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Council Minutes of 6/3/2003 some blockage of view, the city will approach the homeowners to discuss appropriate measurers to assure not only pedestrian and driver view, but even more importantly the safe use that relates to our emergency vehicles passing through that area. ^ The damaged roof at Fire Station No. 2. Much discussion took place regazding the need for a new station and that various irreparable conditions exist such as the inability to house certain equipment due to the height of the building, quarters aze extremely limited and the building has other significant repair needs. Replacing the roof, however, is considered by the committee to be an urgent necessity. The discussion then went to recommendations for a flat roof. It is the committee's initial concern that a hip or gable roof is a better choice. However, the administration must weigh 1) whether a new fire station is imminent and therefore a less expensive flat roof would be sufficient; 2) whether a gable roof is necessary if a new fire station cannot be built in the near future; 3) the cost and funding source for a roof. After much discussion and review of flat roof proposals, the administration stated the following: 1) They anticipate the ability to build a new station within the next few years; 2) There is $30,000 available in the fire station budget to both complete the flat roof and make other repairs to the building. It is the opinion of the City Engineer that this flat roof would be sufficient for five to seven years, and it has a fifteen year limited warranty. Also, there is a ten year warranty of some nature as far as workmanship is concerned. There has been progress on this issue which will be evident tonight. The committee requested that the administration obtain accurate quotes for a gabled roof, that Council remain apprised of recommendations and that this process be expedited in order to repair an emergency situation. ^ Damage to the Springvale parking lot. At an earlier meeting, she questioned the damage to the newly paved lot. Her concern was regazding who was responsible for the damage and should a contractor be responsible for costs to repair that damage. After requesting review by the Law Department and Safety Department, she received a response from the Safety Dept. which stated that, due to a shortage of funds, the contractor was told to stop work prior to the job being completed. Although this stoppage may affect the liability of the contractor for damages, the situation raised many more questions. Requests were made for the history of the parking lot and the committee wants to know when and why a contractor was asked to leave a job, how much money was the city short in performing that contract, did the work stoppage jeopardize in any way the integrity of future work on the lot and/or the warranty provided by the first contractor, was the city penalized in any way for not allowing work to continue? Council further requested a timeline for past and future parking lot work and a full explanation of this situation. The information was received this evening, but she hasn't had an opportunity to review it with regard to a timeline for future work on this lot. ^ A city-wide emergency warning system. Councilman McKay brought to the committee's attention that at one time the city had a siren system. This system was researched, and it was determined by the Fire Dept. that the system that was put into place during or after WW II was manually operated at the station and is no longer functioning. Presently with the changes that have taken place in our Bowing city, it would no longer be sufficient even if it were working. It is the opinion of the Fire Chief that, even with today's technology, our city would require 12 sirens at a cost of twelve to fifteen thousand dollars apiece. Although this system is still being researched and an emergency warning system is being considered, Councilman Miller made a recommendation that the city might want to consider that, when negotiating cell tower locations, an emergency warning system 8