REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Approve a Conceptual Design for the Fire Station 2 - New Construction Project and Find the Action is Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15262
Report
BACKGROUND
A Master Plan of Sunnyvale's six fire stations (five of which were built in the 1960s) was completed in September 2021. The Fire Station Master Plan (FSMP) reviewed the existing conditions, current program requirements, and assessed the stations against current best practices for optimum operation and staff health and safety. As part of this review, the existing Fire Station 2 and training center (located at 795 E. Arques Avenue) were noted to be outdated, inefficiently organized, and have many facility deficiencies that do not meet many current codes and best practices. The report recommended completely replacing Fire Station 2 and the training center as the highest priority. With this recommendation, all on-site facilities except for the central training tower would be replaced.
In June 2022, Council approved a budget of $40,752,524 for the design and construction of a new Fire Station 2 and training center, which included budget for a temporary fire station during construction. The City also received a $1,000,000 Federal Community Project Funding grant administered by the Housing and Urban Development Commission in August 2024, which supplants $1,000,000 of existing local funds for construction.
PBK Architects was awarded the design and construction support contract for the Fire Station 2 - New Construction project in December 2023 (RTC No. 23-1056). The design phase began in February 2024.
The goals of the project are to improve health and safety of the community and fire personnel, provide sustainable fire service facilities that are easy to maintain and have reasonable operation and maintenance costs, and enable fire services to provide a high level of timely and professional service to the community. O...
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