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virtue of the open space holdings the City cur- <br />rently has. HundlE~y suggested that this land also <br />needs to be brought: into the Louisville Fire Pro- <br />tection District. <br />Chuck Schmidt, Chief of the Louisville Fire <br />Protection District:, stated that there are two <br />reasons behind thi;a request: 1) a second station <br />will be built approximately a quarter mile from <br />this property which will give the businesses in <br />the area a much bei:ter response time; and 2) the <br />City has adopted the National Fire Protection <br />Code. The Homart property is currently in the <br />Cherryvale Fire Prc>tection District which operates <br />under a different :yet of codes. In addition Louis- <br />ville would then be dealing with an official from <br />the Cherryvale Agency for building/fire inspec- <br />tions. Schmidt started that all annexed City of <br />Louisville property should be covered by one fire <br />protection agency. <br />Dave Stahl, represE~nting Homart Development Co., <br />stated that in 1989E, Louisville Associates, the <br />predecessor to Homart Development Co., requested <br />that this property be included in the Louisville <br />Fire Protection District. Stahl reiterated that <br />request stating that it would be important for <br />them to be included in the LFPD. Stahl requested <br />that they have an opportunity to review all <br />documents, petitions, correspondence, etc. that <br />may relate directly to Homart property before <br />going to district court, LFPD or Cherryvale Fire <br />Protection Agency. <br />In response to Sac}cett's question regarding <br />Council's role/responsibility in this action, <br />Rautenstraus stated that the governing body of <br />the municipality iri which land has been annexed <br />can petition district court to be excluded from <br />one district and put into the other district. <br />When districts are formed, they are formed through <br />the district court. The City would have to <br />petition the court to take this action and the <br />LFPD is asking that: the City Council sanction that <br />step. <br />Mayor Fauson asked if in the future annexation <br />agreements could include a section wherein if the <br />property is outside' the LFPD, the property owners <br />would automaticall~~ take care of this as part of <br />annexation. Rauteristraus concurred. <br />Szymanski asked if it might be advantageous to take <br />other properties (properties recently annexed that <br />also remain outsidE~ the LFPD) to district court at <br />3 <br />