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76. Regular Meeting April 19, 2005 page 12 Services Office for almost forty-eight years working with ISO-PPC ratings and has been consulting for the last two and a half years. He stated he developed a Strategic Master Plan Fire Station Location Study, which can help improve the ISO rating. Mr. Pietsch stated he looked at the existing fire defense infrastructure, which is the Fire Service Communications, existing structures, Fire Departments and Water System. He stated the Fire Marshall's office and the building officials' office where also reviewed. He stated with your existing four fire stations, housing a quint, which is an engine-ladder truck that also serves as a fire engine at Central Fire Station and there are also engines at the other three Fire Stations. He feels there is an area of San Marcos, which has no fire station coverage. He also stated Central Fire Station and station two coverage areas overlap each other. His study is based on relocating Central Fire Station to the vicinity of Uhland and IH35. Mr. pietsch stated an ISO is a nationwide organization to for your base commercial and residential insurance rates start. These PPC numbers are between one and He stated currently the City of San Marcos has a Class 4 ISO rating. The study shows with the existing infrastructure, the City could regress to a Class 5. Mayor Narvaiz inquired to the cost of insurance for citizens if the City regresses to a Class 5. Mr. Pietsch stated the commercial citizens would be paying about 4 percent more for their property insurance and the residential citizens would be paying about 5 percent. He stated if the City improves to a Class 3, the commercial citizens insurance would decrease 9 percent off their total insurance policy and the residential citizens would save 3 percent. He stated he feels the main priority of the City should be to relocate Central Fire Station to Uhland Road and IH35. He also stated he feels the City needs six fire stations, with one being located at IH35 and Technology Road and another station at Centerpoint and IH35. He stated he feels in the future the City will need fire stations at Old Bastrop Road and Hwy. 123, Airport Road and Highway 21 and then another fire station in the north San Marcos area. He stated he also feels the City needs to be operating six engines and two ladder trucks, out of six fire stations. He stated the ISO Grading Schedule feels there should be an existing fire engine within 1.5 road miles and the areas which require aerial ladder truck coverage are within 2.5 road miles of an existing ladder truck. He stated the areas which require a ladder truck are five or more buildings with three stories or more and if these building do not exist then you are required to have a Service Company, which the fire service calls a rescue vehicle. Mr. Thomaides inquired to whether the City would need one 100 foot ladder truck. Mr. Pietsch stated for every floor of a building, within the 2.5 mile response district of a station, the City needs ten foot of ladder. Mr. Thomaides inquired to whether there are any privately-owned buildings or City-owned buildings with ten stories in the City of San Marcos. Mr. O'Leary stated currently the only ten story buildings are those located at Texas State University, but the new Hotel/Conference Center will fall in this category. Mr. Thomaides stated the City needs invest this money to protect these buildings that are owned by the State. He inquired to whether there is a way to get the State to assist to help protect their