cost of these activities to be $14.3 million, and is seeking funding from the State of
Minnesota in FY 2024 in the amount of $7.15 million to help fund these expenditures; and
WHEREAS, the City acknowledges that M.S. 16A86, subd 4 requires at least 50% of the project
funding come from non -state sources
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Resolution No. 23-041
June 6, 2023
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GOLDEN VALLEY that this
Council supports an application for the City's 2024 legislative bonding request to construct a remote fire
station.
Adopted by the City Council of Golden Valley, Minnesota this 611 day of June 2023.
DocuSigned by:
Denise La Mere -Anderson, Mayor Pro Tempore
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Theresa J. Schyma, City Clerk