40 Lock Drive Westside Fire Station

At a glance

What: Mayor J. Christian Dumais's proposal (order 26-1009808) to acquire 40 Lock Drive for a new Westside fire station by a "friendly eminent domain" taking.
Where it stands: resolved, per auto-captions. Finance recommended 4-0 on 2026-08-31, and the council approved the acquisition 10-0 on 2026-09-14. Dollar figures in the captions are garbled.
Next: a bond for the station and the later order of taking are still to come.

In a friendly taking the seller agrees and no court action is needed.
The purchase price is about $4.05 million (captions garbled).
The order appropriates about $5.09 million by reappropriating money from the existing land acquisition account, rewording its purpose from a specific address to the whole fire station project (land, design, construction).
The deal is subject to a 60-day due diligence period, and a later council vote on the actual order of taking.

The Council President (Michael Ossing, apparently) noted the $5 million was authorized in 2022 for 100 Lock Drive.
The Westside Fire Station mitigation account holds almost $4 million with about $1.3 million more pending.
He estimated the fire station bond at around $35 million, or about $145 per year for the average taxpayer.

On 2026-09-28 Councilor Irish moved a $74,000 transfer to the West Side fire station stabilization account, a developer mitigation payment for a second building of 74 units at $1,000 per unit (passed 10-0).
On 2026-06-22 the council also funded a stabilization account and moved $50,000 to the Westside Fire Station stabilization account (account name captioned "Lazot Drive"; possibly Lock Drive).

Resolved, per auto-captions: Finance recommended 4-0 on 2026-08-31, and the council approved the acquisition 10-0 on 2026-09-14.
Dollar figures in the captions are garbled.
A bond for the station and the later order of taking are still to come.

About 27 minutes across 5 meetings (from transcript timestamps; approximate).

2026-09-28 - City Council - $74,000 developer mitigation transfer to the West Side fire station stabilization account approved 10-0.
2026-09-21 - Finance Committee - Mentioned in the Finance Committee meeting (dispatch item); context only.
2026-09-14 - City Council - Councilor Irish reported the 4-0 Finance recommendation; rules suspended and acquisition approved 10-0.
2026-08-31 - Finance Committee - Single-item meeting: mayor explained the friendly taking and mitigation money; councilors asked about omitted contract sections and recording; approved 4-0 with rules suspended.
2026-08-17 - City Council - Acquisition of 40 Lock Drive (apparently) referred to Finance.
2026-06-22 - City Council - Finance's 5-0 recommendation reported: $50,000 from free cash to the Westside Fire Station stabilization account and $150,000 into a new "Lazot Drive" (captioned; possibly Lock Drive) stabilization account; rules suspended and approved 10-0.
2026-06-15 - Finance Committee - Approved 5-0 a $50,000 free cash transfer to the fire station stabilization fund, part of the mitigation package in Lizotte Drive Stabilization Account.
2026-06-08 - City Council - Mayor's request to create the "Lazot Drive" (captioned; possibly Lock Drive) stabilization account with a $200,000 transfer referred to Finance.