HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 11132012 - SD.5RECOMMENDATION(S):
OPEN the public hearing on Traffic Resolution No. 2012/4368, RECEIVE testimony, and CLOSE the public hearing.
ADOPT Traffic Resolution No. 2012/4368 for the temporary overnight closure of Carquinez Scenic Drive daily from
sunset to sunrise the following day, between the intersection of McEwen Road (Road No. 2784) and the existing road
closure located at 9000 Carquinez Scenic Drive, beginning November 13, 2012 and ending May 13, 2014, for safety
concerns.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No fiscal impact.
BACKGROUND:
Due to landslides in the early 1980s, the Board of Supervisors approved the closure of Carquinez Scenic Drive from
the Ozol Fuel Facility (owned by the United States of America) to the Contra Costa Brick Works Plant 9 (former
property of TXI Operations and recently purchased by the East Bay Regional Park District). In 2004, the Board of
Supervisors approved the temporary overnight closure
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD
COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 11/13/2012 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYES 5 NOES ____
ABSENT ____ ABSTAIN ____
RECUSE ____
Contact: Monish Sen, 925-313-2187
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: November 13, 2012
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc:
SD. 5
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Julia R. Bueren, Public Works
Date:November 13, 2012
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Temporary overnight closure of Carquinez Scenic Dr. (Road No. 2191B)-Port Costa area. (District V)
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
of Carquinez Scenic Drive, east of the Martinez City Limit, to prevent ongoing criminal activity on that portion of the
roadway.
With the closure of TXI facility, the western portion of Carquinez Scenic Drive has experienced similar criminal
activity. Therefore, the East Bay Regional Park District, which now owns the old TXI facility, has requested
overnight closure of Carquinez Scenic Drive west of the existing road closure at 9000 Carquinez Scenic Drive, to the
intersection of McEwen Road.
The County Public Works Department, Sheriff’s Department and the California Highway Patrol recommend
prohibiting overnight vehicle traffic, which contributes to criminal activity on this section of Carquinez Scenic Drive.
Further, Public Works Department staff has determined that: Carquinez Scenic Drive has not been designated as a
through highway or arterial street; and the overnight closure of the above-described section of Carquinez Scenic
Drive will not impact 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 to, or the delivery of freight by
commercial vehicles in the area of, that section of roadway.
Public Works Department staff mailed notice of this hearing to the residents and owners, as shown on the last
equalized assessment roll, of property adjacent to that section of Carquinez Scenic Drive between the existing road
closure at 9000 Carquinez Scenic Drive and the intersection of McEwen Road.
Public Works Department staff recommend that the Board of Supervisors make the above-recommended findings,
and adopt the above-described traffic resolution.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The East Bay Regional Park District would not be able to close the road at night and the overnight criminal activities
that are occurring along the road would continue.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Not applicable.