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7/17/84 Page -2- ville Fire Protection District was allotted a 2'-.2 acre site. Since that time the zoning has changed; the major thoroughfares have changed; and the entire area has changed shape. Because of these major changes the site allotted to them was no longer a suitable site for a Fire: Station. It provides no good ingress for firemen responding to the station, and bad egress for emergency vehicles leaving the area. It :is also surrounded by high density resi- dential area. Also in the future there are plans for senior citizen housing in the area. In the interim the LFPD has located another site more suitable for the Fire Station, which is :Located on a major thoroughfare and pro- vides excellent ingress and egress for the Fire Department as well as St. Anthony's helicopter for a landing site. The site is located on the northwest corner of the proposed recreation center property. They had met with Mr. Wurl, Mr. Rupp and Mr. Hioco regard- ing the relocation of the site and it didn't look as though there would be a problem with the planning of the recreation site. Mr. Ross was requesting Mayor and Council's support of the relocation of the Fire Station site to the area on Via Appia; also was requesting support for the St. Anthony's Flight helicopter pad at that site. Dan Reich, Asst. Director Mr. Reich stated that they supported the new site Flight Operations, St. location for the sub fire station in order to Anthony Hospital Sustems better facilitate the use of any emergency medical helicopter service. They had.::: pro- posed to the Louisville Board of Directors sometime ago the actual placement of a Flight for Life helicopter at the sub-station on a regular basis . They--and the LFPD felt this would best suit the needs not only for Louisville but for the Boulder County area as well. This could be 1,2, or 3 days a week 8-10 hours a day depending on the statistical information on the utilization of emergency medical services. He felt this new site location would better accomodate the operation of any helicopter taking off and landing on a regular basis. It is more remote than the original site from they power lines and further away from resi- denital areas for noise abatement; also it was his understanding that the surrounding development would be more commercial and would have a lesser impact on the community.