“Fire Station No. 6 is a two-bay station located in the southeast portion of the city of Carlsbad, along Rancho Santa Fe Road. The uniqueness of the site is its location in the middle of a wildlife preserve, requiring that the station have a small footprint. It is one of the smaller fire stations at 6,182 square feet.”
So, the city probably could not sell the property for development, and at 6,182 sf, it is hardly “grand.”
Not only that, but most of the area they serve is to the south of that location. It’s safer and more efficient to turn right to get out of the fire station than to make a left turn across a 6+ lane, 55 MPH road whenever they have to go on a call.
Besides, it’s the city’s property (does the city even own the property on the other side of RSF? Can it even be built on since it’s on a slope and there is a reservoir of some sort there? Would it end up costing even more to build it there? Do you think they need to do it just because you have some odd personal issue with public sector workers and have deluded yourself into thinking they are somehow beneath you, even if it cost less or the same to do what they did?). Who are you to decide what they should or should not do with it?
