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Mr. Pap6 asked the City Manager to comment on the Valley River Fire Station and whether funding would <br />be allocated to restore the engine company. City Manager Taylor responded that it would be addressed in <br />the Budget Committee process. He affirmed that it was part of the department's strategy to improve the <br />level of service. Mr. Pap6 called the council's attention to page 82, which discussed the Valley River <br />Station. <br /> <br />Mr. Papd asked if the Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighters (ARFF) was included in the graphs on pages 28 and 29. <br />Chief Obadal affirmed that ARFF was included. In response to a question from Mr. Papd, she stated that <br />the numbers could be separated out. <br /> <br />In response to another question from Mr. Papd, Chief Obadal explained that the Federal Aviation Admini- <br />stration (FAA) required the ARFF firefighters to remain at the airport when it is open for commercial flights <br />and did not allow them to supplement other fire resources. <br /> <br />Ms. Ortiz thanked staff for the document. She asked if it included all levels of transport. Chief Obadal <br />replied that it only included Code 3 transports. <br /> <br />Chief Tallon stated, in response to another question from Ms. Ortiz, that different jurisdictions had different <br />levels of EMS, but they could all apply for accreditation. He clarified that a jurisdiction either contracted <br />with a transport service or had its own ambulances, but the call response time was the same. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor was alarmed by the suggestion that goals should be revised. She acknowledged that demand had <br />exceeded resources and, as such, would accept the report but would not support a motion to approve it. She <br />averred that City policies exacerbated the problem by encouraging sprawl and opined that this contributed to <br />the slower response time. <br /> <br />Chief Tallon reiterated that accepting the document would meet the intent of the application. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman indicated she would amend the motion, when it was placed on the table, so that it indicated the <br />council ~acknowledged receipt of the report" rather than ~accepted it." She did not wish to allow anyone to <br />infer that the City Council embraced these goals. She did not blame the department and, in fact, thought the <br />department was excellent. She called it a City Council and organizational issue of resources. She felt the <br />organization had campaigned relentlessly for road maintenance funds and asked why there was not a similar <br />relentless advocacy for improved response times. She supported most of the recommendations in the <br />document. She declared she would be looking for funding mechanisms to improve funding for the <br />department and to restore the engine company to Station 9 in the Valley River area. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman pointed out that there were now goals for ambulance transport without the call processing time <br />that seemed long, such as ten minutes 85 percent of the time in Zone 1 and 20 minutes 85 percent of the time <br />in Zone 2. She felt those goals needed revision. Chief Obadal responded that those times and goals were set <br />by Lane County and not the Eugene Fire/EMS Department. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly clarified that the all incident goals and the structure fire goals were set by the City. He <br />commented that he could not underscore enough that the department was great. He acknowledged there <br />were not enough resources. He supported Ms. Bettman's language that indicated acknowledgement of <br />receipt of the document. <br /> <br />Mr. Pap6 recommended that the City Council look at the four-minute response time at its annual goal setting <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council January 26, 2005 Page 5 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />
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