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Resolution No.17-19: Declaring an Emergency and Exempting Clackamas Fire District 1 Station 16 from Planning Division Code and Review to Allow a Temporary Fire Station at Clackamas Community College until October 1, 2018
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RECOMMENDED ACTION (Motion):
Staff recommends the City Commission approve Resolution No. 17-19 to allow a temporary Fire Station at Clackamas Community College until October 1, 2018.
BACKGROUND:
Clackamas Fire District 1 (CFD1) Station 16, located at 19340 Molalla Avenue, developed a mold infestation that contaminated portions of the station and in May of 2016 it was determined that the station was uninhabitable for the firefighters. One June 1, 2016, the City Commission approved Resolution No. 16-12 to declare an emergency, exempted CFD1 's Station 16 from Planning code requirements on a temporary basis to allow a modular unit to be placed onsite so the firefighters to maintain their response times for the community.
Since that time, CFD1 has worked with architects to develop a station design that would fit on the property and an application has been submitted to the Planning Division for demolition of the existing station and construction of a new station. However, the Fire District determined that there isn't sufficient room on the property to house the modular unit during construction and has proposed temporally relocating the fire station to Clackamas Community College until the new station is complete.
CFD1 has requested the City Commission declare an emergency to exempt a temporary fire station at Clackamas Community College until October 1, 2018 from Planning Division requirements and processes while the existing Station 16 is being demolished and rebuilt. The temporary fire station at CCC consists of three separate structures which would be located near Inskeep Drive.