This will be one of my shorter posts since last week's council meeting largely conflicted with my son's elementary school Christmas program. I was able to attend some of the council's work session, run to the Christmas show and then get back to city hall in time for the executive session agenda. The regular agenda was rather light this month anyway and was dominated by numerous items related to the city adopting a newer standard of building codes which the council did pass.
The work session item I was able to be there for was the design of the new fire station. The architect reviewed three proposals for the council. An official vote was not required on this, the city staff was just looking for a consensus on which plan to proceed with. The two major contenders were very different. Both had the same basic floor plan and footprint, but with different exterior aesthetics and roof lines. I'm happy my choice for the version with a gabled roof won out over the sweeping rounded roof line of the other version. Both were very nice, but my reason for the more traditional version is that it more closely fits with the style of our city hall building and animal shelter. I think it would be a mistake to construct city buildings that do not compliment each other architecturally, especially with our efforts to brand the city and really attract development. The new fire station will be a beautiful building we can all be proud of.
A.J.
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