From: 	Keith Gautreau
To:	Ann Machado;  Audra Wrigley;  Barbara Barhydt;  Jean Fraser;  Jeanie Bourke
CC:	Evan Carroll;  Silas Canavan
Date: 	2/12/2016 3:59 PM
Subject: 	Re: Salvation Army - Follow Up

Hi Audrey,
 
At this point, I am waiting for a reply back from NFPA and the State Fire Marshal's Office for feedback / guidance on this issue.  The Fire Department is committed to working with you for possible solutions or ideas of arriving at a reasonable and safe plan.  I am leaving for vacation and will be back on Feb. 22nd.  What I need from you is a Life Safety Code analysis of the existing two family structure.  We want to start there to determine how severe the problem may or may not be; How many means of egress?  Are there in fact bedrooms on the affected side of the building?  Do they have egress windows?  Do they have Sprinklers? etc.
 
Once we have this type of information then we can start to develop a structure and site plan that will work for Life Safety.
 
Again, the Fire Department is not anti-business or growth of the City but we are pro-safety and I have to look out for everybody not just the project's scope of work.
 
Most days next week I will be unavailable so please be patient until I get back.
 
Thank you,
Keith

Keith Gautreau, Assistant Chief
Fire Prevention/Community Outreach
Portland Fire Department
380 Congress Street
Portland, ME 04101
(207)874-8400
kng@portlandmaine.gov
>>> Audra Wrigley <audra@bildarchitecture.com> 2/11/2016 4:01 PM >>>
Good Afternoon,

I wanted to thank you all for taking the time to discuss the Salvation Army project with us this morning. It was a pleasure meeting all of you.

I believe that there are a couple of critical items to be researched on the City's end prior to making any design changes. First, we will wait to hear from Chief Gautreau regarding egress from the neighbor's bedrooms and feasibility of access to the second floor with a ladder in case of emergency. We are also curious to see if Jean is able to find any prior site or permitting applications for the existing building.

In the meantime, we will do more research into the adverse impacts to the neighbor as defined by the zoning ordinance and discuss the implications of today's meeting with the client. We will also look into landscaping and parking requirements and try to dig up any site applications or permits from the Salvation Army's records. 

If any of you have further questions regarding the project, please feel free to give me a call at 207-703-5578.

Warm Regards,

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Audra E. Wrigley
Project Manager

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