Agenda Item - 2024-12-05 (02)Alternative Sites
SSFS Task Force
December 5, 2024
Key Considerations
•Is the current location of Station 212 optimal?
•Would another location yield significant
improvements to service and coverage?
•What would be the cost and time impact of selecting
a new location?
2/20
Characteristics of Optimal Site
•Size. A larger site, close to 41,000 square
feet, would be ideal.
•Response Time. An alternative site
should result in a net improvement in
response times city-wide, with significant
improvements for the neighborhoods on
the east side of the city.
•Acquisition. Non-public land may be
considered, though acquisition costs and
time are likely to have a significant
impact.
•Avoiding condemnation was raised as a
strong preference.
3/20
•Location.
•No sites west of the current location need to be further considered.
•The far periphery of the east side can also be excluded from further consideration.
•Zoning. Current zoning must allow for a major facility, or there needs to be a high likelihood a variance would be granted. (staff addition)
•Access. The site should be on an arterial (major or minor) or major collector road.
•Geohazards. A new station should not be located on a fault line or land with unmitigable landslide risk.
•Steep slopes, flood hazards, and sensitive lands have already been considered.
•Location: NA
•Zoning:
•Access: Major Collector
•Geohazards:
•Moderate susceptibility to shallow landslide
(mitigable)
•Size:31,512 ft2
•41,000 ideal
•Response Time: 95.90% /87.95%
•% of residences w/in 6min drive time
•Acquisition:None
4/20
Current Site (1880 South Shore Blvd)
Landslides
•2013 DOGAMI Landslide Hazard & Risk Study
•Deep-landslide susceptibility
“Deep landslides have failure surfaces that cut into the bedrock and can cover large areas
from acres to tens of square miles.”
•5% of LO land (mod-high)
•Shallow-landslides susceptibility
“Shallow landslides are generally defined as failing above the contact between bedrock and
the overlying soil. In this study, shallow landslides are defined as having a failure depth less
than 15 ft.”
•40% of LO land (mod-high)
5/20
•Location: NA
•Zoning:
•Access: Major Collector
•Geohazards:
•Moderate susceptibility to shallow landslide
(mitigable)
•Size:31,512 ft2
•41,000 ideal
•Response Time: 95.90% /87.95%
•% of residences w/in 6min drive time
•Acquisition:None
6/20
Current Site (1880 South Shore Blvd)
7/20
Alternative Sites (39)
Considerations
•Location
•West
•East
•Zoning
•Access
•Geohazards
•Size
•Response Time
•Acquisition
8/20
Location –West (29)
Considerations
•Location
•West
•East
•Zoning
•Access
•Geohazards
•Size
•Response Time
•Acquisition
9/20
Location –East (17)
Considerations
•Location
•West
•East
•Zoning
•Access
•Geohazards
•Size
•Response Time
•Acquisition
10/20
11/20
Zoning (17)
Considerations
•Location
•West
•East
•Zoning
•Access
•Geohazards
•Size
•Response Time
•Acquisition
12/20
13/20
Access (1)
Considerations
•Location
•West
•East
•Zoning
•Access
•Geohazards
•Size
•Response Time
•Acquisition
Alternative One (Stafford Rd)
•Location:
•Zoning:
•Access: Minor Arterial
•Geohazards:
•Slide Area + Weak Foundation Soil
•Size:44,694 ft2
•41,000 ideal
•Response Time: 96.40% /84.52%
•% of residences w/in 6min drive time
•Acquisition: $1.5M+
•Condemnation likely
14/20
PHOTO
15/20
Alternative One (Stafford Rd)
•Location:
•Zoning:
•Access: Minor Arterial
•Geohazards:
•Slide Area + Weak Foundation Soil
•Size:44,694 ft2
•41,000 ideal
•Response Time: 96.40% /84.52%
•% of residences w/in 6min drive time
•Acquisition: $1.5M+
•Condemnation likely
16/20
PHOTO
Alternative Two (McVey -Cornell)
•Location:
•Zoning:
•Access: Minor Arterial
•Geohazards:
•Likely susceptible to shallow landslides
•Size:Hypothetical
•Response Time: 99.05% /97.60%
•% of residences w/in 6min drive time
•Acquisition:$3.5M+
•Multiple properties
•Condemnation highly likely
17/20
18/20
Summary of Alternatives
Characteristics Current Site
(1880 South Shore)
Alternative One
(Stafford Rd)
Alternative Two
(McVey-Cornell)
Location NA
Zoning
Access Major Collector Minor Arterial Minor Arterial
Geohazards
Size 31,512 ft2 44,694 ft2 Hypothetical
Response Time 95.90% /87.95%96.40% /84.52%99.05% /97.60%
Acquisition None $1.5M+$3.5M+
19/20
Key Considerations
•Is the current location of Station 212 optimal?
•Would another location yield significant
improvements to service and coverage?
•What would be the impacts (cost and time) of
selecting a new location?
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