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Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing a professional services agreement with BRW Architects for the Feasibility Study services related to the League City Fire Station No. 7 (FR2501) in an amount not to exceed $24,400 (Executive Director of Capital Projects)
Background:
Approval of this resolution will authorize a professional services agreement with BRW Architects (BRW) to perform the Feasibility Study services related to the League City Fire Station No. 7 Project (FR2501) in an amount not to exceed $24,400.
In late 2022 BRW performed a Feasibility Study to analyze the current and future programmatic needs of the League City Fire Department through various meetings and planning sessions to establish needs and future goals for the Central and Satellite Stations. Rather than continually modifying existing facilities, the League City Fire Department looked to review the programmatic and operational needs of the City, spatial inef?ciencies, adjacencies and organizational needs, and the overall potential growth.
The new station will serve the growing residential and commercial area on the Southwest side of the City. City Council through previous action has designated the location for the future Fire Station No. 7 East of Bay Area on Muldoon Parkway, near the park. The new station will meet current firefighting and EMS operations and standards that will allow for better training, faster turnout time, and up-to-date work environments for the safety of the EMS crew and the volunteer firefighters. The new facility is proposed to accommodate three pull through apparatus bays, support spaces off the apparatus bays, dayroom/kitchen, and living spaces for a future full-time crew. The future fire station will be made to support either 3 or 4 full-time shift model (to be determined) fire and EMS staffing and responses for the next fifty years. The recommended square footage to support a satellite station designed for full-time staffing is 10,000 to 11,...
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