[Music] construction of a new Fire Station 2 officially kicked off with a recent groundbreaking ceremony this is another important Community investment that we're making as a city the city purchased 4401 West 76 Street to construct a new fire station which will also include space for the Department's Public Health division on the Northern third of the site the new fire station will replace the one on York Avenue which is too small to meet the community's needs the fire department has the divisions of the building inspection division Public Health division our fire operations which includes an ambulance service and the South Metro Public Safety Training Facility this station will house our Public Health division uh it's the first time the the needs of our community and the public will will be able to be addressed from the public health aspect with staff that they can see face to face right here out of Fire Station 2 1 2 3 the city council fire department staff department directors and members of the construction team ceremoniously threw dirt at the Soggy celebration to Mark the start of construction of the project which begins in Earnest this month we're super excited about uh this project with the city of Adina um it's going to have a great features for the community lots of community space uh lots of sustainability as well built into the project that's that's really going to be a great um asset for the community and and everybody in it construction is expected to be complete in late 2025 earlier this month the city council also approved the $71,000 purchase of 18 larger diameter trees for the site which is completely vacant trees vary in size from 4 and 3/4 in White Oak to an 8 in Regal Prince Oak dozens of smaller diameter trees shrubs and Native plantings are included under a separate contract