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Approved 5.7.25 713 Statler Gilfillen: Okay. And are some of these insulated? Some of them not insulated. 714 715 Justin Chandler: Non-insulated. 716 717 Statler Gilfillen: Basically, metal building storage facilities we're used to seeing. 718 719 Justin Chandler: Correct. 720 721 Statler Gilfillen: Okay. Have you discussed this with the Fire Marshall? 722 723 Justin Chandler: The Fire Marshall, in the initial DAC review,was asked for comment. I actually spoke with him 724 outside, or post the comment phase about the drive access, and asked him were there any 725 additional concerns that he had, at which point I addressed the secondary drive access. 726 727 Statler Gilfillen: All right. My background, in the 1980's, I did well over$20 million with the design for major 728 storage facilities just like this. This is not about my work or any conflict here, but I have some 729 experience dealing with this.And your question somewhat avoids one of the major issues that 1 730 ran up against. When you have these many facilities, and they are individual citizens putting their 731 items in storage, many of those items can be flammable. It's very hard to control whether 732 somebody puts 20 cans of paint or even gasoline in some of these facilities. So,therefore fire can 733 be a serious issue. Therefore, the ability of fire trucks to come on and quickly maneuver around 734 the property, as well as having enough outlets for the hoses for the fire trucks to connect into are 735 major issues. I'm looking at this plan, and I'm concerned that the safety, and a Fire Marshall, 736 locally, if he's not dealt with this before, may not raise that question. I'm concerned,from a public 737 safety standpoint, and the safety of innocent individuals that could lose their life's possessions, 738 what protection you have given in this facility to that. 739 740 Justin Chandler: Yeah, absolutely. I guess give full encompass to the background. If you look at the GIS and you 741 look across the street,there's another storage facility there. I took a part in that. That's my 742 family's.That was the process that she was talking about in 2012 and 2021. We received 743 comment from the Fire Marshall with those. They are very happy with us, and we have put items 744 in the leasing contract that specifically forbid the storage of anything flammable, explosive, and 745 you can't store any dangerous items on there that would void the lease. I understand people may 746 or may not listen to that, and I completely, a hundred percent acknowledge that. They asked us to 747 increase our aisle size and turn radii,which we have done and incorporated in both facilities. In 748 this one and the other one. I've also included, if you look at the very back of the site plan that's up 749 there now, it's a spot for a hammerhead turn section, so fire trucks can come in and easily 750 maneuver back and forth. It followed the 30-foot radii and 210-foot in length, to address these 751 concerns for any first responders. 752 753 Statler Gilfillen: Thank you. Good luck. 754 755 Lamar Proctor: Justin, so you said your family owns the ones across the street. 756 757 Justin Chandler: That's correct. 758 759 Lamar Proctor: Do you foresee enough business to go through all the phases and complete this project? 760 761 Justin Chandler: I hope so. 762 763 Lamar Proctor: I guess my question is, did you see an increasing need that this community and the population 764 around it need more storage areas, and is that why you chose to do this? 765 766 Justin Chandler: That is correct. 767