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From YouTube: County Board Wrap-Up: Fire Station 8
Description
ATV's monthly conversation with Arlington County Board members on the major issues discussed at October's Board meeting
Fire Station 8 design, contract award
B
We
have
a
community
approved
if
you
will
design
for
the
fire
station
number
eight
rebuild,
which
also
fits
within
our
budget,
that
we
have
allotted
for
the
project
with
a
little
bit
of
a
supplementary
budget
that
we
adopted
with
the
action
this
this
past
month.
But
this
this
feels
like
fire
station.
Eight
has
been
been
here
during
my
entire
ten
ten.
B
This
office,
so
this
goes
back
to
2015,
where
there
was
a
big
process
to
determine
where
to
rebuild
or
relocate
fire
station.
Eight,
an
initial
proposal
to
relocate
it
away
from
its
current
location,
met
with
a
lot
of
resistance
and
ultimately,
a
community
process
determined,
wouldn't
necessarily
be
the
best
approach.
B
So
the
decontamination
units
allowing
for
this
facility
to
have
gender-neutral
bathrooms
and
be
open
and
accommodating
to
people
of
all
genders.
Really
it's
gonna
be
not
only
a
state
of
the
art,
but
just
a
fire
station
that
does
right
by
its
workers,
and
it's
also
going
to
honor
the
history
of
fire
station
eight,
which
is
a
very
unique
role
in
in
Arlington's
history
being
being
begun
as
an
all
african-american
firefighting
unit
cuz.
B
Well,
quite
frankly,
there
were
other
firefighting
units
during
the
days
of
segregation
which
would
not
serve
the
community,
so
fire
station
8
gets
to
maintain
that
legacy
with
some
historical
interpretations
on
site.
In
addition
to
being
just
a
wonderful
facility
that
will
help
catalyze
I,
think
the
redevelopment
of
Lee,
Highway
and.
B
B
I
was
excited,
I,
don't
know
if
you
took
a
look
Matt,
so
one
of
the
renderings
that
I
saw
is
gonna.
Take
the
old
fire
station.
Eight
medallion,
which
is
you
know,
very,
very
cool
and
that's
going
to
be
prominently
featured
on
the
front
of
the
building.
There's
also
going
to
be
a
history
walk
if
you
will,
which
is
going
to
be
a
gallery
essentially
of
the
history
of
fire
station.
Eight
and
I
think
they're
talking
about
some
interior
features
that
will
be
open
to
the
community.
A
B
So
it
was
a
struggle,
but,
interestingly
enough,
the
firefighters
who
work
there
never
really
complained
about
it
because
they
loved
having
the
honor
of
working
at
fire
station
a
so
they
don't
want
to
make
too
much
of
it
to
do
about
it.
But
now
that
they're
going
to
get
a
new
facility,
I
think
they're
they're
going
to
be
thrilled.