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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra r�` ,,•
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FROM: HARVEY E. BRAGDON °' ''"•
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT '�, :�� County
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6ATE�: August 8, 1995
SUBJECT: BAY POINT BART SPECIFIC PLAN
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS
1 . Accept the Draft scope of work (Attachment A) as the basis for
the Bay Point BART Station Specific Plan effort.
2 . Establish a Fiscal Committee to oversee the flow of work
schedule at the Study and to assure that a adequate financing
is available. It should consist of one elected member of the
Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors, BART and the City of
Pittsburg. Designate Supervisor Torlakson on the County' s
representative of the Fiscal Committee.
3 . Establish a Policy Advisory Committee to review and comment on
alternative means to implement the vision for the Bay Point
BART station area. The three agencies should invite the
following groups to designate a representative to sit on this
committee. The suggested list of agencies to be invited
include :
Bay Point Municipal Advisory Committee
Bay Point Project Area Committee
Bay Point Traffic Advisory Committee
PRIDE
AMBROSE Recreation and Park District
The Policy Advisory Committee will report its n ' ngs to the
Fiscal Committee .
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SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Contact: Jim Cutler (510/646-2034) ATTESTED August 8 , 1995
cc: Community Development Department (CDD) PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF
County Counsel THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
County Administrator AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BART (Jeff Ordway)
Pittsburg (Randy Jerome) L
Public Works BY , DEPUTY
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JWC1995\drb\bo\BARTSP2
Bay Point BART Specific Plan
July 27, 1995
Page Two
4 . Allocate $50, 000 of Contra Costa County Redevelopment
Agency Bay Point Project area finds as the County' s
contribution to funding this study. Additional funding
may be required to cover costs of compliance with the
California Environmental Quality Act.
II . FISCAL IMPACT
The cost of the County' s portion of the study to be covered
by the Contra Costa County Redevelopment Agency Bay Point
account . Pittsburg and Bart will be contributing a similar
amount.
III . BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION
Over the past few years, staff from the County, BART, and the
City of Pittsburg have been discussing the need to initiate
a Specific Plan for the Bay Point BART Station Area. The
Bay Point/Pittsburg BART Station is under construction and is
currently programmed to become operational in the fall of
1996.
While much of the land adjacent to the station, especially
within the unincorporated area, is developed, construction of
a new 'BART Station will provide an opportunity for BART,
Pittsburg and the County to jointly review established
policy for this area. This proposal will include a review of
City and County General Plan policies . Given that city and
county planning categories differ, the result would be a
consistent set of general plan amendments . Hopefully a
specific plan can be developed consistent ' with both
jurisdictions general plans (as amended) which both would
adopt and administer. (This approach was used with the
City of Richmond in the North Richmond Shoreline area) .
Staff of the three agencies have agreed to the scope of
work shown on Attachment A.
A Fiscal Committee should be established to oversee the
flow of work, insure work is kept on schedule within budget,
and to provide policy oversight. The Fiscal Committee should
be composed of an elected member of each of the participating
agencies BART, the County and the City of Pittsburg. It is
recommended that Supervisor Torlakson be appointed to
represent the County on this committee. The committee will
be free to organize itself as it feels appropriate. County
Community Development Staff will provide administrative
services to the committee.
A Policy Advisory Committee should be established to review
and comment on alternatives developed for consideration in
the general plan review and specific plan development
process . The committee should include a representative of
each of the following groups and they should be selected by
those groups . The membership should include:
Bay Point Municipal Advisory Committee
Bay Point Project Area Commitee
Bay Point Traffic Advisory Committee
PRIDE
AMBROSE Recreation and Park District
Bay Point BART Specific Plan
July 27, 1995
Page Three
The committee will meet at logical review points in the
plan development to assist staff and the hired consultants .
It shall report its ' findings to the Fiscal Committee.
Lastly, acknowledge that $50, 000 in the Contra Costa
Redevelopment Agency Bay Point account (previously budgeted)
shall be used for the County' s contribution toward this
study. Pittsburg will be contributing $50, 000 and BART
$50, 000 . This will cover the plan development costs . EIR
costs may be necessary in the future depending on the
specific plan recommendations . That will need to be
considered at a future time.
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
BAY POINT/PITTSBURG BART SPECIFIC PLAN
I. PURPOSE
The purpose of this request for proposal (RFP) is to seek proposals from
selected planning and design consultants who are interested in working on a
Specific Plan for the Bay Point/Pittsburg BART Station area.
The Specific Plan for the Bay Point/Pittsburg BART Station area is a project of
the Contra Costa County Community Development Department and
Redevelopment Agency, City of Pittsburg, and BART.
I1. BACKGROUND
The Bay Point/Pittsburg BART Station area is located in an area of shared
planning jurisdiction between Contra Costa County and the City of Pittsburg.
The area has a mixture of very new single family homes, older residential
sections, commercial areas of varying ages and attractiveness and vacant and
under utilized properties. The area which is being defined as the study area is
shown on Map 1 . It extends roughly one half mile in each direction from what
will be the Bay Point/Pittsburg Bart Station. The area will extend from Willow
Pass on the north to the boundary of the Keller Canyon Landfill on the south,
and to logical planning lines east and west which are roughly 1/2 mile from the
BART Station. State Route 4 crosses the area in an east-west direction and
presently forms a barrier to cohesive development.
The general development objectives to guide the study are:
a) To establish an array of activities that will support station
area development.
b) To provide a standard of design that will inspire community
pride and set a standard for subsequent development.
c) To establish a transit-based residential neighborhood which
will absorb growth with increased patronage on transit
facilities and less reliance on automobiles.
d) To create transit-based jobs near the BART transit station
which promotes regional planning objectives of housing/jobs
balance.
e) To create a more pedestrian oriented link between BART's
transit facility and the existing and proposed development
around the Bay Point/Pittsburg BART Station.
The planning program will be separated into three distinct phases. The first is
to undertake an opportunities and constraints analysis, the second is to prepare
a draft Specific Plan and the third is to prepare an EIR on the Specific Plan
proposal. The intent is to have the contract separated into 3 phases so that the
participation agencies can determine based on the first effort if they wish to
proceed forward onto subsequent phases. The opportunities and constraints
and it's development of alternative futures for the area is crucial for the
participating agencies to consider how the construction of BART will open up
new opportunities for the area. Only upon completion of this effort and with
the concurrence of participating agencies on a selected alternative approach,
will it be possible to consider how this new BART node will effect area growth.
While this project title references a Specific Plan, it is anticipated that both
General Plan Amendments and a Specific Plan will need to be proposed. Given
the differences in city and county general plan terminology, the consultant will
need to take these in account in the preparation of plan documents. The
unifying element will be the Specific Plan.
111. SCOPE OF SERVICES
A. APPROACH
Preparation of the specific plan will require the development of materials in
sufficient detail to allow the participating agencies to proceed with plan
development, and to achieve the following objectives:
1 . Identify the general objectives to be achieved in developing the
area and to identify specific development objectives and an
implementation strategy. The intent is to consider the
intensification of land uses in the vicinity of the BART Station
while maximizing access opportunities to BART patrons.
2. Review circulation patterns to determine if they are suited to
handle the anticipated traffic of BART and a density future around
the station.
3. Consider modifying existing commercial areas to provide access
and aesthetically pleasing relationships to the BART Station.
4. Review the design of the BART Station parking and support areas
(the station main facilities are set) to determine if modifications
are desirable to integrate the station with adjacent land uses.
5. Assess the potential for private development to occur on and
around BART's property to include:
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a) An identification of the most appropriate land uses
and site configurations for both private development
and the provision of transit functions, particularly
with respect to the interface between private
development and the transit functions.
b) An assessment of the feasibility of private
development on and around BART property.
c) Development of a schedule for implementing private
development on and around BART property.
d) An assessment of the financial and non-financial
return to BART from private development occurring
on its property.
e) An assessment of the policy implications associated
with the preferred land use option.
f) An assessment of the design alternatives to better
integrate Bart into the community.
6. Identify and evaluate alternative strategies to secure private
development on BART and City property, including a joint County,
City and BART property solicitation, and select and refine the most
effective strategy.
7. Analyze the effects of land use options depending on if access to
BART's Station is from both the south and the north of State
Route 4 or is restricted to South of that freeway.
8. Determine necessary public facilities, open space and
infrastructure improvements to encourage a positive pedestrian
experience.
9. Prepare Design Guidelines to create an aesthetically pleasing visual
character consistent with the preferred land use alternative for
inclusion within the Specific Plan.
B. PRODUCT:
The consultant will undertake the following specific tasks, including text and
diagram(s) which specify all of the following:
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1 . OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS
a) A qualitative analysis of existing circulation with emphasis
on improving patterns to best serve the goals of the
Specific Plan. This will include a review of circulation
patterns through the area and to the BART Station areas.
Work with the County and Pittsburg Transportation
Planning and Public Works staffs, and to create buildout
analysis for alternatives to be tested using the sub-regional
model being formulated by the Contra Costa County
Transportation Authority. Include Consideration of the East
Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) regional trail which will
cross the area in an east-west direction. Consider bike
access to the BART Station.
b) A market feasibility of alternative land uses within the broad
context of the opportunities and constraints analysis which
includes commercial/retail, commercial recreation, multiple
family residential, and open space in the area.
c) An analysis of the feasibility and ease of implementing the
alternatives.
2. DRAFT SPECIFIC PLAN
a) Based on the selected land use alternative a draft specific
plan will be prepared. The Specific Plan will included a
statement of the relationship between the Specific Plan,the
Contra Costa County General Plan and the Pittsburg General
Plan and any proposed amendments.
b) A program of implementation measures including regulation,
programs, public works projects, redevelopment projects,
open space/recreation projects, and financing measures
necessary to carry out the program provision described in
the Specific Plan.
c) Identification of each respective governmental agency's role
and specific tasks necessary to implement the plan. This
discussion will provide the basis for amending existing
redevelopment plans, if necessary, to permit participation
in the redevelopment effort.
C. AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT
Based on the above the Draft Specific Plan and EIR shall be prepared and
completed according to State law and local guidelines.
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IV. PROJECT DIRECTION
Project direction will be under the control of a policy committee of participating
agencies. It's exact format has not been decided but will be by the pre-
consultant selection conference. Day to day direction will be by County staff,
with participating agencies meeting regularly with the consultant to give staff
input.
V. PROPOSAL SUBMITTAL
A written proposal (8 copies) of how the consultant would manage this
assignment shall be delivered no later than 5:00 p.m. on to
Jim Cutler, Assistant Director of Comprehensive Planning
Contra Costa County Community Development Department
651 Pine Street, 4th Floor - North Wing
Martinez, CA 94553
(510) 646-2034
To Include:
a) A statement of overall approach in providing the professional services
required.
b) An itemization of all services to be provided and their cost; including
staff coordination and public meetings.
c) A schedule of hourly rates to be charged for contracted work.
d) A schedule for completion of conceptual and final plans.
e) A list of sub-consultants to be used, the nature of their services and
statement of their qualifications and references.
f) A statement of qualifications, experience and references for preparing
specific plans or similar planning studies.
g) The name of the consultant's Project Manager and employees who will
be assigned to work on the project.
V. PROJECT SCHEDULE
The proposal should include a breakdown of timeline with associated tasks.
Staff anticipate the project commencing no later than . 1995, with a
draft sufficient to commence CEQA review not later than six months from start-
up.
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VI. PROJECT COST
Cost for services should not exceed $250,000.
VII. CONSULTANT SELECTION
Consultant selection shall be determined by a committee made up of staff
representatives of the Contra Costa County Community Development and the
Redevelopment Agency, Pittsburg, and BART.
Proposals will be reviewed using the following criteria:
1 . Overall experience and reputation of the firm(s) relative to preparing
specific plans;
2. Ability to meet timing requirements of project;
3. Experience with projects of a comparable size and complexity;
4. Acceptability of the firm to the selection committee;
5. Estimated total project cost; and
6. The County's Minority Business Enterprise and Women Business
Enterprise goals.
A pre-consultant selection meeting with staff will be held with interested
consultant teams at
Interviews will be scheduled as necessary.
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