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7 1 Chief Dan Jones said some people did not think this was the best application of 2 resources. He said the group thought that this should be studied further, with consideration of 3 the impact of the other positive changes as those take effect. 4 5 EMS Recommendations 6 R-6 Staff& Equip six (6) ALS ambulances (in-process) 7 ■ OCES budgets for one new (1) ambulance each year inclusive of staff and 8 equipment 9 ■ Monitoring effectiveness of program each year 10 ■ Intent is to not over-purchase or over-staff 11 Call volume and response times drive units and staffing 12 13 EMS Recommendations 14 R-7 Hire Paramedic Level Shift Supervisor 24/7 (in-process) 15 13/14 budget approval for 4 Assistant Supervisors in January, 2014 16 o 14/15 budget request will move the Asst. Supervisors to Supervisors 17 o This tiered approach enables the Asst. Supervisors to be mentored for 18 one year before being released 19 R-8 Prepare a space needs assessment (in-process) 20 ■ Selection committee chose Stewart Cooper Newell for award (10/1/13) 21 ■ Staff meeting with firm the week of 10/7/13 or 10/14/13 to begin space needs 22 assessment 23 24 EMS Recommendations 25 R-9 Identify 9 strategic locations for future EMS base (in-process) 26 ■ As part of Stewart Cooper Newell discussions 27 ■ Co-location with existing Fire Departments 28 o Orange Rural 29 o Orange Grove 30 o Carrboro 31 o New Hope 32 o Chapel Hill (potential future co-location/co-build) 33 34 Commissioner Gordon asked for details on the potential joint location in the Town of 35 Chapel Hill. 36 Chief Jones said Chapel Hill is in the process of bringing forth recommendations to 37 enter into public and private partnerships to rebuild 3 stations (#2 Glen Lennox, #3 Elliot 38 Road/Franklin Street, and # 4 Weaver Dairy/MLK). He said the plan would be to sell these 39 properties and return to the money to the tax roll to build new stations nearby. He said the 40 other option is to enter a public/private partnership to co-locate a station in a commercial 41 development on the same property. This second option would be modeled after 140 West on 42 Franklin Street. 43 He said Chapel Hill received authorization from the State Legislature to expand the area 44 to facilitate co-location within the entire city limits. He said EMS is open to including the County 45 in any project that might be appropriate for an EMS station. 46 He said the only reason the town cannot work something out now is because the space 47 in all fire stations is maxed out, and many trucks have to park outside. 48 Commissioner Rich asked for more information about the training station at the 49 intersection of MLK Boulevard and Weaver Dairy Road. She asked if this is still being used for 50 live burns and rescue practice.