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City Council Meeting Minutes November 6, 2019 to Station 6 to remain consistent with our current list of station numbers. Mr. Stapp reviewed the voter education language that was used in presentations. HE explained that the language was not on the ballot, but it is what we used in the many public education meetings that were held prior to the bond election. It is also language that was approved for use in these meetings by the bond committee. Mr. Stapp reviewed the Station Coverage Overlap and explained that the image illustrates the approximate 76% of overlapping coverage areas between the current Holland St Sta 2 and the Downtown Station #1. The green circle shows the current response district for Station 1 downtown and pink area depicts the response district for Station 2. He also stated that it was very important to mention is that about 50% of the city does not fall within one of the ideal response zones for any of the existing stations, so any move to reduce overlap between two or more stations is a good thing to do. Mr. Stapp reviewed the initial location for station 2 of 2.3 acres at Wonderworld and Old RR12. He provided that It sold to another buyer before Council was able to move on purchasing the land. He then reviewed the new location for station 2 of 3.5 acres inside La Cima that was donated by the developer. As part of the design build agreement authorized by Council in 2019, site design work for this location has already been completed and paid for. The site still falls within the area recommended by the Station Location study completed by Mr. Pietsch. Mr. Stapp reviewed Station 2 budget considerations. He provided that the original budget estimations were based on the pre -construction cost estimates for the new Station 4 on East Wonder World Dr (5.2 million). He reviewed site concerns for the station and explained that the La Cima site is located over the Edwards Aquifer recharge zone and will require more extensive site preparation work than what we saw with Station 4. Discussion was held regarding the detention pond that would be required. Mr. Stapp reviewed the construction costs and explained that the costs of construction since Station 4 was planned have escalated considerably (approximately 17.4%). Mr. Stapp provided that Staff and Jacobs met at the design table to look for areas to reduce cost and identified about $250,750 in savings to include: • Adjust building finish floor elevation — ($50,000) • Adjust building footprint location within site for grade value — ($45,000) City of San Marcos Page 5