Lacey Fire District 3 Proposition 1: $98.3 million bonds for fire stations, training facility and warehouse

Official plain English statement

Thurston County Fire Protection District No. 3 (Lacey Fire District 3) provides fire, rescue and emergency medical services to over 110,000 people living in Lacey and other areas of Thurston County. The Board of Fire Commissioners has determined that an existing inadequate fire station, a response coverage gap north of the interstate, inadequate live fire training capabilities, and lack of adequate storage facilities require the District to construct a new community fire station (Britton Pkwy), replace Station 32 (Yelm Highway), construct a regional training facility and logistics warehouse, acquire property (and address financing costs) and make other capital improvements and apparatus acquisitions. The Board has determined these projects will address increasing emergency call volumes, reduce emergency response times, and improve community and firefighter health and safety. If approved, this proposition would authorize up to $98,300,000 of general obligation bonds that would mature within a maximum of 20 years and be repaid from annual excess property taxes at an approximate rate of $0.23 per $1,000 of assessed value or $9.60 per month for a $500,000 home.