This Tuesday, the council will discuss what to do with the historic fire engine, which can no longer be stored at fire station #1.The council should tell the city and staff to keep it!
City staff will say " no we can't," and will give all sorts of reasons why...which the council should reject.
Tell staff no excuses, if you can't find room, MAKE room!
This is NOT the time to be giving away historic treasures. We should be finding ways to make them more accessible to the public. Edmonds' economy is highly dependent on its history.
Here are some ideas:
1) Park it under city hall until you can find out what to do with it. You may have to ask some city employees to park their cars elsewhere, but I would rather to do that than loose the fire engine.
2) Take whatever is currently occupying a city garage, put it outside, and put a tarp over it. Then put the fire engine inside until we can build something to put it on display.
3) Build a nice car port in a parking lot outside the public safety building so the public can actually view it. It will make a great attraction.
4) Build a nicer display garage, complete with walls, large glass windows, slab, and temperate control in the open space surrounding the public safety building. Again, it's a great attraction.
The city saved a bunch of cash moving the fire department to fire district 1, why not use a tiny bit of those savings to save the historic fire engine?
The city simply can't afford to loose it.
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