3.10 Fire Service Area Boundaries Map
Request for
City Council Action
DEPARTMENT INFORMATION
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT REQUESTOR: MEETING DATE:
Administration City Administrator/Finance Director Flaherty December 13, 2021
PRESENTER(s) REVIEWED BY: ITEM #:
Consent 3.10 – Fire Service Area
Boundaries Map
STRATEGIC VISION
MEETS: THE CITY OF OTSEGO:
Is a strong organization that is committed to leading the community through innovative
communication.
Has proactively expanded infrastructure to responsibly provide core services.
X Is committed to delivery of quality emergency service responsive to community needs and
expectations in a cost-effective manner.
Is a social community with diverse housing, service options, and employment opportunities.
Is a distinctive, connected community known for its beauty and natural surroundings.
AGENDA ITEM DETAILS
RECOMMENDATION:
City staff is recommending adoption of a resolution revising the fire service area boundaries map.
ARE YOU SEEKING APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT? IS A PUBLIC HEARING REQUIRED?
Yes No
BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION:
In March 2018, the City Council commissioned a Response Time Improvement & Fire Service Model. The
report from BeaconGIS identified at the time of the study the fire service area boundaries were not
optimized for response from the existing primary fire stations serving Otsego. The model used by Beacon
GIS has developed a recommendation that fire service area boundaries be adjusted to provide for the
closest response time.
Upon completion of the report, City staff along with the Fire Chiefs from the Cities of Albertville, Elk River,
and Rogers thoroughly reviewed the recommendation from BeaconGIS. This process resulted in a change
to the fire service area boundaries, which were adopted by the City Council effective on January 1, 2019.
While this change incorporated the majority of the recommendations from the BeaconGIS report, there
were a small number of parcels that the City Council agreed to phase in over future years due to the
budgetary impact that would have resulted in 2019 due to the different costs between fire service
providers.
City staff has prepared fire service area boundaries that now fully incorporate the recommendations from
the Response Time Improvement & Fire Service Model. In accordance with the City’s Contracts, City staff
provided notice to the contractual partners on August 30, 2021 that the City intends to negotiate a change
to the fire service area boundaries. The City is proceeding so that the changes may be effective as of
January 1, 2022.
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
• Current Fire Service Area Boundaries
• Proposed Fire Service Area Boundaries
• Resolution 2021-92
POSSIBLE MOTION
PLEASE WORD MOTION AS YOU WOULD LIKE IT TO APPEAR IN THE MINUTES:
Motion to adopt Resolution 2021-92 approving the fire service area boundaries map effective January 1,
2022.
BUDGET INFORMATION
FUNDING: BUDGETED:
N/A
N/A
FIRE SERVICE AREA BOUNDARIES MAP CURRENT (AS OF 1/1/2019)
FIRE SERVICE AREA BOUNDARIES MAP PROPOSED (AS OF 1/1/2022)
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CITY OF OTSEGO
COUNTY OF WRIGHT
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO: 2021-92
APPROVING FIRE SERVICE AREA BOUNDARIES MAP
WHEREAS, the City of Otsego in March 2018 commissioned BeaconGIS to complete a Response Time
Improvement and Fire Service Model; and
WHEREAS, the Response Time Improvement and Fire Service Model was completed and reviewed in detail
by the City of Otsego in October 2018; and
WHEREAS, the Response Time Improvement and Fire Service Model identified that the current Fire Service
Area Boundaries were not optimized for response from the existing primary fire stations serving Otsego; and
WHEREAS, based upon the recommendations from the Response Time Improvement and Fire Service Model
the Fire Service Area Boundaries were revised by Resolution 2018-75 to be effective January 1, 2019; and
WHEREAS, the 2019 Fire Service Area Boundaries incorporated the majority of the recommendations from
the Response Time Improvement and Fire Service Model, there were a small number of parcels which
remained unchanged as they would have caused significant budgetary impacts; and
WHEREAS, the City Council agreed that the remaining parcels would be considered for Fire Service Area
Boundary changes in future years to ease the budgetary impacts; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the City’s contracts, the City of Otsego provided notice to the contractual fire
service providers on August 30, 2021 that the City intends to negotiate a change to the Fire Service Area
Boundaries; and
WHEREAS, the proposed Fire Service Area Boundaries now fully incorporate the recommendations from the
Response Time Improvement and Fire Service Model; and
WHEREAS, the City of Otsego along with the Fire Chiefs from our contractual service providers are in
agreement that the proposed Fire Service Area Boundaries will provide the optimal response time to the
Otsego community as it currently exists; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has met to discuss and review the proposed Fire Service Area Boundaries including
the recommendations of the contracted service providers.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OTSEGO, MINNESOTA:
1. That the Fire Service Area Boundaries Map as attached hereto as Exhibit A is hereby approved to be
effective beginning on January 1, 2022.
ADOPTED by the Otsego City Council this 13th day of December, 2021.
MOTION BY:
SECONDED BY:
IN FAVOR:
OPPOSED:
CITY OF OTSEGO
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Jessica L. Stockamp, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Audra Etzel, City Clerk