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From:noreply@civicplus.com <br />To:James VanEyll; Nola Dickhausen <br />Subject:Online Form Submittal: Fire Department Comment Card <br />Date:Thursday, May 18, 2023 12:57:08 PM <br />Fire Department Comment Card <br />First Name Richard <br />Last Name Apple <br />Address 2101 Sugarwood Drive <br />City Orono <br />State MN <br />Zip Code 55356 <br />Date 5-18-2023 <br />Orono Resident Yes <br />Comments Thank you for the opportunity to comment. I wish that we'd <br />received the notification postcard more than one day before the <br />comment period closed, however, especially given the breadth <br />and depth of the assessment. Why such short notice? There is <br />no doubt that many Orono residents who may have wished to <br />comment will not be able to do so in time. <br />That said, I have first a process recommendation: <br />Pages 32-33: "Since we know where and when incidents occur in <br />Orono, we can evaluate the deployment of <br />existing resources against historical demand." The data that <br />you're using is based on a nine-year historical window, but our <br />community bears little resemblance to the one that was here <br />even a few years ago. Deployments should be based on <br />forecasted future demand and, as we know, there has been <br />significant new construction around Willow Drive and Old Crystal <br />Bay Road (near Long Lake's primary fire station) so we should <br />assume that there will be correspondingly increased demand in <br />that area. The broader point is that the nine-year historical data <br />has been used extensively throughout the draft planning <br />document and there should be less reliance on the rearview <br />mirror when making long-term plans. <br />Now, for my bigger concern with what seems to be a strategic <br />miscalculation: