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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, March 14, 2016 7:00 o'clock p.m. CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT (continued) Loftus stated pursuant to Council Member Printup's request, Staff met on January 27 with the Fire Advisory Board whether they would be open to this service area. Fire Chief Van Eyll did submit a memo stating that was a possibility and that the Long Lake Fire Department could include this area into their contract service for $8,168. The contract change would reduce the City's fire cost by $21,066. Loftus stated Staff has also provided some information on call response times. Over the last two years, the average response time by Wayzata to this area has been 6.92 minutes. Chief Van Eyll has provided an educated estimate on the response time by the Long Lake Fire Department and that response time would be 8.64 minutes. Loftus noted both of those call response times fall within the National Fire Prevention Association standard of ten minutes. Staff has also provided a recap of the call history for that area. Generally that area averages 20 calls per year, with the most frequent calls being related to smoke detector issues and medical emergencies. Loftus noted the Mayor has mentioned another piece of information she would find helpful would be knowing the distance between the Wayzata Fire Station to this area and the Long Lake Fire Department. Staff will provide that information in the near future. At this time Staff is looking for other data points the Council might be looking for and then a discussion on whether this should move forward. If moving forward, Loftus would then recommended the City Council hold a public hearing in April and notify the residents of the potential change. Loftus noted Council Members Printup and Walsh currently serve on the Advisory Board. Walsh noted he did e-mail some additional information to Staff earlier today showing how much of that is golf course territory. Printup stated the orange lot furthest to the north is a DNR area. The other orange areas are Wayzata and Woodville. Walsh stated it might also be good to show some of the farther points that Long Lake goes to as .i comparison standpoint. Printup pointed out the call history is not broken down into the emergency versus nonemergency calls, and in his view the difference is something to take note of. McMillan asked if the work on Highway 112 will cause some issues with response times. Fire Chief Van Eyll stated it absolutely will. Van Eyll indicated when they ran the response times for North Ferndale Avenue, they went up Willow to County Road 6 and then back down due to better sightlines. Van Eyll stated the construction on Highway 112 will cause some definite concerns for this area as well as all the other areas they service. Cornick asked if structure fires would be included under active calls. Loftus noted there have been no structure fires for the area in the last three years. Page 33 of 37