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To: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra
• Costa
FROM: Supervisor Tom Torlakson a
September 14 , 1993 �`'�' ` County
DATE:
SUBJECT: REQUEST DIRECTOR OF GEMDA AND DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS
DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP MITIGATION PROGRAM FOR RESIDENTS
IMPACTED BY EVORA ROAD PROJECT IN BAY POINT
SPECIFIC REOUEST(8)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)•BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS: Request Val Alexeeff, Director of the Growth
Management and Economic Development Agency, and Mike Walford,
Director of the Public Works Department, to implement the following
recommendations :
( 1 ) Identify reasonable mitigation for Pomo Street slope
easement.
( 2) In conjunction with the Transportation Authority and the
City of Pittsburg develop a landscaping plan concept for the entire
area of the Willow Pass Grade project including Willow Pass Road and
the Bailey Road interchange.
( 3 ) Develop guidelines and standards for these projects .
(4 ) Develop a request for the Contra Costa Transportation
Authority to join in this process and fund improvements .
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Evora Road is in the process of being
restripped for three lanes of traffic, two lanes west bound and one
lane eastbound. The new freeway west-bound on-ramp will be
relocated on Evora Road 400 feet east of St. Topaz Drive. The
construction necessary to make these changes, that in the long run
will greatly improve traffic movement in the Willow Pass Road
corridor, has directly impacted the neighborhoods along Evora Road.
According to residents on Pomo Court and other streets adjoining the
project, as a result of this project, there have been significant
changes in noise, traffic and the overall quality of life in their
neighborhood.
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Public Works- Mike Walford PHIL SATCHELO CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
County Administrator SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADM)NISTRATOR
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BY ,DEPUTY
September 14, 1993
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Last year, Bob McCleary, Executive Director of the Contra Costa
Transportation Authority and I met with a number of the residents
who are directly impacted by this project. Bob Faraone from our
Public Works Department, staff from CALTRANS and the Contra Costa
Transportation Authority as well as BART district staff have had
many subsequent meetings . As a result of those meetings, we agreed
that we would try to find an appropriate mitigation for the
elevation impact to those directly impacted by 'the Evora Road
project.
We also agreed that a comprehensive landscaping plan needed to
be developed and implemented for he Route 4 project. Landscaping in
urbanized areas is critical to mitigate the visual impact of the new
freeway and provide an esthetically satisfying neighbor for local
residents .