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Agenda Item 
III. C.  Design and Construction of Fire Station #3 Presentation by Wold 
 
Overview 
The City Council authorized the City Manager to begin planning for the design and future 
construction of an additional fire station on Elizabeth Street during the January 21, 2025 regular 
session. Based on that directive, a RFQ was prepared and distributed, Wold Architects were 
hired on May 20, 2025, several design meetings were held with Fire Department staff , and a 
floor plan, site plan, renderings, construction cost estimate, and annual operating costs have been 
prepared. The anticipation of a future ambulance service has been incorporated into the plans.  
 
Wold will attend the August 11, 2025 work session to present their design and cost estimates for 
the new fire station construction and city staff will present estimated annual operating costs  
(attached).  
 
If approved, this project would move into Phase II consisting of preparing the actual construction 
documents, assist ing with bidding and bid evaluations, and providing construction 
administration for 6.5% of the final construction cost. The construction documents  prepara
tion 
schedule would be about six months and the construction schedule would be an additional 10 
months. If all goes well, a new fire station could be operational during early 2027 in time for the 
delivery of the new fire truck anticipated during late 2027 or early 2028.  
 
The FY 2025- 26 approved Capital Improvement Fund budget contains $3,200,000 for this 
project with the remaining expenses coming from the FY 2026-27 budget and/or use of debt.  
 
City staff is  also working on the city hall renovation project. If that project is to go forward, 
these two projects, if performed at the same time, would need additional funding sources beyond 
the Capital Improvement Fund such as new debt, property tax increase, or a combination of both. 
 
Action to Consider 
Consensus is needed to move this item to the August 19, 2025 regular session for consideration.  
 
Affected Departments 
Fire Department 
 
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