TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THRU: Rick Otto, City Manager
FROM: William Crouch, Community Development Director
1. Subject
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Public Hearing to consider Fire Station No. 1 and Headquarters; Mitigated Negative Declaration No. 1862-18, Zone Change No. 1301-20, Design Review No. 5008-20, and Tentative Parcel Map No. 0016-20
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2. Summary
The City of Orange is proposing to build a new 16,574 square foot Fire Station No. 1 building and attached 11,353 square foot Fire Headquarters office at 105 S. Water Street, an associated parking lot across the street at 180 S. Water Street, and to utilize an existing 3,780 on-site building, currently used by the Water Division for reserve apparatus. The project site is zoned as Office Professional (O-P) and Single Family Residential (R-1-6). The project proposes a zone change of the Fire Station No. 1 and Headquarters site to Public Institution (P-I) to better reflect the existing nature of the land uses in the neighborhood, and to ensure the proposed project is consistent with the General Plan. A parcel map is proposed to consolidate underlying parcels.
3. Recommended Action
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1. Approve Resolution No. 11264. A resolution of the City Council of the City of Orange adopting mitigated negative declaration No. 1862-18 for the Fire Station No. 1 and Headquarters project;
2. Introduce and approve Ordinance No. 16-20 for First Reading. An ordinance of the City Council of the City of Orange approving zone change No. 1301-20 to change the zoning of property located at 105 and 125 S. Water Street from Office Professional (O-P) and Single Family Residential, 6,000 Sq. Ft. (R-1-6) to public institution (P-1) to better reflect the existing nature of the land uses in the neighborhood and to ensure that the Fire Station No. 1 project is consistent with the General Plan, and;
3. Approve Resolution No. 11267. A resolution of the City Council of the City of Orange approving Design Review No. 5008-20 and Tentative Parcel Map No. 0016-20 for the construction of Fire Station No. 1 and Headquarters located at 105 S. Water Street and the associated parking lot located at 180 S. Water Street.
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4. Fiscal Impact
The total expenditure for this project is $31.0 million and will be funded in Fire Station No. 1 (20400) through Reimbursable Capital Projects (550).
5. Strategic Plan Goals
Goal 1: Provide for a safe community
a: Provide staffing and resources to deliver services that ensure public safety.
Goal 1: Provide for a safe community
b: Provide and maintain infrastructure necessary to ensure the safety of the public.
6. Discussion and Background
The City intends to replace existing Fire Station No. 1 and Headquarters, located at 176 S. Grand Street, by the construction of a new facility at 105 S. Water Street with a support parking lot at 180 S. Water Street.
Fire Station No. 1 will be approximately 16,574 square feet, plus an attached two-story Headquarters which will include approximately 11,353 square feet of space (27,927 square feet total). The two-story Headquarters building would be 30 feet eight inches in height, with its exhaust tower structure reaching a height of 33 feet three inches. The apparatus room for Fire Station No. 1 would be 24 feet in height. Interior rooms/components of Fire Station No. 1 and Headquarters are as stated in the attached Planning Commission Staff Report and as detailed on the project plans.
The architecture of the Orange Fire Station No. 1 and Headquarters has been designed to reflect the Spanish Revival style found throughout the Old Towne Orange Historic District. The site perimeter will be landscaped with 44 trees and a variety of shrubs at appropriately regularly-spaced intervals. Additional discussion of architecture and landscaping is contained in the attached Design Review Staff Report.
A total of 80 parking spaces will be provided. Parking consists of 21 staff and five visitor spaces on the Fire Station No. 1 and Headquarters site and 54 staff parking spaces on the parcel located across Water Street to the west behind an automated security gate.
The existing storage building located on the site will be retrofitted and refurbished and will provide approximately 3,780 square feet of space to serve as Reserve Apparatus vehicle and disaster equipment storage.
The floor area ratio (FAR) of the fire station and headquarters site, combined with the existing contiguous water yard facilities is 0.38, which is within the 0.5 FAR limit of the Public Facilities and Institutions General Plan Land Use Designation.
Both the main project site and the parking site will have associated exterior surface lighting in the form of light poles and wall mounted fixtures and 6-foot high perimeter fencing, constructed of masonry and steel tubes.
The wall on the east side of the proposed staff parking lot that is located on the southeast corner of the Fire Station site will be a 7.7-foot high concrete masonry unit wall. This will also function as a sound wall and any doors installed in the wall will be solid doors with self-closing hinges. Additionally, as a measure of sound proofing, a sound enclosure will be installed on the proposed emergency generator that is depicted in Figure 3 of the MND.
The proposed project will also include necessary utility upgrades including, but not limited to, sewer, stormwater, dry utilities and solid waste management.
A request for City Council authorization to advertise Fire Station No. 1 for construction bidding is on the September 08, 2020 City Council Agenda subsequent to this item. The Department of Public Works seeks to advertise a request for construction bids on September 10, 2020 with bids tentatively due on October 08, 2020. At the November 10, 2020 City Council meeting staff will present a summary of bids received and request authorization to award a contract. Construction is expected to begin January 2021 for a duration of 18 months, concluding in July 2022 when the Fire Station will be operational. A ground breaking ceremony will occur in late October 2020, which will consist of site clearing and partial demolition of the perimeter site wall granting construction access to the site.
Zone Change
The General Plan Land Use Element designation for this site is Public Facilities and Institutions (PFI). The project site is currently zoned as Office Professional (O-P) and Single Family Residential (R-1-6). The Project proposes a zone change of the Fire Station and Headquarters site to Public Institution (P-I) to better reflect the existing nature of the land uses in the neighborhood and to ensure that the proposed project is consistent with the General Plan PFI Land Use Designation in accordance with State Law. The Zone Change is shown in Attachments 3 and 4.
Tentative Parcel Map
There are multiple parcels that exist on the site and a Tentative Parcel Map is proposed to merge all the parcels into a single parcel. A Tentative Parcel Map has not been created at this time per the specifications of the Subdivision Map Act. A Tentative Parcel Map, to be approved by the Community Development Director, will be completed and recorded as a final map with the County prior to a building permit for the project. The map shown in Attachment 2 represents the parcels requiring consolidation under the future parcel map.
7. ATTACHMENTS
• City Council Resolution No. 11264 for Mitigated Negative Declaration No. 1862-18
• City Council Ordinance No. 16-20 for Zone Change No. 1301-20, Including Attached Existing and Proposed Zoning Exhibits
• Existing Zoning, Exhibit A to City Council Ordinance No. 16-20
• Proposed Zoning, Exhibit B to City Council Ordinance No. 16-20
• City Council Resolution No. 11277 for Design Review No. 5008-20 and Tentative Parcel Map No. 0016-20
• Vicinity Map
• Project Plans
• MND No. 1862-18, Including Response to Public Comments
• Appendix A of MND No. 1862-18, Air Quality, Energy, and Greenhouse Gas Emission Impact Analysis
• Appendix B of MND No. 1862-18, Geotechnical Investigation
• Appendix C of MND No. 1862-18, Priority Water Quality Management Plan
• Appendix D of MND No. 1862-18, Noise Impact Analysis
• Design Review Staff Report Dated April 15, 2020
• Community Development Director Design Review Recommendation Letter Dated April 22, 2020
• Planning Commission Staff Report Dated August 24, 2020
• Draft Planning Commission Meeting Minutes Dated August 24, 2020
• Planning Commission Resolution No. 20-20