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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Supervisor Tom Torlakson Contra
Costa
DATE: December 18, 1984 County
SUBJECT: FIRE CONDITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: I recently met with fire chiefs and key personnel
of the Bethel Island, Brentwood, Byron, Eastern, Oakley, and Riverview Fire Protection
Districts. They expressed concern that. their recommendations for conditions are not
being uniformly followed by the Planning Department and Public Works Department. In some
cases these recommendations are entirely "dropping through the cracks." In other cases,
conditions which are attached to tentative maps are not followed up on and building permits
are issued before the necessary fire improvements are in place or guaranteed.
This general situation presents safety problems and enforcement problems.
Obviously, it presents frustration to the fire officials.
Some of the conditions have -to do with site hydrants and fire hydrant locations,
requiring water to be extended to rural subdivision areas or requirement of water tank
systems to be built on sites for fire protection. Some of the complaints have to do with
road access recommendations. In some subdivisions, the fire recommendations are specifically
included in the "conditions of tentative map approval " (see attached conditions of approval
in Subdivision 21-83) . In other cases, the recommendations and requirements of the fire
districts are included in an "advisory statement" at the end of the tentative map conditions
(see MS 61-84, page 2, attached) . I cannot understand the purpose of setting up advisory
statements versus actually including the, recommendation as conditions of approval . I would
certainly prefer to see the latter.
Another issue regards the language establishing a contribution to the Riverview
Fire Protection District from the West Pittsburg subdivisions and language requesting con-
tribution to the Oakley Fire District from subdivisions in the Oakley-Knightsen area.
The language asking for "contributory" fees has not been uniformly requested nor even "advised"
by staff. Therefore, again, there has been a non-uniform application.
A number of these matters has been referred to the Fire Chiefs Association and
a special committee to work to develop uniform recommendations to be suggested for this
county to follow.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Refer these issues as well as the task of reviewinig the
fire chiefs' recommendations when they emerge early in the year to the 1985 Internal
Operations Committee. Also refer this matter to the County Administrator, Planning Department,
Building Inspection, and Public Works Department.
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cc: Fire chiefs of Bethel Island, Byron, ATTESTED u'yr»4h.,/ �Lf i98"l
Bethel Island, Brentwood, Eastern, Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of
Oakley, and Riverview Fire Protection Supervisors and County Administrator
Districts Internal Operations Cte (1985)
County Administrator
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