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y <br /> } BA C K G <br /> The Mashpee Fire station is presently being used as both the administrative and <br /> operational headquarters for the Ma hpee Fire and fescue Department. The facility <br /> consists of an original 1979 structure. Although the building has received luted <br /> maintenance, the building has received no major renovations and requires an update <br /> of most systems to meet the current needs of the Town. <br /> Additionally, the Town of Ma hpee 'is the fastest growing community in the <br /> Commonwealth, with year--round population growth during the 1980s of 113% <br /> from 3,700 in 1980 to 7,884 in 1990. Ma hpee was second in the Mate in the <br /> issuance of single-family home building permits, including townhouse <br /> condominiums, during the same period with 3,945 pern-iits issued. Neighboring <br /> Barnstable led the Mate with 5,616 with the other adjacent Towns of Falmouth, <br /> which ranked third with 3,574 permits and Sandwich, which ranked fifth with <br /> 2,703 perrm'ts, making the upper-Cape one of the fastest growing areas in the East. <br /> There are now approximately 7,400 housing units in I l shpee, of which <br /> approximately 3,550 are occupied gear-round, and growth has continued in the <br /> 1990s. <br /> s a result of this rapid growth the Fire Department has increased in size during this <br /> period, from 13 full time employees to 27, creating a situation where the current <br /> Fire Station is cramped and overcrowded. In addition to conducting building <br /> renovations, the Fire Department needs an analysis of space needs and a program to <br /> use space to ret our present and future reeds. In this regard it will be necessary to <br /> determine if ars addition to the current building will be required to meet our space <br /> needs. <br /> 2 <br />