HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 09132004 - 71-696 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY , STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Requesting the }
California Highway Commission to
Allocate Funds in the Amount of
one-half the Cost of Eligible RESOLUTION NUMBER 711695
Items of ConstructionWithin the
Unincorporated Area for the Urban
Extension Project on Pacheco Blvd_.
FAS Route 798
WHEREAS the growth and development of the Pleasant Hill ,
Martinez, and Pacheco' areas in the County of Contra Costa has
resulted in traffic volume which warrants the improvement and
widening of Pacheco Blvd. ( FAS Route 798) y and
Pacheco Blvd . is an essential element in the City-County
Thoroughfare System, and the Select System of Country roads and
City streets , which has been adopted by the Board of Super-
vi sors , based on recommendations of the Contra Costa County
Highway Advisory Committee, City-County Planners , and the Mayors '
Conference; and conforms to the master plans of the County and
City'; and
The County of Contra Costa and the City of Pleasant Hill
have executed a Joint Powers Agreement to cooperate in the
widening and improvement of Pacheco Blvd. , FAS Route 798 from
Concord Avenue to Buchanan Circle, as a Federal Aid Secondary
Urban Extension Project, 0 .9 miles in length; and
Construction is proposed to start after January 1 , 1973; and
The total estimated 'cost of construction, including prelim-
inary engineering and construction engineering of said ,project;
which is entirely within the urban area, is estimated to be
$755 ,000 , of which the County portion is estimated to be
$664 ,000 , and the City of Pleasant Hill portion is estimated to
be $91 ,000; and
The City and County, prior to advertising for bids , will
have acquired by purchase or condemnation, the rights of way
necessary for the improvement, and
The City and County , have considered the effect of the pro-
posed financing in relation to the statutory formula contained in
Section 188 et seq . of the Streets and Highways Code; And
Section 143.3 of the Streets and Highways, Code, California
Statutes , provides that the California Highway' Commission may make
an allocation of fund's for the extension of a Federal Aid Secondary
route into, or within , an urban area as such areas are designated''
by the Bureau of, Public Roads,
NOWT THEREFORE, BE 1T RESOLVED by the County of Contra
Costa as follows:
1. That the County of Contra Costa hereby requests the
California Highway Commission to allocate funds pursuant to
Section 143. 3 of the 'Streets and H!.<-1hways Code for the widen-
ing and improvement of the County section of Pacheco Boulevard
as an Urban Extension Project on FAS Route 798, in the amount
of $3325000 for expenditure on eligible items of construction
and engineering.
2 . That the County agrees to pay as its portion the
remaining cost for said urban portion of the project , and
further agrees that the work will be performed in conjunction
with the Federal Aid Secondary Urban Extension construction
project described herein.
3. That the County of Contra Costa sba.11 be the adminis-
trative agent for the project pursuant to said Joint Powers
Agreement, a copy of which is on file in the County Clerk's
Office and by reference is made a part hereof.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors of the
County of Contra. Costa, State of California, on the 26th day
of October, 19711, by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors A. M. Vias, J. E. Moriarty,
W. N. Boggess , E. A. Linscheid., J. P. Kenny.
140ES None.
ABSENT: stone.
RESOLUTION NO. 71 '696