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TO:Mayor and City Council FROM:Ron Moorse, City Administrator DATE:April 19,2002 SUBJECT: Discussion with Mound City Manager and Fire Chief Regarding Fire Service and the Planned New ^^'und Fire Station At the April 22 Council Work Session, the Mound City Manager and Fire Chief will discuss plans for a new Mound fire station. This discussion will include a discussion of what the future hol^ for the Mound Fire Department and the cities it serves, including fire service needs and fire service provision options. 1 have discussed with both the Mound City Manager and Fire Chief Orono's ongoing process of evaluating options for the long term provision of fire service. 1 have indicated these options could include a satellite station in Navarre if it could be operated in a way that makes it economically beneficial. This could involve a broader fire ser\ ice arrangement through which a satellite station would be staffed by multiple fire departments. Related lafomatioa - Maple Plain Fire Department The City of Independence, which funds approximately 50% of the costs of the Maple Plain Fire Department, has indicated it may not renew its fire service agreement with the Maple Plain Fire Department in the year 2003. Independence is approaching other fire departments that ser\ e other portions of the city to determine if they can expand their fire service areas to fully encompass the City of Independence. The deadline date for notifying Maple Plain of a termination of the fire service agreement is August 1 . The implication of this to Orono is that if Independence terminates its fire service agreement with Maple Plain, either the Maple Plain Fire Department may become financially unviable, or the City of Orono would need to fund a much larger portion of the fire department costs. Given this situation, we need to investigate other options for providing fire service to the area currently served by Maple Plain so that if Independence terminates its fire service agreement, we will be in a position to also terminate the agreement. ■■ata