Comments on: UPDATE: City Council Discusses Where Burien’s New Fire Station Should Be Built; Take Our Poll…

By: seahurstcats

seahurstcats — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 06:19:48 +0000

Like others I thought the Municipal parking lot was only for city employees. Had I known I could park there during Burien festivities, I certainly would have and I’ve never seen more than 3 cars parked there except during the transit center construction, where I read the city was allowing bus riders to use that parking lot. The fire station thinks this is the best spot to rebuild, then let them have it.

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:23:41 +0000

Seriously, Where is the municipal parking lot???

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:30:09 +0000

Burien has a municipal parking lot? Like Lake Burien, I have never seen it!

By: Tcb

Tcb — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:37:47 +0000

That B/IAS temp space and old meal makers is already going to be built up into phase two of town square so no Fire Dept. Sorry.

By: Napavine

Napavine — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:39:34 +0000

Maybe we could get our neigbors at the port of seattle to donate a 99 year lease agreement on the Lora Lake sight.

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:55:45 +0000

The Nissan auto lot is empty as well as the old Dodge auto lot…. Get the station out on the main drag, put in a light to stop traffic and let them roll out right off 1st ave.

By: Maxine

Maxine — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:55:04 +0000

The only people that seem to have used the in the Municipal lot regularly were the construction workers building Town Square. Putting the Fire Station there makes a lot of sense. We would have a public safety complex of sorts given it would be just across the street from the police station. It seems like it would be beneficial to have the police and fire stations in close proximity for situations when there is a need for increased coordination such as any type of major disaster, like if a big earthquake hits or we have another event like the Dec. 2006 windstorm.

I can appreciate the Councilmembers’ concerns about parking downtown, but if people found the Municipal Lot a useful place to park they would be parking there now and it simply isn’t being used . People don’t currently park there on the days of the Farmers Market. Even when Town Square is completed I cannot see that people will want to park there..

I think Councilmember Shaw suggestion about multiple small parking lots is a good idea that should be explored. However, the day will likely come several years from now when there will be a need for a parking garage in the downtown core and that needs to also be considered and planned for.

By: Firefighter

Firefighter — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:26:57 +0000

I invite anyone who thinks we should make due with what we have to come tour the fire stations we have made due for the past 50 years. The stations have provided great protection for many years but are well outdated. I would think fire and medical protection should rank a bit more important to a city then parking.

Thank you again citizens for voting yes to our very much needed station replacement bond; now let’s move forward with protecting our great city.

By: janet

janet — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:22:03 +0000

I may be one of three people. There were two other cars there when I pulled in a few years back! I agree great spot. But an even bigger spot, the B/IAS space and adjacent empty lot and old city hall. Certainly the ladder truck would fit on this large bit of nearly unused real estate.

By: Jim Branson

Jim Branson — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:50:11 +0000

Has anyone ever seen a single car parked in Burien’s municipal lot?