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The Public Safety Committee met on September 91h and considered two matters. One is a communication from Councilman Litten & myself regarding alternate July 4 1 parade routes and the other is Resolution 9080-19. On the communication regarding alternating parade routes, we held informal discussion with members of the administration who were present including Fire, Law, Planning, and Community Relations Manager Melissa Garrett. The consensus on the parade route -which, this year, due to Lake Ave. construction did not follow the traditional path of starting from the west and coming east to Lakewood Park. Instead, it started east and came west —was that it went well. There were a couple small wrinkles for police and fire regarding making sure that Fire could move their equipment if needed and have access. And with Police, closing Nicholson at an earlier time probably. Everybody else seemed to have a positive experience. The informal consensus of the committee seemed to be that the concept of alternating every second year,the parade route to share the fun and share the burden of that route is a good idea. There is no formal action contemplated. This is more of a discussion with the new Mayor in the new year. Committee members pointed out the walkability from the Gold Coast and those neighborhoods is improved by having the route we had this year. I was heartened by that discussion. Second committee item was Resolution 9080-19 which is a proposal to purchase a portion of the Donato's Pizza property for the expansion of Fire Station 42. The reasons behind this are several. First,the station was built in the 1920s and expanded in 1989. The station was designed for 15 people. Now 21 work there. Vehicles are large. The space in the garage where the vehicles are kept is very tight and the turnout gear gets coated in diesel exhaust. There is an important effort in the firefighting profession to reduce cancer exposure because there is a higher incidence of cancer with career firefighters. If we were to expand we would create more space for the trucks and ambulance and create clean gear storage to invest in the long-term health of the workforce. Our new Acting Chief also pointed out that if we expand this fire station we create a public art opportunity on the wall facing Donato's, which I think is a wonderful combination of our City's goals and opportunities. At the conclusion of this, the Committee voted in favor of recommending adoption to Council as soon as we are prepared— since we do not have an exhibit A attached to the Resolution. Motion by Councilmember Bullock, seconded by President O'Leary to receive and file the oral report. President O'Leary expressed support for reducing the cancer rates among first responders and that this is a logical approach. He also expressed support for the proposal to alternate parade routes. On the motion: All members voted in favor. Motion passed. 6. RESOLUTION 9080-19 - A RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least two thirds of the members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law, authorizing the Mayor and Director of Law to enter into a purchase agreement with Emerald Light Investments, iv