EXHIBIT “C”
VACATION CONDITION OF APPROVAL
1. The City’s Traffic Management Division requires that a Site plan be submitted for further analysis. If you have any questions or concerns about the requirements please contact Louise at (559) 621-8678.
2. Pacific Gas and Electric Company is requesting that a permanent easement be reserved for their existing facilities. If you have any question regarding t his condition, please contact Doug Snyder of P.G. & E. at (661) 398-5902.
3. Comcast has existing facilities in this area. They are requesting coordination to ensure that their facilities are not being affected . Please contact Cory Sue of Comcast at (559) 455-4221.
4. The City of Fresno Water Division requires that all on -site water facilities shall be private. Developer shall be financially responsible for the abandonment of the existing 6 inch water mains, public fire hydrants and meters located in East Townsend Avenue, South Garden Avenue, and East Heaton Avenue. If you have any question regarding this condition, please contact Robert Diaz at (559) 263 - 1623.
5. The City Fire department has reviewed this proposed street vacation and has the following comments. The current water main infrastructure is 6 inch and supplies water to multiple single family home lots (all but one owned by the University) that are currently used for student housing as well as several campus buildings. The main also supplies 4 public fire hydrants and three fire sprinkler services. Planning has not seen any master plan on what the University proposes to construct south of E. Townsend, but unless they are proposing to immediately demolish all the houses, water services need to be maintained for domestic water to the houses and university buildings and fire protection. Any proposal to continue to use the 6 inch water service infrastructure would require the installation of 6 inch master meters at the two points of connection in South Winery Avenue and normally the installation of reduced pressure backflow devices after each meter as commercial buildings are being served. This would severely affect fire flow for fire hydrants and not provide adequate pressure to meet the original designs of the 3 fire sprinkler systems due to the 10 -11 psi pressure drop in a reduced pressure backflow device. In order to maintain adequate fire protection pending unknown demolition timelines, the options are to install a new dedicated fire service water main for th e fire hydrants and fire sprinkler systems or negotiate with the Water Division on accepting the reduced pressure devices on the existing “commercial” domestic services (or if not currently present, install same) in lieu of installing master RPs on each co nnection in South Winery Avenue. Addition al backflow protection could be provided with installation of a 6 inch testable double check assembly (non-reduced pressure, Wilkins 350A or equivalent) after each master meter which have a significantly lower pressure drop than RP devices and will have minimal impact on fire hydrant flow and fire sprinkler demand. If you have any questions regarding this condition, please contact Byron Beagles at (559) 621- 4112.
6. The proposed street vacation area lies within the Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control District's Drainage Area "A". The District has existing storm drainage facilities within the area of the proposed vacation as detailed on the exhibit provided to the Distri ct. The District's facilities are shown on the included Exhibit No. 1. The District is requiring that the applicant retain a public utility easement or provide the District with a fifteen-foot (15') wide exclusive storm drainage easement centered on the pi peline. No encroachments into the easement will be allowed including, but not limited to, buildings, roof overhangs, swimming pools and trees.
The District requires that the Master Plan drainage patterns remain as designed for the proposed vacation area. Any proposed revisions to existing District facilities must be reviewed and approved by the District prior to implementation. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact Gary Chapman at (559) 456-3292.
7. The City of F resno Planning and Development Department require that all lots have frontage on a public street, except under the following circumstances:
a) Adequate internal circulation is provided by a private street or streets in an approved Planned Unit Development. Private streets are prohibited except where approved as part of a Planned Unit Development or otherwise approved by the City Council. All widths and alignments of private streets shall be shown on any precise or other plan of streets adopted by the City Council and shall conform to the private street details and development criteria of the Standard Drawings and Standard Specifications. Private streets that serve multi-family units shall comply with Section 15 -4105, Lot Access;
i. If existing single family residential lots are to remain, then conversion of the existing public streets into private streets must occur through a Planned Unit Development or City Council approval prior to or concurrent with the proposed vacation of the public street. ii. Alternatively, m erge all single family and/or convert to on -campus housing through approval of a Development Permit Application with the Planning and Development Department prior to the vacation of the public streets.
b) Reserve easements as necessary for the existing utilities, facilities, etc.
If you have any question regarding this condition, pl ease contact Will Tackett at (559) 621-8679.
8. The City of Fresno Solid Waste Division requires that the access to the location for solid waste services be maintained . If you have a ny question regarding this condition, please contact Su Fang at (559) 621-1824.
9. The City of Fresno Engineering Services Division requires that street improvement plans be submitted for review and approval for any improvements in the public street right of way associated with this project at South Winery Avenue. If you have any question regarding this condition, please contact Francisco Magos at (559) 621-8679.
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