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I I. I: I I Ii I I I I 1 I, I I I .Page - 2 Our Junlor Hlgh Sohool now has some 800 students enrolled and at least two tlmes eaoh day, that belng early ln the IlIOrnlng and agaln about 3:30 P.M., this area around the proposed slte ls heavl1y oongested with foot traffio by ohlldren golng to and from sohool, as well as, a oongested oar and bus traffio. We feel, therefore, that lt ls a real and distlnot hazard to the students should an alarm oome ln rlght at that tlme. All of us have been kiddos and we all know that should an alarm come ln at the tlme they are just gOlng to or gettlng out of sohool, that there would be a fast "break" to the station to watoh the truoks oome out. They would do this, regardless of how many lights or oaution slgnals were placed to prevent this running toward the station. At thls point, I would like to oommend thls oouncll for oonslder- ing the economy angle ln thls matter by seleoting a site tWat was a bit oheaper than two other sltes that were offered for consider- ation BUT at the same time, how oan you put a price on a ohild's life or a serious lnjury should he be hit by a pieoe of the equipment ooming out of the station or by an onrushlng oar trYlng to get out of the way of the equlpment or a oar brlnglng one of our flne Volunteer flremen to the statlon? Besldes the 800 day students that are enrolled at the sohool, there are also nlght olasses belng held by our government and a survey by you would oertainly indioate the oongestlon of parked oars around and near the sohool. (L,.J/t>Y tye' ,71 /J1y 0", '< ~) Our question to you is why place a fire station where these problems now exlst and wll1 oontlnue to exist to a much greater