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#141 aastra

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Posted 02 November 2016 - 01:31 PM

Also, Calgary...



#142 Nparker

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Posted 02 November 2016 - 01:36 PM

is a mixed use fire hall something that has actually been succesfully done elsewhere?....

This G&M article has some good info: http://www.theglobea...rticle13583231/



#143 Bingo

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Posted 02 November 2016 - 01:53 PM

is a mixed use fire hall something that has actually been succesfully done elsewhere? I don't know if we really want people milling about and cars coming and going when theres an emergency fire call

 

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#144 aastra

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Posted 02 November 2016 - 02:07 PM

 

I don't know if we really want people milling about and cars coming and going when theres an emergency fire call...

 

But think how much money could be saved if there was just one entrance for the truck bays and the residential parking.



#145 shoeflack

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Posted 19 March 2018 - 10:23 AM

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#146 Mike K.

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Posted 23 March 2018 - 10:56 AM

->> Discussion on the new fire hall / Mazda property

 

Please continue the discussion on the fire hall's new location and adjacent development concept there. This thread will be reserved for future plans relating to the 1234 Yates Street property.


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#147 VicHockeyFan

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Posted 03 April 2018 - 11:42 AM

So when Mike and I met with the Mayor last week, we did discuss the disposition of the old fire hall.  And she suggested that it could be grouped with the City property adjacent (the Boys/Girls) and that there is no good reason to have that portion of Camosun there anymore, it could just be a pedestrian access through.

 

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Edited by VicHockeyFan, 03 April 2018 - 11:42 AM.

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#148 spanky123

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Posted 03 April 2018 - 11:47 AM

So when Mike and I met with the Mayor last week, we did discuss the disposition of the old fire hall. And she suggested that it could be grouped with the City property adjacent (the Boys/Girls) and that there is no good reason to have that portion of Camosun there anymore, it could just be a pedestrian access through.

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So in other words one big low income / low barrier complex? No need for a road if residents don’t have cars.

Edited by spanky123, 03 April 2018 - 11:48 AM.

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#149 VicHockeyFan

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Posted 03 April 2018 - 11:48 AM

I thought afterwards, we could nix this part of Ormond too, and have a 17-unit low-rise apartment there with small suites, foot access only to their doors facing the school field.

 

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Edited by VicHockeyFan, 03 April 2018 - 11:49 AM.

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<p><span style="font-size:12px;"><em><span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">"I don’t need a middle person in my pizza slice transaction" <strong>- zoomer, April 17, 2018</strong></span></em></span>

#150 VicHockeyFan

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Posted 03 April 2018 - 11:50 AM

So in other words one big low income / low barrier complex? No need for a road if residents don’t have cars.

 

No, City sells the whole thing off, takes the best bid.  Market housing. Where Camosun is now might be the entry to underground parking, in the back way off Johnson.  Since the old house there still needs vehicle access (unless it is bought as part of the package).


Edited by VicHockeyFan, 03 April 2018 - 11:52 AM.

<p><span style="font-size:12px;"><em><span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">"I don’t need a middle person in my pizza slice transaction" <strong>- zoomer, April 17, 2018</strong></span></em></span>

#151 spanky123

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Posted 03 April 2018 - 02:22 PM

No, City sells the whole thing off, takes the best bid.  Market housing. Where Camosun is now might be the entry to underground parking, in the back way off Johnson.  Since the old house there still needs vehicle access (unless it is bought as part of the package).

 

Well I can say for certain that different people have been told different things. Will wait to see the outcome. 



#152 Nparker

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Posted 03 April 2018 - 02:25 PM

... the old house [off Camosun] still needs vehicle access (unless it is bought as part of the package).

It would be absurd to redevelop the fire hall/B&G sites and not include that house.



#153 manuel

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Posted 03 April 2018 - 05:15 PM

I thought afterwards, we could nix this part of Ormond too, and have a 17-unit low-rise apartment there with small suites, foot access only to their doors facing the school field.

 

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Sure, we can continue along VHF's path of privatizing profit at the expense of the public by forcing anyone dropping kids off at Central or SJD to drive from Fernwood down to Cook St instead of turning around at Orrmond.  Sweet.


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#154 VicHockeyFan

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Posted 03 April 2018 - 05:19 PM

Sure, we can continue along VHF's path of privatizing profit at the expense of the public by forcing anyone dropping kids off at Central or SJD to drive from Fernwood down to Cook St instead of turning around at Orrmond.  Sweet.

 

YES!   Privatize that profit. 

 

That poor public, forced to drive an extra 1/2 block, that must be shitty at 145.9, imagine if it goes to 149.9.

 

When I was a kid, we walked or rode our bikes to school.  From K-12, the total amount of times my parents picked me up at, or dropped me off at school?   Zero.


Edited by VicHockeyFan, 03 April 2018 - 05:23 PM.

<p><span style="font-size:12px;"><em><span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">"I don’t need a middle person in my pizza slice transaction" <strong>- zoomer, April 17, 2018</strong></span></em></span>

#155 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 27 April 2023 - 04:49 AM

Victoria’s new state-of-the-art fire hall and fire department headquarters is already proving to be much more than the sum of its parts.

While the rebar, concrete, steel and glass may have cost the city $35.9 million, the new building, which has been in use for a few weeks now, is already doing more than serving as the head office of the department, and storage facility for its gear.


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#156 LJ

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Posted 27 April 2023 - 07:53 PM

Have we had a lot more fires since the hall opened, already paying dividends?


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#157 aastra

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Posted 27 April 2023 - 08:08 PM

It's always a bit of a bummer when you improve emergency services but the emergencies themselves don't increase in frequency or otherwise worsen somewhat.



#158 aastra

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Posted 27 April 2023 - 08:10 PM

 

Have we had a lot more fires since the hall opened, already paying dividends?

 

Dude, where's the fire? Be patient.



#159 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 28 April 2023 - 02:36 AM

Have we had a lot more fires since the hall opened, already paying dividends?


The article suggests the $35.9 million was a “meet the community” exercise.

#160 aastra

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Posted 28 April 2023 - 09:27 AM

Being located smack in the middle of a neighbourhood full of houses and apartments and right beside the Boys & Girls Club and across the street from Central School and a couple of blocks away from Vic High School was never an ideal situation re: community engagement.


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