With demolition and reconstruction of the downtown fire station
set to begin by the end of the year, crews expect to move
operations to a temporary station location on Fourth and Monterey
streets by the end of November.
With demolition and reconstruction of the downtown fire station set to begin by the end of the year, crews expect to move operations to a temporary station location on Fourth and Monterey streets by the end of November.
The $5 million revamp of Fire Station 1 on the 100 block of Fifth Street is expected to begin by December and be complete within 18 months. The original station was built as a tractor garage in the 1930s and converted to a single-story fire station in 1968.
The new station, funded by a Redevelopment Agency bond, will contain more than 12,000 square feet in two stories, doubling the space within the same building footprint.
While construction proceeds, the city will rent a vacant car lot from Greenwood Chevrolet for $5,000 per month. The department plans to lease a 1979 modular office building that will be modified to include kitchen, bathroom and bedroom facilities.
Temporary communications systems will be added, along with a steel frame parking structure to house a fire engine. Trenching and electrical work and sewer and water hook-ups are required at the site, which is west of the Briggs Building parking garage.
Steel plates will be added to the driveway on Fourth Street and a concrete island on the property will be removed. The Hollister City Council, in its capacity as the RDA board, recently approved an appropriation of $115,000 to fund the temporary fire station.
See the full story in the Pinnacle on Friday.
