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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Work Session: Council Priority Issue - Restore Engine Crew to Valley River Fire Station Meeting Date: June 22, 2005 Agenda Item Number: A Department: Fire and Emergency Medical Services Staff Contact: Tom Tallon www. cl. eugene, or. us Contact Telephone Number: 682-7115 ISSUE STATEMENT One of the City Council's current priority issues is to restore an engine crew to the Valley River Fire Station. This work session will focus on the Fire and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Department's plans to address that issue. The issue status and future steps are provided in the attached report from the department. The council and Budget Committee have been involved in authorizing this plan, which calls for the service to be restored effective January 1, 2006. BACKGROUND In 2002, recognizing an increasing number of incorporated City parcels in the Santa Clara area of the community, the City of Eugene made the decision to establish a City fire service presence (and emergency medical first response capability) in that area. With additional funds unavailable, the Fire and EMS Department made the decision to reassign Fire Engine 9 from the Valley River Fire Station to temporary quarters in Santa Clara, with the hope and intent to restore an engine crew to the Valley River station in the future. RELATED CITY POLICIES City Council Priority Issue: Re-staff the Valley River fire engine and resume neighborhood-based fire suppression, rescue, and EMS first response in the Valley River area. This item also addresses the council's previously stated goal of a safe community. COUNCIL OPTIONS Not applicable; information and discussion only. CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION Not applicable. L:\CMO\2005 Council Agendas\M050622\S050622A. doc