UBLIC HEARING: Director of Development ... - City of Glendale
UBLIC HEARING: Director of Development ... - City of Glendale
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REDEVELOPMENT PLAN Il\1PACTS<br />
4. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS<br />
4.10. P<strong>UBLIC</strong> SERVICES<br />
4.10.2. FIRE<br />
In the absence <strong>of</strong> <strong>City</strong> established standards, the Program EIR defmed impacts on flIe<br />
protection as the following:<br />
"...impacts on frre protection are considered significant if the proposed project<br />
will substantially exceed the current level <strong>of</strong> protection which results in a total<br />
response time <strong>of</strong> three minutes and an ISO ranking <strong>of</strong> Class 3 for the <strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Glendale</strong> and current Class 1 for the <strong>Glendale</strong> Fire Division. ,,70<br />
Level <strong>of</strong> service is ranked by a scale <strong>of</strong> five classifications (Classes 1 through 5) by the<br />
Insurance Service Organization (ISO) with Class 1 being the highest and best level <strong>of</strong> service.<br />
The ISO has ranked the entire- <strong>City</strong> at "Class 3" and the <strong>Glendale</strong> Fire Division at "Class 1."<br />
Service in the area is currently considered adequate in tenns <strong>of</strong> staffmg, response time, and the<br />
availability <strong>of</strong> water flow for [lIe protection purposes. For the majority <strong>of</strong> the Redevelopment<br />
Area, fire protection is provided by the <strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Glendale</strong> Fire Division. The remainder <strong>of</strong> the<br />
area, the far west end, is served by the Burbank Fire Depamnent under a joint agreement with<br />
the <strong>City</strong>. The <strong>Glendale</strong> Division is supported by a fire-fighting force consisting <strong>of</strong> 50 personnel<br />
on duty at all times, and total response time to the Redevelopment Area is identified by the Fire<br />
Chief as three minutes. Also, there are no known deficiencies in the availability <strong>of</strong> water flow<br />
for fire fighting purposes.<br />
Evaluated against the significance threshold, implementation <strong>of</strong> the Redevelopment Plan<br />
could adversely impact fire protection due to increased development overall in the <strong>City</strong>.<br />
Compensating at least in part for adverse impacts is the beneficial impact <strong>of</strong> replacing blighted,<br />
potentially unsafe buildings with newer structures which must be constructed under current,<br />
safer fire codes. These mitigating features, along with public improvements associated with the<br />
Redevelopment Plan, and the mitigation measures specified in the Program EIR will reduce<br />
program impacts to less than significant levels. 71<br />
70 Program EIR, Final EIR Volume, page 3.10-4.<br />
71 Ibid, page 3.10-5.<br />
Planning ConsullanlS Research<br />
<strong>Glendale</strong> Redevelopment Agency<br />
Page 90<br />
DreamWorks Animation Campus Addendmn EIR<br />
. June 1996
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