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Rolling Meadows discusses rebuilding fire stations (more)

Feb 24

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Rolling Meadows Fire Chief Scott Franzgrote introduced local leaders Tuesday night to Aurora-based R.C. Wegman Construction Co., selected as project manager for site selection, design, and construction of the city’s two new fire stations.

Franzgrote said the scope of the project includes evaluating firehouse location sites, land acquisition, budget outlines, project schedules and coordination of real estate agents, architects, consultants, engineers, contractors, vendors and more.

Seven firms submitted applications for the project manager role city officials said and four firms were interviewed.

The project is expected to cost about $9,000,000, city officials said, and would entail building two new fire stations probably in new locations. Existing Rolling Meadows firehouses are Station 15 (Fogarty Station), at 3111 Meadow Dr., which serves areas east of Route 53, and Station 16 (Neucranz Station), 2455 S. Plum Grove Rd., serving areas west of Route 53.

Station 15 was built in 1958. At the time, it was a one-story structure with two apparatus bays and a kitchen. It was positioned in a location that represented the center of the fire district’s response area. Due to the city’s growth, it is no longer in the center of the response area. Today, there are several problems with its infrastructure, such as wiring and sinking foundations, making the fire station almost inoperable at times.

Franzgrote has said a new station is needed to meet the increasing demand for service in an expanding city, especially on the south side, and to maintain quick response times.

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Rolling Meadows discusses rebuilding fire stations (more)

Jan 25

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Excerpts from the DailyHerald.com:

Rolling Meadows officials will start interviewing project management firms next week as the next step in the city’s efforts to relocate both fire stations … the city council last year decided to move both stations to improve emergency response times.

Seven project management firms responded to a request for qualifications, Chief Scott Franzgrote told the city council Tuesday and interviews with four of the companies will help make sure the costs estimates are all-inclusive. Rolling Meadows has Fire Station 15 at 3111 Meadow Drive, which was built in 1958, and Fire Station 16 at 2455 S. Plum Grove Road, which was built in 1980. Under the plan, both would be relocated — though it hasn’t been determined to where — to better balance the calls the department receives.

According to city documents, the cost of building two new fire stations is about $9 million, which includes all design, land acquisition, engineering, architectural and construction costs.

Deciding what to do about the city’s fire stations has been somewhat of a moving target over the past few years. In 2014, the council decided to build a third station, but reversed course last year and voted to remain at two stations, but in new locations.

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Excerpts from the JournalTopics.com:

As the city continues to grapple with the issue of whether to pour funds into fixing a 57-year-old fire station in need of extensive repairs, and whether to move the second station to better meet the needs of a growing community, aldermen last year gave the fire department and city staff the go-ahead to develop a plan on building and relocating the two fire stations.

The request for qualifications that went out from the city said the project will have an anticipated budget of $9,000,000. The project manager would oversee planning and implementation of the project including relocating both fire stations, evaluating station location sites, land acquisition, relocation to temporary facilities if required, creating budgets and project schedules, and coordination of relevant entities such as real estate agents, architects, consultants, engineers, contractors, vendors and more.

Rolling Meadows firehouse are Station 15 (Fogarty Station), 3111 Meadow Dr., which serves areas of the city east of Route 53, and Station 16 (Neucranz Station), 2455 S. Plum Grove Rd., which serves the city west of Route 53.

Station 15 was built in 1958 by the newly formed Rolling Meadows Fire District. At the time, it was a one-story building with two apparatus bays and a kitchen. The station was positioned in a location that represented the center of the fire district’s response area.

Franzgrote has said a new fire station is needed to meet an increasing demand for service, especially on the city’s south side, and to maintain quick response times.

Rolling Meadows to review status of their fire stations

Feb 13

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Excerpts from the Journal-Topics online:

It was announced at Tuesday’s (Feb. 10) city council meeting that a history and detailed report of the serious debate over what to do with Rolling Meadows’ fire stations, is available online for residents and those planning to attend the Rolling Meadows Committee of the Whole (COW) on Feb. 17, 7:30 p.m. at city hall, 3600 Kirchoff Rd.

The history of this long-debated issue, in a series of simplified documents put together by Rolling Meadows Fire Chief Scott Franzgrote, is available online at www.ci.rolling-meadows.il.us.

What to do about the decades-old Thomas Fogarty Fire Station 15 at 3111 Meadow Dr., which is sinking and in need of repair, will be discussed. Discussion is expected to center on whether or not to tear down and rebuild Station 15 and/or build a new third fire station on city-owned land at 2301 Algonquin Rd. or at another location.

The city’s other fire station is the more modern Neuckranz Fire Station on Plum Grove Road.

The debate not only just deals with what to do about Station 15’s crumbling infrastructure, but also how to address increasing emergency response times to a growing city, both in residents and businesses, and how to pay for any changes.

Franzgrote notes city staff has submitted a request for approximately $50,000 through the 2014 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program to replace the emergency power generator at Station 15. Last September the generator broke down during a major storm resulting in the station’s garage doors only opening manually for a few weeks while the generator was repaired.