Agenda Item Wording:
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Authorize the City Manager to approve payment to California Water Service in the amount of $155,731 for the installation of six fire hydrants and one irrigation service along Riggin Ave between Akers St and Demaree St.
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Deadline for Action: None
Submitting Department: Administration - CIP Engineering
Contact Name and Phone Number:
Katherine Woodhull-Fuget, Assistant Engineer, Katherine.Woodhull-fuget@visalia.city, (559) 713-4447
Frank Senteno, City Engineer, Frank.Senteno@visalia.city, (559) 713-4331
Nick Mascia, Assistant City Manager, Nick.Mascia@visalia.city, (559) 713-4323
Department Recommendation:
Staff recommends that City Council authorize the City Manager to approve payment to California Water Service in the amount of $155,731 for the installation of six fire hydrants and one irrigation service along Riggin as part of the Riggin Widening Project from Akers to Demaree.
Background Discussion:
The Riggin Widening Project from Akers to Demaree (CP0397) will widen the existing roadway to four lanes and provide bike lanes, sidewalks, drainage improvements, and new medians. The widening of the existing roadway requires the installation of six fire hydrants along the one mile span as well as one irrigation service meter to serve the new median landscaping.
The California Fire Code Appendix C table C102.1 note c states that "[w]here new water mains are extended along streets where hydrants are not needed for protection of structures or similar fire problems, fire hydrants shall be provided at spacing not to exceed 1,000 feet to provide for transportation hazards". Per code, the one mile span of Riggin from Akers to Demaree should have had a minimum of five hydrants installed when the water main went in. Unfortunately, no hydrants along the frontage of this span were installed.
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