behalf of the boys like i like to welcome everyone here thank you so a great day for westwood we finally get to use important proceeds from university station to make this town a little bit better but what a great first start a good morning everybody and it's all right sharon of the board just said this is really an extremely exciting day about two years in the making playing for some of us we actually know this was many more years in the making we've long needed to address our public safety facilities in to upgrade this station but two years ago we actually formed the public safety task force and the purpose of this task force was not only to look at this fire station but to look at all of our public safety facilities and we came together two years ago and as a group have been working on this project and other ones that i'll mention briefly in a little bit all along the way so consultants on this project have been compass project management an architectural firm during whittier and we're expanding those ranks now that we have our contractor and other parties that have been involved in bringing this project to fruition the mission all along of the public safety task force was to address all of our public safety facility the syllabi needs and to look to the future to look what university station is bringing in terms of the town's needs and make sure that we're building facilities that will accommodate this town for decades to come it's been a multi step process with this project being the number one priority we get new equipment we have increased fire staffing and clearly if you look inside this building you'll know it's not adequate for what we need to be doing this project has had tremendous support from the community from the finance commission who makes recommendations to town meeting and i want to make sure everybody hears this we had missed support at last month's tell meeting to do this project so some additional thoughts i'd like to make before we pass on the program and i were three visits in the beginning of know it acknowledging our pleasure to have here with helping us in many ways at the state house and they are really to be commended for their efforts this is been a real collaborative project we've had a lot of cooperation between the police and fire departments the d p w who gave up their garage picture you know i want to mention that this is a program of addressing public safety facilities we will be back next spring with a proposal for the police station to replace the headquarters we have a unique opportunity in this town  free to address what we need to be doing to invest in this town for the long term this is step one it will be followed by others we we believe an event saying in all our public safety facilities are being disciplined buildings and our school buildings and i think you are all witness to this very important time in the town's history and think of our future generations that are going to be the beneficiaries of all this hard work so a massive thank you to all of you for whatever little you've played a little play going forward doing this is it was too small to start with but it's been the history of the building it was put up initially some volunteer firefighters lucky man who lived in this lincoln t v you hear of it around that ross it man but it was too small in a nine hundred fifty six we added full time firefighters they put a little education on we want a ladder truck couldn't fit in he the fire station they put a little addition on in one nine hundred fifty six the full time they added more firefighters wasn't big enough let's put it on another and if so i guess we'll put on the last dedication it is now time to do it right in his knee as he used the word history this is a good thing those memories are in the past it's time to move forward the fire service is teaching what we do from this building is completely different we'll be an engine here in a ladder but they'll be in the ambulance running out of the station fourteen months from now the people who helped you here the truman wavering support i've got to tell you this whole process has been unwavering support from the selectmen from the finance commission from the planning board all the way through the members of the public safety task force who may have constantly through the summer you take the summer up and i'd specially like to think the civilian numbers that were on that committee sometimes just staff were too close  are we need to go all those were the times when the civilian people on their steered us straight press maureen thank you we needed the outside viewpoint thank you for giving that to us working with the team that and we're talking about how well towns can be run and how well the citizens of benefited by a well run government westwood of course is a model and we're privileged to be able to go each and every day and find you know the half issues affect this town this new building will serve as a reminder to all who drive by each and every day of the folks in the back i first responders who are ready morning noon and night to respond when called upon to protect individuals each and every day and ensure that there is a level of safety second to none both here and westwood in surrounding areas it truly is a privilege and honor for me to be here with you this morning and i say congratulations thank you just a short distance from here in a project that better mises economic growth we gathered together in a commitment to public safety made today's groundbreaking symbolize a peace of mind to the residents t visit is and all who are employed in this great town in me made today's groundbreaking and all who work to firefighters and first responders who come into this new building may do so out of harm's way and i hold a commitment to public safety in public service again congratulations i'm pleased to join you here on this historic day and we wish every want to success and thank all who made today's reality possible