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-- 199 stations in the City as a response to traffic congestion. The applicant shall contribute to this funding mechanism as required by the City Fire Department. As an option to the above funding measure,] the applicant could employ an on-site Deputy Fire Inspector [and could fund an additional Plan Checker] for all required fire inspections and plan checking requirements needed during construction. The selection of the inspector and the funding of the Plan Checker shall be made at the approval of the City Fire Department. This option shall he granted to the applicant at the sole discretion of the City Fire Department. 3. Emergency access shall be provided to all portions of the site prior to the start of combustible construction. 4. Fire hydrants shall be in operating order prior to the start of combustible construction. The following mitigation measures are proposed in order to reduce the magnitude of operation-related impacts to an insignificant level. The traffic section of the EIR lists several mitigation measures designed to improve traffic levels at the 17th Street/Tustin Avenue intersection to a level of acceptability. Those measures are applicable in order to improve Fire Department access to this and other sites. The Fire Department is in the process of completing an analysis of fair share funding alterations for the purposes of providing funding for the provision of additional fire fighting equipment and personnel in order to enhance the Fire Department's ability to provide plan checkers and site inspectors, fight high-rise fires, and for the possible relocation of fire stations in the City as a response to traffic congestion. The applicant shall contribute to this funding mechanism as required by the City Fire Department. As an option to the above funding measure, the applicant could provide funding to the Fire Department for provision of a site inspector. Specifically, the applicant could reimburse the City for eight (8) man-days (three for each office tower and two for the other site uses) when the project is granted a certificate of occupancy and annually thereafter. This option shall be granted to the applicant at the sole discretion of the City Fire Department. The applicant shall be required to show to the satisfaction of the Fire Department that the project would not require a fire flow which exceeds available supplies (4,427 gpm).' This measure shall be implemented prior to the issuance of building permits. All on-site structures, including the parking structure, shall be fitted with automatic sprinklering systems. In addition, the office towers shall be fitted with elevator recall systems, smoke evacuation systems, fire detection systems, pressurized stair wells, zoned alarm systems, phones in stairwells and elevators and roof water reservoirs with 4,500 gallon capacities and other measures as required by City of Santa Ana Municipal Code 14-30. The applicant shall provide the Fire Department with 150~foot clear access to all site structures. South of the proposed parking structure, a reciprocal access easement with the adjoining property owner may be required. Such access shall be shown to the satisfaction of the Fire Department prior to the issuance of building permits. Implementation of the above mitigation measures will reduce the level of fire protection impacts to a level of insignificance. .-/