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18 <br /> FY2021-22 Recommended Emergency Services <br /> Projects <br /> • EMS Substation Project-$2,700,000(p.59) <br /> —Future8ubstationlocalionstudy-$25C.000 <br /> —Co-location with Orange Rural Fire Deparlmenl-52 450,000 <br /> Total CountV BuQgel•$3,400.000 <br /> • Replaces S14w VI on Revere Rwa <br /> klm@ oRqv�a nn <br /> 2 <br /> 3 Travis Myren said the Town of Hillsborough donated the land for the co-location project <br /> 4 with Orange Rural Fire Department. He said Orange Rural serves as the Town of Hillsborough's <br /> 5 primary fire response agency. <br /> 6 Chair Price asked if the cost of the land and the project could be identified. <br /> 7 Travis Myren said it will be about a $6 million project. He said Orange Rural would pick <br /> 8 up the other half of the project. <br /> 9 Chair Price asked if the Town of Hillsborough is contributing in addition to the land. <br /> 10 Travis Myren said there may be an area for a police officer to check in, but otherwise <br /> 11 there is not really space for Hillsborough staff. <br /> 12 Chair Price asked if the town is contributing financially. <br /> 13 Travis Myren said yes, through taxes from the fire district. He resumed the PowerPoint <br /> 14 presentation: <br /> 15 <br /> FY2021-22 Recommended Emergency Services <br /> Projects <br /> EMS Substation at Waterstone-$2,450,000(p.513) <br /> 16 <br /> 17 <br /> 18 Chair Price asked what the county is getting through the study, and how long it would <br /> 19 last. <br /> 20 Travis Myren indicated that Kirby Saunders, Emergency Services Director is doing some <br /> 21 research and it would likely be lower in the adopted budget. <br /> 22 Kirby Saunders said the last study was done around 2010 or 2011. He said the county <br /> 23 wants to get ahead of the amount of growth that is occurring, and forecast where stations need <br /> 24 to be in 10, 15, 20 years, especially when talking about infrastructure projects. He said these <br /> 25 projects are costly, and it is important to have them in the right locations. <br /> 26 Chair Price asked if it would be a year-long study. <br /> 27 Kirby Saunders said yes, and said staff is working with the Carrboro and Chapel Hill fire <br /> 28 departments to determine locations, as well as all the rural stations and asking how growth will <br /> 29 impact those areas. <br />