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S 5 © C 1 a 1 e; 5 A r ., h r t r C. e r a r r Architecture Planning tnteriars Environmental Design Iuty z;.!IIV) to: LETTER OF REQUEST — .PUD Firestation No. 1 City of Louisville Planning Department Louisville Planting Commission 1\.1embers Louisville City Council Representatives From: Kyle Callahan, Architect Re: PUD :\pplication Louisville Fire Protection District Fire Station No. 1 — 1240 Main Street We respectfully subunit the following in support of the proposed PU'D for Firestation No.1 in Louisville, serving as the design representatives for the design and construction team. Problem Statement Firestation No.1 was initially constructed in 1971 to serve the needs of what was at that time the somewhat rural and sparsely developed town id Louisville. The location was chosen due to the ;mailability of land, ;and it has served the Fire District 1wei] — providing excellent access to downtown and western Louisville_ Since 1971, the residential population in Louisville has more than doubled. The predominant rural and agricultural land use has been supplanted by a diverse urban infrastructure, including main' business and industrial land uses, plus significant growth in suburban residential development, Projcctnns for future growth include continued expansion of the residential population to 24,000 +/- residents, densitication of the core area to include a transit village, and infill development throughout the urban core and along the perimeter. This trend towards increased desgn, and urbanization has lead to stress on support systems, such as police and fire departments. Many of the attributes of tirestation no. 1 have become outdated and obsolete. Development along the eastern edge of l,uui:sville and north along 960t, Street (Louisville Fire Protection District includes land along 96' north to Arapahoe, and south to the turnpike) has placed additional burden on firefighting teams and apparatus, and resulted in longer than desirable response times to emergencies. The following is a partial list of problems and areas for improvement for htxstation 1: 1."Mere are two high -bay apparatus gat:ige laa 's and two low -bay apparatus garage ba4s :it the ftrestation. Due n, the nature of emergencies and events, it is necessary to increase the allocation of high -bay spaces for parking and servicing of equipment. Station 1 needs another high -bay. ?. Firestation 1 contains the training component tiar the LFPD on the second floor, 13v increasing the height of one of the existing apparatus bays to provide the additional high -bar. the existing training facility space will be cut in half, dramatically limiting the usefulness of the training facility. the wvidtli of the current facility's overhead bay di 'ors is 1 tl' R", This was acceptable in i.he 1970's, when firefighting apparatus were smaller and more maneuverable.. It is