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Don Warren, representing Redwood Shores Properties, Inc., Master Developer for Redwood Shores, advised that this day, he had submitted a draft deed of a dedicated site for a fire facility in Redwood Shores to the City Manager's office, and could support a temporary facility on that site if care was taken not to prolong its use at the expense of a permanent facility; Manuel Sotomayor, 12 Riviera Circle, Redwood City, Mike Rosen, 564 Harbor Colony; and Pete Uccelli, Pete's Harbor, Redwood City; Jerry Kohlmann, 562 Keelson Circle, Redwood City; former Redwood City firefighter, described fire and medical services recently moved to the west side of Highway 101, and in fact one response facility has moved west of El Camino Real. Kohlmann advised that Holly Street was to be closed beginning next week and he thought it would remain so for up to one year during the Holly Street grade separation project. He questioned how fire and medical facilities could reach Redwood Shores in a reasonable amount of time with this main artery closed and with the expected traffic increase due to lots of new construction and the increased population. Firefighter Adrian Anderson, 2190 Jefferson, Fire Station #10, representing the Redwood City Firefighters Association, described the proposal presented by the Redwood City Firefighters. Anderson thanked the Council Members for their willingness to consider the firefighters proposal and described the staffing impacts, especially the operational impacts of staffing the permanent facility with eighteen versus nineteen firefighters. Firefighter Anderson said he fought to get his colleague's support for the proposal by promising "we were going to try to shoot for a four-person minimum on the truck. We have one truck. The staffing of nineteen really refers to three firefighters, a captain and two firefighters actually, per engine, and the truck would be staffed with one captain and three firefighters or four personnel. We operate with a two-team concept for the truck, and the truck handles all its calls on that concept, inside team and outside team. When we go to a structure fire two people will go in with the first arriving engine company to do search and rescue and forcible entry. The second team will take care of utilities, go to the roof for ventilation, depending on the structure it depends on what they do. If we have only three people minimum staffing on the truck, frequently that means.....they won't be able to have our two team concept, which is so important to us." Firefighter Anderson described the first alarm response and medical services supplied by South County Fire District and how much each response cost the City of Redwood City. Anderson said that City Manager Everett advised that South County had agreed to a cap on charges, possibly retroactive, but Anderson said he had not seen that agreement and his figures were based on a cap not being in place. Anderson said $440,000 was his MINUTE BOOK NO. 54 Page No. 188 Regular Meeting Minutes April 15, 1996 Page 6