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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPublic Agencyi- - r Memorandum To: Jarom Wagoner, Senior Planner From: TJ Frans, Project Manager R E C E IV E D Re: ZON-18-11 (Urban Renewal Rezone) DEC 2 12018 Date: December 7, 2018 The Engineering Department provides the following comments on a request by Caldwell Urban Renewal Agency to rezone approximately 20.12 acres, more or less, from C-3 (Service Commercial) to M-1 (Light Industrial). The subject property is located directly west of the intersection of Smeed Parkway and Thomas Jefferson Street (Parcel # R3530701000). Development Plans 1. Development Plans Prior to commencing construction, plans must be prepared by the developer's engineer and approved by the City Engineering Department which shall include the following items (if applicable): a. Street section and alignment (including curb and gutter); b. Sidewalk (sidewalk width based on street classification); c. Sanitary sewer (per City and DEQ requirements); If applicable d. Potable water (per City and DEQ requirements); If applicable e. Stormwater facilities (per City requirements/manual); f. Street lighting (per City standards); If applicable g. Street signage (per City and MUTCD requirements); If applicable h. Vertical Datum based on NAVD 88 Datum. Page 114 ZON-18-11 Caldwell Urban Renewal Rezone General 1. All utilities within the development shall be located and/or relocated underground. 2. Appropriate easements for emergency access, transmission lines and/or other utilities shall be granted to the City or the appropriate entity..-'district/municipality. 3. Construction of facilities to be dedicated and/or within public right-of-way shall be performed by an appropriately licensed public works contractor and constructed to City of Caldwell specifications in place at the time of construction. 4. Prior to commencement of construction in any dedicated right-of-way, or construction of any improvement intended for dedication to the City or connected to a City facility, the City Engineering staff is to be notified. This preferably will take place in a pre -construction conference scheduled by the engineer of record in which all appropriate personnel and utilities are present. Appropriate City personnel are to be notified in advance of all testing (including compaction, pressure and coliform, etc.) and given opportunity to be present during conduct of the testing. The engineer of record or his designated representative is to witness all tests and a log of inspection visits and testing results is to be kept by the engineer of record or his representative. 5. The developer is to employ a responsible design professional, preferably the engineer of record, to oversee and inspect construction, to perform and/or observe all requisite testing of completed facilities, and to certify that improvements have been constructed according to approved plans and in compliance with applicable City, State, and Federal standards. 6. The engineer of record shall be held responsible to ensure that developments improvements are in substantial compliance with said engineer's design. Following the construction of the developments improvements, the developers engineer shall provide the City of Caldwell Engineering Department with electronic dwg. format record drawings spatially referenced to the Idaho State Plane Coordinate System -West Zone, North America Datum (NAD) 83. Vertical control shall be referenced to the North America Datum (NAVD) 88 for future reference and to establish that the engineer of record has caused construction to occur in substantial compliance with the design of said engineer of record. 7. Any note, item or drawing element on the construction drawings, engineering drawings and/or design drawings related to the property inconsistent with City Codes, Policies and/or Ordinances shall not be construed as approved unless specifically addressed and granted by City Council. . In addition, all construction must be consistent with all current city codes, standards, and details at the time of plan approval. If plan approval is achieved and construction has not commenced within l year of approval, the City Engineer may require a new review of the plans to check for consistency with current standards. ZON-18-11 Caldwell Urban Renewal Rezone Page 214 pp 1 Rights -of -Way 1. No additional right-of-way along Smeed Parkway is required at this time. Street 1. As the site develops, the applicant shall improve Smeed Parkway to meet the Minor Arterial street section as depicted in the City of Caldwell standard drawing R-81OB. The street shall feature standard 6" vertical curb and gutter, 7 foot attached sidewalk (or 5' detached), sub -base and asphalt paving, required storm water drainage facilities and streetlights. Improvements shall extend the full length of the Smeed Parkway frontage (Approximately 670 lineal feet). 2. All sidewalks, pedestrian ramps and driveway approaches, new or existing, within the public right-of-way shall meet requirements specified in the United States Access Board's Proposed Accessibility Guidelines for Pedestrian Facilities in the Public Right -of -Way, I.S.P.W.C. (2015 edition) and City of Caldwell Supplemental Specifications to the 2015 I.S.P.W.C.. When in conflict the more restrictive specifications shall apply. Water 1. As the site develops, all on site water mains intended for dedication to the City shall be looped into existing mains for fire flow and water quality purposes. Appropriate easements for any such dedicated water system shall be provided to the City for review and approval. 2. The location of fire hydrants, water service, including sizing of mains, providing of easements, frontage construction, and offsite construction are to be decided during review of improvement plans. Sanitary Sewer 1. Sewer is available from a 21" mainline located in Smeed Parkway. As the site develops, it shall be the responsibility of the developers engineer to verify that connection to existing sewer mainlines will not exceed the functional capacity of said mainlines. 3. Each building utilizing City sewer services shall be provided with individual sewer service. ZON-18-11 Caldwell Urban Renewal Rezone Page 314 P.-Ac� 1 r Irrigation 1. As the site develops, irrigation water for any and all landscaping shall be obtained from Caldwell Municipal Irrigation District. 2. Irrigation water is available from a pressure irrigation mainline running along the southern lot line of the subject parcel. Storm Drain 1. As noted previously, provision is to be made for the disposal of stormwater drainage in accordance with the City Stormwater Management Manual and any updates adopted subsequent to this application. A copy of this policy is available upon request. The engineer of record is to provide calculations, which indicate that the assumptions in his stormwater drainage plan comply with the requirements of the stormwater manual. Page 414 ZON-18-11 Caldwell Urban Renewal Rezone