HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 02262013 - D.3RECOMMENDATION(S):
OPEN the public hearing on Traffic Resolution No. 2013/4375, RECEIVE testimony, and CLOSE the public hearing.
ADOPT Traffic Resolution No. 2013/4375 to continue the temporary overnight closure of Carquinez Scenic Drive
(Road No. 2191B) beginning at the Martinez city limit and extending northeasterly for 1.7 miles, daily from sunset to
sunrise, for an additional 18 months, beginning December 19, 2012 and ending June 19, 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
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY
ADMINISTRATOR
RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD
COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 02/26/2013 APPROVED AS
RECOMMENDED
OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Mark De La O,
925-313-2234
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: February 26, 2013
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc:
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To:Board of Supervisors
From:Julia R. Bueren, Public Works
Date:February 26, 2013
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Temporary Overnight Closure of Carquinez Scenic Drive (Road No. 2191B), Martinez area.
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
by the East Bay Regional Park District). In 2004, the Board of Supervisors approved the temporary overnight
closure of Carquinez Scenic Drive, east of the Martinez City Limit, to prevent ongoing criminal activity on that
portion of the roadway. Vehicle Code section 21101.4 authorizes eight additional temporary closure periods, of
up to 18 months each, after the initial temporary closure.
The County Public Works Department, Sheriff’s Department and the California Highway Patrol believe that
vehicle traffic would contribute to the occurrence or reoccurrence of the serious and continual criminal activity
found to exist when the immediately preceding temporary closure was authorized. The Sheriff’s Department and
the California Highway Patrol recommend continuing to prohibit overnight vehicle traffic on the above-described
eastern portion of Carquinez Scenic Drive.
Public Works Department staff has determined that Carquinez Scenic Drive has not been designated as a through
highway or arterial street. Public Works Department staff also have determined that the immediately preceding
overnight closure of the eastern portion of Carquinez Scenic Drive has not substantially adversely affected 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 the eastern section of Carquinez Scenic Drive.
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 beginning at the
Martinez city limit and extending 1.7 miles northeasterly.
Public Works Department staff recommends that the Board of Supervisors make the above-recommended
findings, and adopt the above-described traffic resolution.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The temporary closure of Carquinez Scenic Drive, beginning at the Martinez city limit and extending 1.7 miles
northeasterly, would not be extended, resulting in the occurrence or reoccurrence of overnight criminal activity on
that section of roadway.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Not applicable.
CLERK'S ADDENDUM
CLOSED the hearing; ADOPTED Traffic Resolution 2013/4375 to continue, through June 19, 2014, the
temporary daily overnight closure (from sunset to sunrise) of Carquinez Scenic Drive, beginning at the
Martinez city limit and extending northeasterly 1.7 miles, Martinez area.
ATTACHMENTS
Traffic Resolution 2013/4375