Application for Encroachment into unimproved Public ROW
To: Robert Armijo – Richmond City Engineer 2/1/23 From: Owner/Builder-Eli Berland
Contractor- Eli Berland
130 East Scenic Ave.
Richmond CA 94801
734.834.3093
To Whom it may concern,
I Would like to build a Wood and Metal Fence in the public ROW in front of our home (130 East Scenic). Our home and our next-door neighbor’s homes were built around 2005 and have modern architecture. The street and surrounding area are quite lush and filled with trees and blackberry thicket. I Have chosen to build the fence from natural wood with a clear finish to blend in with the surrounds, and steel posts painted Red to alert Pedestrians and Vehicles of the fence. The Fence design is modern, matching the aesthetics of the fence to the surrounding architecture.
The Road in Front of our house is parallel to and above the entry path to our home. I am hoping to create a barrier between the Road and our path with this fence. I am concerned for the safety of my family and friends that use this path regularly. Currently, there is nothing protecting people who are walking on my property from a car coming off the road above crashing down into my property. The fence will be a guardrail.
Another purpose of this fence will be to create a safer space for pedestrians to walk on.
There is no safe area for people to walk now unless they are on the road. This can be problematic when a car is coming. The fence would allow for a refuge area for pedestrians to step off the road without falling down the steep hill and allow cars to pass in a safe manner.
The Final purpose of this fence is create some privacy for my family. Our house is quite close to the road, and it is very easy for people to peer into our bedrooms. It would be nice to have a little separation between onlookers and our bedrooms. We also have many deer that frequent the area. Often they come into our yard and eat our roses. It would be nice to keep them out so we can enjoy our garden, and this fence would achieve that purpose.
The area where we would like to build the fence is very steep, and narrow. These unique conditions restrict the width of clearance we can provide to 13’ from the far side of the road to the inside of the fence. Although we maintain the requested 3’ setback from the road in most cases, It is not possible to achieve at all areas due to the hillside dropping off to a steep slope. In order for our posts to be set in concrete, we need relatively flat ground to dig post holes. If the Posts are set any further down the hill than we have proposed, it will make installation almost impossible, our post locations are limited by the current site conditions.
The project will commence on 3/1/23, should last for 2 weeks. All materials, and equipment needed will be stored off of the street. The street will remain clear for the duration of Work. When unloading materials and for minimal periods of time( no longer than 30mins) or while working just off of the street, we will have flaggers, and construction signs posted alerting oncoming traffic and pedestrians.
Please see attached documentation for items 6, 7 and 9.
I appreciate your consideration and time.
Eli Berland
Application For Encorachment Agreement
Applicant - Eli Berland -130 E.Scenic Ave
Phone -734-834-3093
Project - Proposed new fence off road to
create a safe refuge for pedestrians.
Start Date:
Completion Date:
Public Hearing Date:
Copy of application available - call above
10494 Closure Calcu
lation.doc 5/24/2022
MORAN ENGINEERING, I
NC.
1930 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94704
(510) 848-1930
BOUNDARY CLOSURE CALCULATIONS
Address: 130 East Scenic Avenue, Richmond
APN: 556-163-006
Parcel A
North: 10
000.0000 East : 10000.0000
Line Course: S 78-14-52 W Length: 14.60
North: 9997.0263 East : 9985.7061
Line Course: N 44-03-38 W Length: 5.00
North: 10000.6193 East : 9982.2290
Line Course: S 45-56-22 W Length: 0.48
North: 10000.2855 East : 9981.8840
Line Course: S 70-35-25 W Length: 0.91
North: 9999.9831 East : 9981.0257
Line Course: S 12-09-03 E Length: 29.86
North: 9970.7920 East : 9987.3109
Line Course: S 33-22-04 E Length: 3.57
North: 9967.8105 East : 9989.2744
Line Course: N 80-01-26 E Length: 1.42
North: 9968.0565 East : 9990.6729
Line Course: S 15-39-15 E Length: 11.46
North: 9957.0216 East : 9993.7652
Line Course: S 21-11-18 E Length: 21.01
North: 9937.4319 East : 10001.3589
Line Course: S 27-47-55 E Length: 20.87
North: 9918.9705 East : 10011.0920
Line Course: S 33-48-06 E Length: 39.23
North: 9886.3716 East : 10032.9164
Line Course: N 69-05-15 E Length: 8.86
North: 9889.5341 East : 10041.1928
Line Course: S 59-29-08 E Length: 12.85
North: 9883.0095 East : 10052.2630
10494 Closure Calcu
lation.doc 5/24/2022
Line Course: N 34-
19-00 W Length: 60.50
North: 9932.9785 East : 10018.1552
Line Course: N 15-09-00 W Length: 69.44
North: 10000.0051 East : 10000.0073
Perimeter: 300.07 Area: 1,952 sq. ft.
Mapcheck Closure - (Uses listed courses, radii, and deltas) Error Closure: 0.0089 Course: N 54-55-37 E Error North: 0.00509 East : 0.00725
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Parcel B
North: 9876.8896 East : 10077.5116
Line Course: N 77-19-00 W Length: 24.68
North: 9882.3084 East : 10053.4338
Line Course: S 58-33-52 E Length: 26.47
North: 9868.5032 East : 10076.0188
Line Course: N 45-25-13 E Length: 16.47
North: 9880.0636 East : 10087.7499
Line Course: N 08-03-30 W Length: 17.22
North: 9897.1135 East : 10085.3360
Line Course: S 21-08-00 W Length: 21.69
North: 9876.8823 East : 10077.5159
Perimeter: 106.53 Area: 237 sq. ft.
Mapcheck Closure - (Uses listed courses, radii, and deltas) Error Closure: 0.0085 Course: S 30-32-13 E Error North: -0.00728 East : 0.00430
1 Robert Armijo
From: eli berland <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 6, 2023 4:43 PM
To: Robert Armijo
Cc: William Berland; Stephanie Vollmer
Subject: Fwd: Fence Pics
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Robert,
Please see attached pics to accompany application.
Best
Eli
Eli Berland
Principal
734.834.3093
www.berland-design.com
653 S. 31st ST. Richmond CA 94804
Begin forwarded message:
From: Sean Casper <[email protected]>
Date: February 6, 2023 at 3:58:31 PM PST
To: Eli Berland <[email protected]>
Subject: Fence Pics
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