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78. Regular Meeting February 1, 2005 Page 11 Council Mr Mihalkanin inquired whether the recommendation to relocate the Central Fire Station is because of the growth occurring northeast of the downtown Mike Baker, Fire Chief, stated the timing of this discussion is very pertinent He stated the City granted the Fire Department funds to hire a consultant to begin the Master Plan Study for the Fire Department He stated the consultant is currently in town and working on the plan and should be completed in SlX weeks He stated the consultant will provlde Mr O'Leary wlth hls recommendation based on the ISO-PPC Classification Standards, proJected growth and the requlred number of fire hydrants for a fire station location The Council agreed by consensus to wait until the consultant has provided a report before discussing the placement of this item on the ballot The Council also agreed by consensus for all the projects the Blue Ribbon Bond Committee voted 8-0 except for the Relocatlon of Central Fire Station be placed on the ballot Mr Bose stated he supports placing the River Ridge Entrance and Exit Ramps on the ballot Mr Thomaides stated he does not support the Loop 82 Overpass and Post Road Alignment proJect Mr Mihalkanin stated he has some concerns about the FM 2439 Improvement Project and the traffic flow He stated he feels the project is not accurate In terms of the area this bond proposal would actually cover Ms Anderson stated there has been a lot of discussion about this project during the approval of the Sector Plan She stated this proJect includes a bridge, which would take care of the current low-water crosslng and there would be flve lanes of traffic until the bridge She also stated the citlzens of San Marcos spoke against having Hopkins as a four-lane roadway She stated during the Transportation Master plan process Staff found there is not adequate road space between Dixon and Bishop for people to make a left- hand turn to go west on Bishop Ms Anderson stated she feels one of the reasons this proJect was appeallng to the Blue Ribbon Bond Commlttee was because of the matching funds by TxDOT The Council agreed by consensus to bring back the FM2439 Improvements for discussion Mr Bose stated he supports placing both the Victory Gardens Street Reconstruction and the Traffic Signal Implementatlon on Comanche and C M Allen on the ballot The Council agreed by consensus to discuss the Victory Gardens Street Reconstruction and the Traffic Signal Implementation on Comanche and C M Allen for discussion Mr Mihalkanin inquired as to the total of the nlne projects the Council agreed to place on the ballot Ms Anderson stated the total comes to $6,580,000 00 for the River Ridge Entrance, the Thorpe Lane and Hopkins Improvements, Loop 82 Overpass/Post Road Realignment, Miscellaneous Intersectlon Improvements, Donaldson Street Transit Center, Victory Gardens Street Reconstruction, the Traffic Slgnal Implementation at Comanche/C M Allen, Wallace Addition and the Bundled Blke and pedestrian Improvement Mayor Narvaiz stated $6,580,000 00 would mean a three-cent lncrease in taxes Mr Taylor stated Council appointed the Blue Ribbon Bond Committee to study these lssues for the voters to vote on He stated he feels the voters will not approve all of these recommendations, but should be allowed to vote on all the lssues Mr Mihalkanin stated on page two of the Blue Ribbon Bond Committee report