The Aurora City Council is set to vote on buying about a three-acre site on Eola Road for a new far East Side fire station.
Aldermen will vote to spend $950,000 to buy two parcels at 7S330 Eola Road, just south of Liberty Street. Because aldermen placed the item on the consent agenda for the Sept. 12 regular City Council meeting, it is likely to be approved.Dan Osman, Aurora deputy fire chief, said the location grew out of a study the Aurora Fire Department did two years ago looking at locations for two new fire stations.
Alex Minella, of the city’s Economic Development office, told aldermen the city contacted five different property owners in the area near that location. Three responded, and the city ended negotiating with the owner at 7S330 Eola Road.The property is considered underutilized in the parlance of the city’s economic development officials. It was annexed in 2005 and zoned Office with a Special Use, originally intended for the construction of a U.S. Post Office which never happened.
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