I am writing about two important issues. The letter from Kathryn Mauz once needs to be addressed first. Jack Buchanan has presented two outstanding options to not only build a gateway to Evergreen that will increase tourism, business revenue and prestige for the community but will also provide a tax free upgrade to life safety as well as property protection as both the facilities for both the Foothills Fire Protection District, and Alpine Rescue are replaced.
The Foothills location and facility is not excellent. It is a trailer and a glorified tuff shed. It lacks office, meeting and sleeping space. In today’s times you need more incentives to attract volunteers who aren’t pursuing careers in the fire service. You need a business center, recreation as well as hot and cold areas to protect firefighters from carcinogens and other cancer causing elements they pick up when responding to structure, vehicle and wildland fires.
Foothills will be able to get a first class facility at no cost. This will help them scale down the station they asked taxpayers to build last November. It could cut the cost of that facility by more than half.
Also, in response to the EPRD survey: We do not need a parking garage at the lake, nor an indoor sports facility or ice rink. If your child is a prodigy, it is your responsibility to pay for that. Your responsibility to get them to practice or games. Thousands of children who played made the NHL after their parents drove across ice covered roads in Canada at 4 in the morning to get them to the rink.
EPRD, please don’t build these facilities. We don’t need them. It’s time for people who just move here to stop interfering or forcing their WANTS on our community. Improve existing facilities. I even support building a third rec center near Conifer. EPRD could even partner with the library who has needs in that part of the community.
New Foothills Fire Station for free at El Rancho – YES!
Indoor Facility, Ice Rink and Parking Garage – NO!!!!
South Rec Center – YES!!!
Nate Marshall, Evergreen
