Spring Valley Community Center Parking Improvements (Planning Record Number: PL-25-419)

BACKGROUND: The Spring Valley Community Center is used for hosting Advisory Committee meetings, Property Owner Association meetings, as well as a host of community related functions such as breakfasts, game nights, and themed community gatherings. The facility also functions as a central location in the event of emergencies within the community such as wildfires and storm events. However, during Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) the community center cannot been used as a Community Resource Center (CRC) by PG&E due to the lack of an ADA accessible parking lot (which is currently gravel) and path of travel to the center. Because of this, PG&E cannot use the center to provide essential services to the community. The nearest CRC is located over ten miles away in Clearlake. Additionally, the facility cannot qualify as Local Assistance Center (LAC) in the event of catastrophic wildfire. This project seeks to remedy that by providing a paved parking lot for the facility which meets ADA standards. This will allow the facility to be formally recognized by FEMA, OES, and PG&E as a Community Resource Center, providing much needed services to the community in the event of another emergency. DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT: The project will entail scarifying the existing gravel parking area approximately 4 inches and moisture conditioning. This would be followed by adding additional class II gravel base rock to the surface, approximately 1- inch, grading to a smooth level surface and compacting. Placement of a 4-inch hot mix asphalt surface and striping of the parking lot would follow. The project would entail approximately 45 cy of total fill. Two ADA compliant parking stalls will be constructed at the entrance to the Community Center along with accessible pathway and a ramp to get to the landing. The parking stalls may be constructed out of concrete which would require excavation of approximately 4 inches to provide the required concrete thickness. The ADA compliant stalls would be followed by parking stall striping and accessible path striping to complete the project. There may be the need to modify the existing threshold of the Community Center to make it ADA accessible. Construction would last approximately 10 days, Monday through Friday, from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Equipment used would be a paver, small grader or bobcat and a roller. Staging would occur within the existing disturbed (graveled) areas of the parcel. Construction would occur during the dry season and standard stormwater and erosion control Best Management Practices (BMPs), such as hay waddles and silt fencing, would be deployed as needed. No trees or vegetation would be removed. The site is flat with slopes mapped less than 10 percent, with the exception of areas along Wolf Creek that traverses the southern portion of the site (behind the existing buildings). All activities would occur within the disturbed footprint, would avoid the creek, and be located a minimum of 200 ft away from the creek and on the other side of the existing buildings and roads.