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<br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER <br /> <br />April 9, 2009 <br /> <br /> City of Eugene <br />777 Pearl Street, Room 105 <br /> <br /> Eugene, Oregon 97401-2793 <br /> (541) 682-5010 <br /> (541) 682-5414 (FAX) <br /> www.eugene-or.gov <br /> <br />IN THIS WEEK’S EDITION <br />AIRPORT FIRE STATION PLANNING FAST-TRACKED <br />2009 NEIGHBORHOOD SUMMIT A SUCCESS <br />LIBRARY PATRONS GO “MAD” FOR LECTURE ON FIRST AMENDMENT <br /> <br />FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOOK SALE: APRIL 18 AND 19 <br />WORK RESUMES ON ROOSEVELT BOULEVARD OVERLAY APRIL 13 <br />YOUNG SINGERS INVITED TO SING WITH BROADWAY STARS ON HULT CENTER STAGE <br />WORKSHOPS ENVISION FUTURE OF RASOR MIXED USE CENTER <br /> <br />AROUND THE CITY <br />Airport Fire Station Planning Fast-Tracked <br />Eugene Airport and Fire & EMS officials recently <br />learned Federal Aviation Administration <br />discretionary funding for a new Aircraft Rescue <br />and Fire Fighting (ARFF) station will soon be <br />released. <br /> <br />The $5.1 million dollar project is funded 95% <br />($4,845,000) by FAA funds and 5% ($255,000) <br />by the Airport Construction Fund. To receive the <br />FAA funding, the project must be bid by June 2, <br />2009. <br /> <br />While the site selection had been made and the <br />architecture and engineering team had been <br />hired, moving forward on the project would have <br />required a significant investment of Airport funds <br />with no assurance of when federal funding would become available. Airport officials placed the project on hold until <br /> <br />receiving notice from the FAA that the funding would be released and have now fast-tracked the project planning. <br /> <br />The project is a joint effort between the Eugene <br />Airport, Fire & EMS, Facilities, Information Services <br />Division, RS&H, a facilities and infrastructure <br />consulting firm and PIVOT Architecture, a Eugene <br />design firm. RS&H has extensive experience in <br />planning airport fire stations. PIVOT designed several <br />of the new EFD stations. <br /> <br />The new ARFF station will replace the outdated and <br />undersized Fire Station 12 building. Relocating the <br />station on the north end of the airfield will provide the <br />ability for Fire personnel to access either runway <br />under the required FAA response time. The current <br />building is the only remaining fire station operated by <br />the City of Eugene that lacks separate quarters for <br />both male and female firefighters. <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 1 <br />April 9, 2009 <br />