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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: J. MICHAEL WALFORD, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
DATE: AUGUST 15, 1989
SUBJECT: BOARD REFERRAL DATED JUNE 6, 1989, REQUEST BY RESIDENTS
TO CLOSE MARINERS COVE DRIVE - WEST PITTSBURG
Specific Request(s) or Recommendations) & Background &
Justification
I. RECOMMENDATION
1. ACCEPT Report from Public Works Director, and
2 . DIRECT the Public Works Director and Community Development
Director to expedite the Evora Road/Mota Ranch Traffic
Circulation Study and to review the circulation element of
the West Pittsburg Area General Plan to evaluate the merits
of deleting Mariners Cove Drive from the circulation
element and authorizing its closure to traffic.
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT
The traffic study and the review of the West Pittsburg Area
General Plan Circulation Element is expected to cost
approximately $50, 000. The cost will be funded by development
fees.
Continued on attachment: yes Signature:
Recommendation of County Administrator
Recommendation of Board Committee
Approve Other:
Signature(s) :
Action of Board on: August 15, 1989
Approved as Recommended X Other
Vote of Supervisors I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS
A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN
X Unanimous (Absent II ) ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON
Ayes: Noes: THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF
Absent: Abstain: SUPERVISORS ON DATE SHOWN.
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III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONJBACKGROUND
Mariners Cove Drive is shown as a collector street in the
current West Pittsburg Area General Plan. Closing Mariners Cove
Drive will require an amendment to the West Pittsburg General
Plan to delete it from the circulation element. Mariners Cove
Drive is a local residential street, and it is being used by
local motorists as a short cut to Evora Road and thence to
Concord. The average daily traffic and operating speed on
Mariners Cove Drive have exceeded the desirable volume and speed
for a residential street.
In the current circulation element of the West Pittsburg Area
General Plan, the Shore Acre area is served by Post Chicago
Highway to the east and west and by Anchor Drive and Mariners
Cove Drive to the south. If the U.S. Navy is successful in
their negotiations with the County, Port Chicago Highway will be
closed to westerly traffic. This will place additional burden on
Mariners Cove Drive and Anchor Drive to access Evora Road.
Closing Mariners Cove Drive will place additional burden on
Anchor Drive and Riverside Drive unless the impact of the
closure is mitigated.
The Board of Supervisors has previously directed the Community
Development Department and the Public Works Department to study
the possible need to upgrade Evora Road and to provide better
circulation in this area. Evaluation of the merits of closing
Mariners Cove Drive should be done in conjunction with this
study.
IV. CONSEQUENCES OF NEGATIVE ACTION
Without completion of the above tasks, the decision on the
request to close Mariners Cove Drive can not be made.