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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 09231986 - 1.24 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS �• �� FRCM; Contra Phil Batchelor, ��li DATE; W County Administrator C�,�.�}., lQ September 23 , 1986 C"'„" "J SUBJECT; . JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY FOR CIVIC CENTER PARKING SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AFID JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION• Authorize the Chairman to execute the Joint Powers Agreement with the Community College District and the City of Martinez for joint development, landscaping and maintenance of a parking lot in the County Civic Center area. BACKGROUND: The Board, on September 16, 1986, requested a further staff report on the issue of a joint powers authority between the County, the Community College District and the City of Martinez. The agreement provides for joint development, landscaping and maintenance of the parking lot jointly owned by the County and the District at the northwest corner of Pine and Escobar streets in Martinez. The lot at present provides for approximately 100 vehicles. The actual amount will vary since a portion of the lot is undeveloped and unusable during wet weather. Since much of the lot is striped; the way each driver parks and the size of the cars will also affect the number of vehicles able to park on the lot at any time. The development agreement will result in 89 spaces and substantial land- scaping on the site. The Community College District will reserve 10 of those spaces for District use. The agreement also provides that the County receive the use of 20 addi- tional spaces at no cost on the City-owned lot on Green street. These spaces are presently only available by permit and are virtually unused. The next effect of the agreement will be to greatly improve the appearance of the entrance to the Civic Center as a result of the landscaping and to intensify the use of the parking lot on Green street with virtually no charge in the overall number of parking spaces available within the Civic Center area. The City of Martinez has funding approved for a senior citizens center on a portion of the property on Green Street adjacent to the parking lot. The parking spaces not reserved for County use are planned for short term meter CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: . RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER ' SIGNATURE S : ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS UNANIMOUS (ABSENT 1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE ��"�- AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT; ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVI ON THE DATE SHOWN, CC: Transportation Planning ATTESTED Community Development _.__C� County Admin!:Strator PHIL BATCHELOR. CLERK OF THE BOARD OF .Auditor-Controller SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR M38217-83 BY ,DEPUTY parking to support the senior citizens center use. Delay in implementing the proposed Joint Powers Agreement may preclude the County use of the 20 spaces on the site as the senior citizens center project becomes more fully developed. Another issue involved with the Joint Powers Agreement is the cooperation of the Community College District. Twenty eight parking spaces on District property will. be available for public use. Delay in proceeding with the agreement may result in the District returning to an earlier position where they would develop their own site and reserve all spaces on spaces on District property for their own use. The agreement under consideration has been under review for several months and results from genuine cooperation on the part of the District, the City and the County to work out solutions for improving the parking and the appearance of the Civic Center area. , The Transportation Planning Division of the Community Development Department concurs in this staff recommendation to proceed with execution of the agreement. Transporation Planning is working with the City of Martinez on the overall parking issue and will report to the Board in October on its progress and recommended courses of action. -2-