HomeMy WebLinkAboutSE202000018 Correspondence 2020-04-22April 21, 2020
Mr. Michael Dellinger, Building Official
Albemarle County Community Development
401 McIntire Road
North Wing
Charlottesville, VA 22902
Mr. Sean Maddox, Assistant Fire Marshal
Albemarle County Fire Rescue
Fire Marshal's Office
460 Stagecoach Road, Suite F
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-6489
RE: Fire Protection for Saw Mill and Planing Mill at
R. A. Yancey Lumber Corporation
Mr. Dellinger and Mr. Maddox
I would like to follow up on our meeting of March 101h at the Albemarle County Community
Development offices. I came away thinking that we had a very productive discussion, and I would
like to act on that discussion in a timely manner.
After discussing the various actions the company has taken to enhance the life safety aspects of
these two mills, we discussed how we might address the desire to enhance the fire fighting
capability on site. We were advised at the meeting that the Albemarle County Service Authority
(ACSA) is in the process of upgrading the water main that runs along Rockfish Gap Turnpike.
This effort by ACSA was described as an enlargement and extension along the north side of the
road to a point across the road from our site. We discussed the possibility of working with ACSA
and the contractor selected for this work to get a lateral line from the main extended beneath the
road to a new fire hydrant on the lumber company's side of the road. It is understood that if this
proposal were implemented, the fire department would have a water source in sufficient proximity
to the saw mill and planing mill to allow the department to fight fire effectively without closing
Rockfish Gap Turnpike.
As part of our discussion, the issue of calculating the Insurance Services Office (ISO) value for
the two mills was discussed. Although that calculation had not been made at the time of our
meeting, our fire protection engineer has completed it and it is attached.
My understanding from our discussion was that if we could implement the installation of the fire
hydrant in an agreed location on the south side of the road, that would address the bulk of the
concerns relative to retro-permitting the saw mill and planing mill. I also understood that you
would advise us of any additional requirements necessary to issue a code modification letter and
to retro-permit these two facilities.
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Please review the above and let me know if I have accurately captured our discussion and what,
if anything else you may require as a prerequisite to this effort.
Sincerely
FPW Architects, PC
David L. Puc ett
President
encl: ISO Calculation by Carson Associates
cc: Sarah May, Patrick May (Yancey Lumber Company)
Valerie Long, David Dallas, Jr. (Williams Mullen)
File 1806
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