HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 11191985 - X.7 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: S. W. McPeak Contra
Costa
DATE: November 19 , 1985 County
SUBJECT: Community Participation Process for a Growth Management
Plan and Preservation of Quality of Life
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
Recommendation:
Declare the intent of the Board of Supervisors to
develop an orderly Growth Management Plan and
Preservation of Quality of Life Policy for Contra Costa
County.
Refer to the Board of Supervisors Finance Committee
the matter of determining the costs for a broad-based
community participation process which maximizes the
involvement of the cities and which utilizes the
resources of the Contra Costa Community College
District and the local media, particularly the local
cable television companies.
Request the Finance Committee to report to the
Board of Supervisors by December 31, 1985 the financial
requirements for a community participation process and
delineate the timetable relationships to the General
Plan update.
Background
It is clear that a Growth Management Plan is long overdue
that would be the product of cooperation and coordination
with the cities and broad citizen participation. The
quality of life in our communities must be preserved or
enhanced by growth, not undermined. It is imperative that
the Board of Supervisors initiate discussions with all
interested parties and potential resources in order to
outline a realistic process with which everyone is
comfortable. There must be maximum cooperation among
cities, between the cities and the county and between
general purpose local government and special districts
( such as schools, fire, recreation, parks , etc. ) is
essential to develop a rational plan supported by the
public. The Communnity College District and local media,
particularly the cable television companies, have unique
resources that would allow countywide citizen participation
on a broad scale. This could be truly an exciting adventure
in democracy.
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RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
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SIGNATURE(S)
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VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
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ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE
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CC: Finance Committee ATTESTED
County Administrator Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors and County Administrator
M382/7-83 BY /
DEPUTY
Background
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An effective Growth Management Plan should evolve out of a
countywide citizen participation process, but should address at
least the following:
- the need for a jobs-housing balance throughout the
county.
- the need to ensure that growth provides essential
infrastructure or that growth occurs only as necessary
infrastructure is available;
- the need to implement as soon as possible improvements
in the transportation system through local planning
and action initiatives and to aggressively implement
TSM ( transportation systems management) for all employment
centers.
- the need to encourage higher density development around
public transit hubs and to target infilling for growth
topreserveop-en-_space.
the need to preserve open space and prime agricultural
land and to protect the water , air and soil resources ;
including. urban creeks ;
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- the need
to encourage specific plans for developing
areas as a positive growth management tool;
- the need to ensure necessary economic development support
services , such as child care, are provided as the
communities grow;
- the need to ensure adequate safety services such as. fire,
police, and emergency medical care are available to
handle the growth;
- the need to ensure adequate educational facilities are
available.
The above is only an initial list of considerations that must go
into a useful Growth Management Plan and Preservation of Quality
of Life Policy. However, it does itemize some of the issues
which must be addressed.