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f \~ scy or ~, • Elk Rlver MEMORANDUM TO: Planning Commission FROM: Bruce West, Fire Chief DATE: February 23,1995 SUBJECT: Elk River Ice Arena Addition and Fire Hydrant Locations Currently, the planned locations for the fire hydrants for the new addition to the Ice Arena are as follows: 0 one fire hydrant will be in the southeast area of the addition with -the addition of a planned second fi e hydrant in the northeast section of the arena expansion. There has also been discussion of creating a loop around the entire ice arena complex. Creating a loop around the ice arena complex will not solve a potential problem with the new northeast hydrant. With the placement of a fire department pumper in the location of the southeast hydrant, we willbe "stealing" all of the water before it would get to the northeast hydrant. We could use the capacity of the water main at the southeast hydrant and there would virtually be uo water left at the northeast hydrant for feasible usage. Secondly, I would like the Planning Commission to look at the possibility of continuing the water main from the southeast hydrant to the northeast hydrant on the location of the ice arena complex and continuing north to Lowell Street. If we connected the hydrants on site at the-ice arena complex with the dead-end hydrant at Lowell Street, we would be creating atwo-fold increase in our water supply to this EII: River neighborhood area. First of all we would have an uninterrupted amount of water that would be available for the ice arena complex. The northeast hydrant. would be feasible and fiilly usable if it was connected to the Lowell .Street hydrant. We would also be improving our water_ flow capability in the neighborhood just to the .north ofthe ice arena complex by having the water mains connected to both the northeast and the southeast hydrant on the arena complex-site. T understand this alternative of connecting the water mains at the Lowell Street. area will require easements. The issue here is in reference to the additional costs of the proposed loop around the arena complex site vs. acquiring easements and connecting the water main through. the Lowell Street area. I feel the overall added benefit to this area would be best served by connecting the water main form the arena complex site to the Lowell Street dead-end hydrant area. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at the Elk River Fire Department 441- 4919. s:fdpcmemo 13065 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 490 • Elk Rive°, MN 55330 • (612) 441-7420 • Fax: (612) 441-7425