Government
BY ADAM DOE
Council approves $800K for fire station design Denton City Council members allotted $800,000 for the design of a new fire station in the Land- mark master-planned community that will serve the Landmark and Robson Ranch neighborhoods at a Feb. 3 work session. The gist The new facility, Fire Station 10, will improve the fire department’s response time to Robson Ranch, Denton Fire Chief Kenneth Hedges said. The Denton Fire Department has an average response time to Robson Ranch of about nine minutes from Fire Station 7, the closest station to Robson Ranch, Hedges said. The fire department aims for a response time of four minutes, he said. The new station is planned to be just west of Landmark’s first phase of build-out, which is under construction. “The internal expectation is that we can cover
Denton park receives $1.84M for upgrades Denton City Council accepted a bid pro- posal from Northstar Construction Feb. 17 to update Bowling Green Park for up to $1.84 million. Construction will start in March. The details Upgrades include a new pavilion, parking lot and footbridge and are partially funded by the 2023 bond, per the city’s website.
Cost breakdown for new fire station Design phase: $800K Total cost: $12.3M
Landmark’s reimbursement to city: $5M for public safety improvements
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all of Robson within four minutes or near four minutes from this site,” Hedges said. Looking ahead Denton Chief Financial Officer Matt Hamilton said the city would need to issue bonds to finance the $12.3 million fire station, which would incur about $950,000 in annual debt service over 20 years.
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