Since the beginning of the decade, when the City Council embarked on the most-ambitious rezoning since WW II, first-responder unions repeatedly warned that the plans for major redevelopment failed to anticipate the impact that the resulting spike in population would have on the delivery of emergency services.
Council Member Joseph Borelli, who chairs the Committee on Fire and Emergency Management, told this newspaper he heard those complaints loud and clear and has reported out of his committee a package of bills that would help document the impact of new development on both fire and emergency medical services before the potential negative impacts were felt.
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