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POLICY PROPOSAL
DATE FILE NUMBER Ito
allocation of Capital Improvement Program Funds PAGE L OF
2-18-92 CP-169 Finance the Expansion of Fire Station #32
PROPOSED BY: CIT ANAGER'S RE EW
Councilman Chuck Silcox
PROPOSAL
It is proposed that funds from the 1978 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) allocated
for the relocation of Fire Station #26 (Hulen) be reallocated to finance the construction
of an additional bay at Fire Station #32 (Westpoint).
DISCUSSION
Funds were allocated in the 1978 CIP for the relocation of Fire Station #26 on Hulen.
The new station was to be part of a facility jointly occupied by the Police and Fire
Departments. Prior to construction of the facility, however, both departments
determined that the project was impractical. Consequently, $356,268 in CIP funds
p"l allocated for the relocation of the fire station have not been spent.
Fire Station #32 was originally designed to allow for inexpensive expansion of the station
as the Westpoint neighborhood developed. An exterior wall which was built cheaply to
make construction of an additional bay economical has now begun to deteriorate.
Reallocation of the funds set aside for the relocation of Fire Station #26 would finance
the removal of the deteriorating wall and the construction of an additional bay.
AW LEGALITY
By approval of this policy proposal the City Council will be taking affirmative action to
abandon the relocation of Fire Station #26. Because the Council has determined that
due to a change in conditions such project is no longer wise or necessary, this action
Is within the powers of the City Council and there is no legal impediment to its
Implementation.
FISCAL NOTE
Staff recommends closing the CIP account for the relocation of Station #26 (FUND:
GC27 PROJ:011126) and shifting the funds to a new project 9&6tmf, for the
construction of an additional bay at Fire Station #32.
CITY MANAGER'S COMMENTS
The City Manager's Office and the Fire Department do not object to th* proposal.