The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink About15 - Fire Station No. 2 Replacement Project — Approval of Conceptual Design - CorrespondenceReceived After Agenda Printed October 22, 2019 Item No. 15 From: Rieff, Kim Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 10:55 AM To: Mulvey, Jennifer Subject: FW: Lido Fire Station Relocation Attachments: IMG_4588.JPG; ATT00001.txt; IMG_4589.JPG; ATT00002.txt; Opposition Lido FireStationRel ocation.docx From: P. Matheis <pmatheis@live.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 10:46 AM To: Dept - City Council <CityCouncil@newportbeachca.gov> Subject: Lido Fire Station Relocation Mayor & Council, This discussion is relative to my previously stated opposition to the location of choice for the relocating Fire Station #2 identified in the staff report for 22 October, 2019. 1 believe that a new facility is needed, but see this a the wrong answer to that need. I am sending this as a property owner in the Villa Balboa community and hope that you will read the information provided. I have included a Google Map image that illustrates the additional travel time as per their analytical metrics. Sincerely, Paul Matheis TO: Newport Beach Mayor & Council FROM: Paul Matheis SUBJECT: Lido Fire Station Relocation The proposed relocation of the Lido Fire Station outside of the current community will have significant and detrimental impacts on the Villa Balboa community due to an increase in emergency response travel time. This increase in travel time will equate to more damage during a fire and an increase in negative outcomes for residents requesting help following a medical emergency. There is a direct relationship between fire development, temperature, and time. Intervention is the strategy and community resources dictate fire service capacity. The larger the town, the more fire stations may be needed. Having fire stations also implies staff and equipment. The distribution of fire companies, i.e., engine, truck and paramedic units in stations is important and the insurance services office (ISO), an industry metric and analyst, looks for the built -upon area of a community to have a first -due engine company within 1.5 road miles of its assigned district and a ladder -service company within 2.5 road miles. Using a formula developed by the RAND Corporation (Expected Travel Time = 0.65 + 1.7 Distance Traveled), ISO set a benchmark criteria of an expected response time of 3.2 minutes for an engine company and 4.9 minutes for a ladder -service company in a defined standard response district. The formula has been validated on numerous occasions and yields an average speed of 35 MPH for a fire apparatus responding with emergency lights and siren (considering average terrain, average traffic, weather, and slowing down for intersections). The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) develops industry standards and uses this formula in the NFPA 1142 standard. ISO determines standard response districts (SRD) for each existing fire station. An SRD for an engine company is a polygon defined by streets leading from the fire station out to a distance of 1.5 road miles. For a ladder -service company, the standard response district is a polygon defined by streets out to a distance of 2.5 road miles. The ISO then considers the number of fire hydrants within the SRD. Thus, the presence of hydrants signifies a built-up area. They then identify contiguous built -upon areas in the community that do not have a fire station within the specified distance. If such an area has at least 50 percent of the number of fire hydrants found in the SRD, they consider that the area may need a fire station. The SRD in cities with multiple engine company locations is the average number of hydrants served by the existing engine companies as determined by the total of hydrants within 1-1/2 mile areas divided by the number of engine company locations. Consideration may be given for excluding relatively low number hydrant stations as described below. (from ISO's mitigation website) (Note: This is only a cursory review of this subject as it applies to ISO's rating schedule criteria for response and station location.) In addition, the ISO provides exceptions to their response area coverage criteria for cities and towns lacking a hydrant system or only having partial hydrant coverage. The exceptions vary by state and are sometimes referred to as the suburban rule. There is an adage in the medical community that "time is life" relating to the effects of hypoxia on the brain and heart following diminished blood flow and oxygenation to the associated to the associated tissues. More time without oxygen means more damage to the brain and heart during a cardiac event or cerebral vascular accident, or stroke. This additional time to treatment will likely result in sub -optimal outcomes for a patient. The City of Newport Beach (City) had funded no less than three professional studies from Fire Force One, ESCi, inc., and former Fire Division Chief Paul Matheis in an effort to understand the proper locating of the eight fire stations in Newport Beach. Each of these studies, using objective criteria, indicate that the Lido Fire Station should be moved closer to the direction of Hoag Hospital, if at all. This determination is made due to the unusual polygon shape of the response district for the deployed fire department resources in the Lido Fire Station and the necessity to adequately and properly serve all of the residents in this response area. The relocation of the Lido Fire Station to the area of the Newport Pier will subject material damage to the residents of the Villa Balboa community and greater Newport Beach. This is due to the increase in travel time due to this proposed relocation and because all of the fire stations in the City operate in an interrelated and coordinated fashion based on call volume, functional readiness, and type of incident. By locating the fire apparatus at the Lido Fire Station further into the Balboa Peninsula will benefit only those residents to the detriment of the remainder of the City, specifically due to the increase in travel time needed to exit the Newport Pier area and respond to greater Newport Beach. The staff report speaks to the Land Use Policies of the City, specifically LU6.1.1 ..."to serve the needs of Newport Beach's residents and businesses." By this proposed relocation of the Lido Fire Station Staff is not benefiting residents equally. Clearly, there are existing available and potentially available properties that properly meet the emergency response needs of the City as per the Fire Force One, ESCi, inc. and Fire Division Chief Paul Matheis studies. The information presented to the City Council and public regarding Exemption Determination. Fire Station #2, 2807 Newport Boulevard, Newport Beach, CA, under section d), is filled with misleading and inaccurate information. A fire station is an emergency business operation with heavy vehicles powered by large diesel engines that are loud when simply in motion. Further, the emergency response aspect dictates that when responding Code -3 all emergency lights and siren shall be operating. There are no limits to this standard and this language is included in the Standard Operating Procedure of the Newport Beach Fire Department for a specific purpose. This fire station will likely see seven -thousand emergency responses to calls service in 2019 and that equate to seven -thousand sirens and lights every twenty-four hours. It is known that the previously occupancy at this location, a McDonald's restaurant, was limited in its operational hours due to issues of noise and the residential community adjacent to the property. If a McDonald's restaurant had noise issues what will the impact of the City's busiest fire station have on the neighborhood? The nearby traffic & pedestrian concern issue regarding 281h Street/West Balboa Boulevard crosswalk and intersection has been co-opted into this project for unknown reasons. My concern is that there is a real safety issue at this intersection that will be exacerbated by this proposed fire station relocation. Finally, this loss of prime location for a retail property will deny the City of revenue at that corner lot for the seventy-five year life span of the facility. This is lost revenue could be used to help pay down the much discussed pension costs that the City Council speaks of frequently. i Union Bank Newport Terrace �a It Halyard Senior Living z Anglers Center v o�tPye O ylfi�r 1 , iesin 1A miles �.r11CiSi?lI Ci7D17 n °d,.h�a� Hospital:Rd . r, ctl�Q a 55 G Sunset Hoag Me, orial Ridge Park 230 Lille Lane Hospita ' resbyterian oQ Gata;�r� � otia c P Superio Newport Beach, CA°,�av he Alley `a R staurant & Bar Y Sterling BMW x@ Seashore B (6 94) ` l ---` _ X T nery Restaurant F & Wine Bar 4609 Seash ® 7 min -- --�- _ - (68435) 4 Br file... 2 miles Sei ashore 68127 j� �nan Central Ave Lot Rusty Pelican RedAwning T X93:• "e�pr k � Newport5t Electra 7. uises Island Park A.(68178) Bear Flag Fish C pany 7 min 76 Q 1.3 miles 3�tir o x � 5ti 0 Q m 9H kCX 32nd St Via ki(.fo 9y� A ` j The Original Mama y D's Italian Kitchen Newport avilions Island Laventi 's Big Bluewateri Gril ti Chees 'zza i 31y� 29th St f inff rgti C ! 2807 Newport Boulevard o� Lido Peninsua a � o Woody's Wharf addrif '�F o.h ds- Sr r O The Old Ch L—sPaghetti Factory Map data (0201 Halyard Union Bank Newport Terrace 0 4 Senior Living Z 9 Anglers Center a 1�3 i Min Chicken Coop n � c �h les dQro S5 s} 1 '' Hoag M orial Sunset k Ridge Park 230 Lille Lane Hospita resbyterian s o� 4 RP Aft-��`Q 4 G-616,6 ya�a`�� P� Superia each, CA 16A.The Alley RM.Tz ant & Bar .� Sterling BMW ashore B (b 94} 'T nery Restaurant Royal Thw Cuisine`s _ &Wine Bar r =�sst� Central Ave Lot Peiica a uises p pany C iu a o � 6 1 LjQD 475 32nd Street The Original Mama D's Italian Kitchen ina`s Big Bluewater Gr4iN4.4 se Pizza } , �- •t` 29th 5t �: ,-• � � �' ;. Av i l a's- El'JRa n ch ito - New;P-!Beach Lido Penins Joody's Wharf 0, 001 a