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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 03081988 - S.7 To:- BOARD OF SUPERVISORS + FROM: Supervisor Tom Torlakson Contra Introduced March 1, 1988 for Costa DATE: Board Action on March 8, 1988 County SUBJECT: BYRON FIRE DISTRICT LONG RANGE PLANNING TASK FORCE REPORT SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMUMED ACTION: Refer the Long Range Planning Task Force Report for 'the Byron Fire District to the County Administrator' s Office for analysis, technical assistance toward implementation of the plan and development of a CAO recommended plan. BACKGROUND INFORMATION: I initiated the Long Range Planning Task Force in February of 1987. The task force of concerned citizens and community leaders was established to define a five-year/ten-year plan for the Byron Fire District. This task force has worked hard over the past year on these issues. TT:gro i i i i i 1 i CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: /�/nv i RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S) ACTION OF BOARD ON March 8, 1988 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER I VOTE OF SUPERVISORS X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT III, IV ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. CC: County Administrator ATTESTED 8'. By FPD Phil Batchelor,,Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and County Administrator M382/7-83 BY DEPUTY BYRON FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT P.O. BOX 40 • BYRON, CALIFORNIA 94514 February 16 , 1988 Tom Torlakson Supervisor District Five 300 East Leland Suite 100 Pittsburg, CA 94565 Subject: Acceptance of Long Range Planning Task Force Interim Report Dear Supervisor Torlakson, At the February 9 , 1988 meeting of the Byron Board of Fire Commissioners, upon motion from Commissioner Pierre Duquette, second by Commissioner Ricky Gilmore, it was decided to adopt the Long Range Planning Task Force Interim Report asl a fair statement of current District conditions. Motion carried. Attached please find a copy of this report. Board of Fire Commissioners BYRON FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT I BYRON FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT LONG RANGE PLANNING TASK FORCE DATE : January 12 , 1988 TO: Tom Torlakson Supervisor, District Five Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors SUBJECT: District Five Year/Ten Year Plan TITLE : Preliminary Report on District Conditions and Facilities DISTRICT DESCRIPTION: The Byron Fire Protection District encompasses approximately 66 Square miles in the eastern extremity of Contra Costa County. Discovery Bay, a modern waterfront recreational! community with many pleasure boats at the Marina and docked behind private homes , lies in the eastern part of the district and is surrounded by'' farmlands , ranchettes and pastureland which extend to the district ' s western border, and south to Byron, a residential/farming community and commercial center. With the exception of several local industries and a very large number of "Wind Machines" the southern part of the district is primarily oak and grass covered rangeland in the rolling hills with pasture and farmland in the flatter areas . The southeastern portion of the district is the site of the Byron Air Park soon to be developed as the East Contra Costa County Airport . State Highway 4 runs through the central part of the district and carries the main flow of traffic between the East Bay and Stockton, while Highway J-4 branches to the southeast from Highway 4 and serves as the main artery for connection with Interstate 5 and State Highway 99 via Tracy. Vasco Road on the district' s western border is the main road to Livermore and State Highway 580 destinations . POPULATION AND GROWTH: Approximately 6 , 000 persons live within the district at this time . Discovery Bay' s population is now approximately 5 , 250 persons with the remainder residing in Byron and the rural areas of the district . It is anticipated that the populationiin Discovery Bay will exceed 10 , 000 in the next five years and the total district population could approach 15 , 000 during the same period'. ORGANIZATION: This is a volunteer district, with only the Chief , Assistant Chief , and Battalion Chief receiving nominal salaries . The volunteers , numbering about 38, provide fire and medical services from two stations . Station 97 located in Byron serves as the district ' s headquarters and is central to the southwestern part of the district . Station 98 is located in Discovery Bay and services the district ' s main population center, and Highway 4 from Bixler Road to the Old River Bridge. Page 1 Preliminary Report on District Conditions and Facilities , Continued STATION 98 : Station 98 is badly in need of expansion. Responding fire fighters are forced to park across the street, park illegally, or park on the property of others . There is no parking area on district property at this station. A utility vehicle is parked in a room which is located in the opposite end of the fire house from the- dispatch center, other apparatus , and tools and supplies used for necessary maintenance . Classroom training, commission meetings , election polls and some civilian meeting are held in the confines of a 25 ' x 16 ' room. Based on fire department needs alone, there is not enough room to adequately seat and. instruct 24 persons with room for equipment, charts and graphs . Fire fighters assigned to this station must perform many manipulative exercises on public streets or on property owned by others . STATION 98 EQUIPMENT: Station 98 equipment includes one 1983 1 , 000 GPM Class A pumper, one 1964, 1 , 000 GPM Class A pumper and one 1980 pick-up truck. The district has one 1979 Boston Whaler boat , which is berthed in Discovery Bay. This boat is used mainly for medical and rescue calls in the waterways . STATION 97 : Station 97 is also in need of expansion. The current indoor training area also serves as a public meeting room, district office, repository for all district records , and audio-visual training material . While the male restroom facilities are relatively complete the female restroom lacks a shower. Outdoor training area and on site parking and maintenance areas do not meet current needs. There are currently no dormitory facilitiesat this station. . t I STATION 97 EQUIPMENT: The apparatus housed at Station 97 consists of one 1983 , 1 , 000 GPM Class A pumper, one 1964 , 500 GPM Class A pumper, one wild-land unit constructed in 1973 , one 1947 , 250 GPM pumper (reserve) , and two water tenders constructed in 1955 and 1986 . COMMUNICATION: All district personnel carry radio pagers activated for dispatching by Delta Regional Communications Center located in the Antioch City Hall . The response to 911 emergency calls is also directed from this center. All of the district' s emergency vehicles and the boat have at least four channel radio transceivers . WATER RESOURCES : The Discovery Bay development has a fire hydrant and multiple pump network which supplies fire fighting water. The rural areas do not have a similar system and must rely on storage tanks located on private and county property, ponds, creeks , irrigation canals and river course . Some of these sources are dry at various times of the year. The community of Byron has no municipal water supply. Page 2 Preliminary Report- on District Conditions and Facilities, Continued STATION 93 RESPONSE : Current response time to reported structural fires within Discovery Bay average approximately 6 to 7 minutes for tine first-due engine . Approximate response time is summed as follows : Dispatch = 1 . 0 Minutes +- Volunteer to Station = 3 . 0 Minutes +- Apparatus to Fire Scene = 2 . 5 Minutes +- "Run Time" ----------------------------------------- Response Time = 6 . 5 Minutes +- 'rhe volunteers in Discovery Fay, generally, live a little farther from their station of response than do the volunteers in Byron . STATION 97 RESPONSE : The current response time to reported structural fires for Station 97 averages approximately 5 to 6 minutes within a radius of 1 1/2 miles for the first-due engine . Approximate response time is summed at follows : Dispatch = 1 . 0 Minutes +- Volunteer to Station = 2 . 5 Minutes +- Apparatus to Fire Scene = 2 . 5 Minutes +- "Run Time" ----------------------------------------- Response Time = 6 . 0 Minutes +- Beyond the 1. 1/2 mile radius , the response time could be more than 12 minutes . Because of the long response time involved structures can staffer considerably unless there has been early intervention by a resident or a designed and functioning fire sprinkler system. i CODE COMPLIANCE : The rapid pace of development within the district, particularly in Discovery Bay, is expected to continue . As many as 1 , 500 private residences predominantly of wood frame construction could be built in the next five year period. Many building sites within the distract have already been identified for commercial structures . Building code compliance and enforcement iii the past has not been satisfactory. Construction of the Discovery Bay Golf Club and the Discovery Bay Marina without sprinkler systems serve as prime examples of negligence in this area. ROADS AND HIGHWAYS : The highway system in eastern Contra Costa County is under study by both State and County Government . The impending installation of the Los Vaqueros Reservoir and facilities will eliminate Vasco Road as a thoroughfare to the Livermore Area and require the construction of a new route through the southern portion of this district , other local roads -and highways will also be affected. The Byron Air Park is now being developed as the East Contra Costa County Airport . Considering either public access , or fire suppression and medical aid, current roads appear inadequate to support this facility. Paste 3 Preliminary Report on District Conditions and Facilities , Continued FINAL REPORT TOPICS : 1 . Population and Growth. a . Impact of New Construction. b. Impact of Larger Population. C . Los Vaqueros Reservoir. d. East Contra Costa Airport . e. Highways and Roads . f . Public Buildings . 2 . Organization . a. District Officers . b . District Fire Fighters . C . District Commission. 3 . Station Expansion. a. Station 98 . b . Station 97 . I 4 . District Equipment . a. Station 98 . b. Station 97 . 5 . Water Resource Identification and Development . 6 . Code Compliance . 7 . Project Funding. It is expected that this committee will be prepared to submit a final report by April 1 , 1988 . The final report will describe in greater detail many of the items mentioned on the preceding pages and make constructive suggestions and recommendations . Jack E . Burge Chairman, Long Range Planning Task Force Byron Fire Protection District I Page 4