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WEWk(x ICHl ON the city that works for you INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM To: Janice Gundlach, City Planner From: Tony Paetznick, Crime Prevention Officer Subject: Mission Foods, 1565 1st Avenue NW Date: March 12, 2009 A query of police calls for service reveals that there have been ten reports of motor vehicle crashes and parking complaints at the property during the past three years. In addition, there have been complaints received by the Department of Public Safety pertaining to on-street parking along 1st Avenue NW. While the latter cannot be entirely attributed to this sole facility as there are other commercial properties with parking issues along this corridor, the current inadequacy of the Mission Foods parking lot has likely forced some employees to park on the street. With a six-hour daytime parking restriction and a 30 minute maximum between 2 and 5 am on all City streets, the traditional eight-hour factory shift would require employees who do not use the Mission Foods parking lot to move their cars from the street. Providing ample parking on-site for employees would enhance vehicular and pedestrian safety, while also achieving greater work efficiency if employees do not have to be concerned with moving their vehicles on the street to avoid parking citations. In light of these issues, parking should initially be overbuilt to avoid any shortfall of spaces in the near future should staffing or use of the occupancy increase. If access is limited to the site via a guard station at the south entrance to the facility, assurances to provide 24-hour access should be addressed, whether through adequate security staffing or engineered solutions to permit police, fire, and ambulance services unrestricted access to the property. Fire calls dating back to 1997 show a history of three structural/cooking fire calls at Mission Foods. Due to the nature of their food processes involving both flour (dust explosion hazard) and cooking oils (flammability hazard), the occupancy demands sufficient fire protection, in addition to the mandatory automatic fire suppression sprinklers. The Fire Marshal may make separate requests, but adding a fire hydrant in the northeast corner of the property and tying it into the existing system via a loop around the east and north sides of the building would increase fire protection capabilities in the event of an emergency at the facility. C:\Documents and Settings\jgundl\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\OLK1A7\Mission Foods doe