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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 09221992 - 1.54 ° 4 , TO: REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ° FROM: Phil Batchelor � ,r' Contra Executive Director Costa DATE: September 22. 1992 ��.� J�� COUnty SUBJECT: Specific Plan in the Oakley Redevelopment Project Area SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS(S)& BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS Authorize staff to initiate a study to develop a Specific Plan for the-Oakley area. Authorize the Director of Redevelopment or his designee to enter into a contract with Cannon Design Group(CDG) to prepare the.Specific Plan. FISCAL IMPACT No General Funds are involved. The total budget for this study is$70,000. If approved, the plan will be funded out of current year tax increment in the Oakley Redevelopment Project Area..This amount has been budgeted and approved by the Oakley Municipal Advisory Council (OMAC),as a part of the Redevelopment 1992/93 budget. BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS Highway 4 intersects the Oakley community. The county, through its Area of Benefit Funds with Redevelopment Agency assistance has been widening and improving Highway 4 through Oakley. However, it has been determined by county transportation planning staff that widening the higlmay through the "oldtown/downtown"area would require the removal of a number of businesses. which would have a detrimental affect on the Oakley economy. The County General Plan therefore recommends constructing a couplet through the downtown which would allow Highway 4 to remain an improved one way, two lane road. moving traffic westerly,with Acme Street to its south becoming an improved one way,two lane road moving traffic east. This proposal has been controversial within the Oakley business community. In an attempt to review the couplet proposal and its impact on downtown Oakley,both from a transportation planning perspective and an economic vitality perspective,and to gain consensus from the community and the county on the solution, the OMAC has budgeted$70,000 out of its 1992/93 Redevelopment budget to hire a consultant to prepare a specific plan for the area. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: —YES SIGNATURE: 2 Lit%>u/ J RECOMMENDATION OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR_RECO DATION O GENCY COMM TEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S): ACTION OF AGENCY ON September 2 2 , 1992 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER_ VOTE OF COMMISSIONERS 1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A UNANIMOUS (ABSENT) TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN AYES: NOES: ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON THE ABSENT: ABSTAIN: MINUTES OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ON THE DATE SHOWN. Contact: Carole Norris 646-4076 ATTESTED September 22 , 1992 cc: Redevelopment Agency PHIL BATCHELOR, Count}-Counsel AGENCY SECRETARY Auditor Controller via Redevelopment OMAC Cannon Design Group BY ,DEPUTY Working with Redevelopment staff, the OMAC and the Oakley Chamber of Commerce prepared an Request for Proposals(RFP) to hire consultants to prepare the Specific Plan. Four proposals were received. Based on a review of the proposals, the reviewing committee.comprised of two members of GMAC, a representative of the Oakley Chamber of Commerce and county planning and redevelopment staff recommended inten•iewing two firms. The firm of Cannon Design Group,with sub consultants Keyser Marsten Associates and DKS Transportation Consulting was the unanimous choice of a selection committee. This recommendation was unanimously approved by OMAC at its August 17, 1992 meeting. Development of the specific plan will require the development of materials in sufficient detail to allow the County to proceed with plan development.and to achieve the following objectives: • Determine circulation patterns best suited to handle the number of vehicles.and create a viable retail center which will generate pride and confidence in the downtown area. • Make "Oldtown"an attractive environment which is active throughout the day and evening. • Develop design standards for new development in the primary retail center. Maintain a consistently high level of design quality. • Determine necessary improvements to encourage a positive pedestrian experience. • Protect property values through regulating the design of new projects. When the plan is completed and adopted by the Board, it is expected it will be incorporated into the County's General Plan.