“We’ve been trying to get that as a parking lot for years, and now you want to take it away,” Infanti said with a laugh. 8 presentation was to get the concept on Solvang City Council’s radar far in advance, Hartwig said.Ĭouncilmember Mark Infanti said he personally hopes there will be alternative locations to consider when the time comes, as he’d prefer to keep the space, known as Parking Lot 5, for parking purposes. The department’s current proposal for the new site is a parking lot across the street from City Hall, but other location options will be considered as the process moves forward, according to the staff report. The final results of the study should be ready in a few months, he added, which the department expects to include a recommendation to build a new fire station in Solvang. Hartwig said that the county Fire Department hired Citygate to conduct a study on future upgrades the department should expect to implement over the next few years. “The upgrades that would need to be made for this building would probably be more expensive than building a new station,” Hartwig said during the meeting. The Solvang station has been in operation, originally under a volunteer fire department, since 1931, according to the county Fire Department’s website. 8 meeting, Hartwig made the case for building a new fire station, rather than fund future upgrades to the current station-one of the oldest fire stations in Santa Barbara County, according to the staff report. “However, a fire station is a 24/7 operation and it isn’t always conducive to a quiet environment,” he continued.ĭuring the Solvang City Council’s Aug. Hartwig added that “station personnel do their best to be quiet during business hours and especially during City Council meetings. 8 meeting, Santa Barbara County Fire Department fire chief Mark Hartwig discussed building a new fire station in Solvang, rather than fund future upgrades to the city’s current station, which is among the oldest stations in the county.įirefighters at the Solvang station are required to do daily checks with chainsaws and other equipment, “exposing anyone in the vicinity to noise and exhaust,” Hartwig said.Īlthough there is a ventilation system installed in the building shared by City Hall and the fire station, the system “is not 100 percent effective at removing exhaust gasses, particularly from portable power equipment,” he wrote. OUT WITH THE OLD : During the Solvang City Council’s Aug.
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