[Press Release] : Columbia Fire Department announces groundbreaking ceremony for Fire Station No. 9

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
Contact: Battalion Chief Steven E. Sapp, Public Information Officer -
(573) 499-7035 

Columbia Fire Department announces groundbreaking ceremony for Fire
Station No. 9

COLUMBIA, MO (February 24, 2009) - The Columbia Fire Department invites
citizens and soon-to-be neighbors to the groundbreaking for Columbia
Fire Station No. 9 on Wednesday, March 4, at 8:30 a.m. at 201 Blueridge
Road. The site is on the northwest corner of Blueridge Road and
Providence Road. 

Speakers at the ceremony on Thursday will include Mayor Darwin Hindman,
2nd Ward Councilperson Chris Janku, City Manager Bill Watkins and Fire
Chief William Markgraf. The Columbia Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors
will also be present. 

Columbia Fire Station No. 9 is being built with funding from a voter ¼
cent Capital Improvement Sales Tax Extension ballot issue in November of
2005. 

The new fire station will assist in improving and maintaining response
times in north-central Columbia, an area that has experienced rapid
residential growth over the past several years. In addition, future
commercial and residential development is anticipated with the
completion of the Rangeline St. improvements and the Providence Road
extension. Situated on the corner of Blueridge and Providence roads,
Fire Station No. 9 will have excellent north-south access along a major
corridor and will have quick access to Interstate 70 along with good
east-west access along Blueridge. 

The property, consisting of about 1.5 acres m/l, was purchased from a
local developer at a cost of $240,000. 

The new fire station was designed by Peckham & Wright Architects of
Columbia, the same firm which designed fire stations 7 and 8. 

Little Dixie Construction, based in Columbia, was the successful bidder
for the project. The project cost is $1,605,524. Mechanical engineering
services are being provided by CM Engineering of Columbia. Civil and
structural engineering is being provided by Trabue, Hansen & Hinshaw of
Columbia.

The new station will feature a total of 7,891 square feet, three
drive-through apparatus bays for safety, a police substation with
independent access, and the site will include innovative methods of
collecting and cleaning storm water run-off created by the development,
including a rain garden and bio-swale detention pond.

The building qualifies for the Percent for Art funding and the project
will be announced soon. In addition, the building and site has been
designed and is expected to qualify as a LEED-certified project. 

Due to limited parking, attendees are requested to park on the west
side of Providence Road north of Blueridge Road. 

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