Roseville Fire Station Ground-Breaking Set Today

After years of planning and months of litigation, Roseville is set to break ground this afternoon (Monday) on a new fire station that will allow the city to move towards consolidating its fire-fighting resources at one location.

The city's ground-breaking celebration for the $9.2 million project kicks off at 5 p.m. at the corner of Lexington Avenue and Woodhill Drive. On hand will be Roseville Mayor Dan Roe, city council members, City Manager Bill Malinen and City Fire Chief Tim O'Neill.

The city was able to proceed with the project when a citizen lawsuit challeinging the funding for the project came to an end in July. That's when the Minnesota Supreme Court  refused to hear the petition brought against the(RGR), a citizen group that opposed the funding mechanism used by the City to purchase the bonds, officials said Wednesday in the latest weekly Roseville city update. To read Patch's earlier story .

Completion of the new fire station is expected in the summer of 2013, according to the city. The new station will be built on the site of  the city's original fire station.
Viewers can watch the time-lapse construction progress at www.cityofroseville.com/fstimelapse.
 
The new fire station will be 32,000 to 36,000 square feet in size. Some of its features will include geothermal ground-source heating, natural lighting, LED lighting, high R-value walls and windows and a white membrane roof that reflects solar light and heat to minimize the heat island effect.

The station also will have six drive-through bays, sleeping rooms and adequate privacy for male and female firefighters, the city said.

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