HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 12152009 - SD.10RECOMMENDATION(S):
ADOPT Traffic Resolution No. 2009/4304 closing Carquinez Scenic Drive (Road No.
2191B) daily from sunset to sunrise the following day, for safety concerns, as recommended
by the Public Works Director, Martinez area.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There will be a reduction in the costs of removing refuse and trash from the road.
BACKGROUND:
Due to landslides in the early 1980s the Board of Supervisors closed Carquinez Scenic
Drive from the Ozol Fuel Facility (owned by the United States of America) to the Contra
Costa Brick Works Plant. The Carquinez Strait Regional Shoreline Park abuts both sides of
the Carquinez Scenic Drive from the Martinez Cemetery to the Ozol Fuel Facility.
Nighttime activities along the road generate refuse, trash, and human waste. On November
20, 2004, Traffic Resolution No. 2004/4093 was adopted, which gave the East Bay Regional
Park District permission from the County to close the road overnight, to install a gate, and to
close
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 12/15/2009 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I
Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Susan A. Bonilla, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Jerry Fahy, (925)
313-2276
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board
of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: December 15, 2009
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc:
SD.10
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Julia R. Bueren, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Date:December 15, 2009
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Traffic Resolution No. 2009/4304 extending the closure of Carquinez Scenic Drive, Martinez area
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
the gate daily from sunset to sunrise the following day.
On December 19, 2006 Traffic Resolution No. 2006/4189 was adopted, which gave the
East Bay Regional Park District permission to close the road overnight for an additional
18 months.
On August 19, 2008 Traffic Resolution No. 2008/4266 was adopted which gave the East
Bay Regional Park District permission to close the road overnight for another 18 months.
The County Public Works Department, California Highway Patrol and the County
Sheriff's Department support the Park District’s request to extend the closure for an
additional 18 months and recommends that the Board of Supervisors support the Park
District’s request and that they approve Traffic Resolution No. 2009/4304, based on the
followng:
1) There is serious and continual criminal activity on Carquinez Scenic Drive (Road No.
2191B), beginning at the Martinez City Limit and proceeding northwesterly for 1.7 miles;
2) Carquinez Scenic Drive has not been designated as a through highway or arterial street;
3) Vehicular traffic on Carquinez Scenic Drive contributes to the criminal activity;
4) The 18-month overnight closure extension of Carquinez Scenic Drive will not
substantially adversely affect traffic flow, safety on the adjacent streets or in the
surrounding neighborhoods, the operation of emergency vehicles, the performance of
municipal or public utility services, or the delivery of freight by commercial vehicles in
the area of the section of Carquinez Scenic Drive that is proposed to be temporarily
closed.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The East Bay Regional Park District would not be able to close the road at night and the
nighttime activities that are occurring along the road would continue.
ATTACHMENTS
Traffic Resolution 2009/4304