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THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Adopted this Order on November 8, 1988 by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Fanden, McPeak, Torlakson and Schroder
NOES: None
ABSENT: Supervisor Powers
ABSTAIN: None
SUBJECT: Buchanan Field Airport Master Plan
This being the time set for hearing on the proposed Master
.Plan. for Buchanan Field Airport, and the Public Works Director
introduced the document submitted to the Board as a draft of the
proposed plan, and introduced an errata sheet containing corrections
and the changes proposed at this time, noting that what is being
.sought at this time is the Board' s approval of the concept, and that
after the Environmental Impact Report is processed, the final draft
will come back to the Board for approval.
Mic ael McClintock, McClintock, Becker & Associates,
principal consultant, reviewed the draft and identified it as the
second phase of a three-phase project.
David Hodges, Hodges & Shutt, consultant, reviewed the
planning concepts of the plan and highlighted the key features of the
draft plan. He indicated that this is an update of the previous
master plan, that it was never intended to start from scratch and
create a new aster plan. He advised that the major features are not
being changed, and that Buchanan Field will continue to be primarily a
general aviation airport. He noted that the forecasts that are set
forth in the plan are substantially reduced, and that there are three
categories of input which will come between the draft plan as
submitted and the final plan which will be adopted, those categories
of input including any input or direction received from the Board, the
FAA, and the third being the environmental review.
Mr. Hodges commented that the cost of the extension of
Diamond Boulevard to accommodate the location of the terminal on the
West Side of the Airport is not included in the projected cost of the
the plan. He noted that the feasibility of relocation of the
terminal, from a financial perspective, is based on increased revenues
beyond those that are available today. The forecast on the airline
access plan suggests that the level of passenger activity necessary to
facilitate that relocation would occur in about the 3 to 5-year time
frame, and the actual implementation would be subject to the level of
activity being reached and the appropriate level of revenues being
available.
The Chairman declared the public hearing open and the
following per ons appeared to comment:
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Beverly Williscroft, Concord Chamber of Commerce, commented
that the Chamber represents not just businesses in the City of
Concord, but also represents the community in general and that the
Chamber speaks for the entire community. She noted that the Chamber
had been involved in providing input and ideas for the Master Plan for
two years, and had attended 14 evening public hearings, that there had
been much opportunity for the public to speak on the Master Plan. She
commented that the Master Plan really does create an acceptable and
workable solution for the airport, and urged the Board to adopt the
Master Plan and move on to the EIR Process.
The Chair noted that Harry York, Executive Vice President of
. the Concord Chamber of Commerce, did not wish to speak, but submitted
a comment card supporting the Master Plan.
Virginia Schaefer, representing the Aviation Advisory
Committee, indicated that the Committee has been working with the
Consultants on the Master Plan, and are very pleased with the job they
have done. She noted that the Committee is particularly pleased with
the community area for helicopters for medical access. She commented
on the need for an updated Master Plan, and urged the Board adopt the
Plan, send it on to the Airport Land Use Commission and get the EIR
processed.
Chairman Schroder noted that Joe Campbell, 1717 Solano Way,
#33 , Concord submitted a written comment card supporting the Master
Plan and moving on to the EIR, and indicating there have been 14
evening meetings.
John Jackson, 1818 Hoover Court, Concord, businessman in
Concord, spoke in favor of the Plan.
Andrea Wise, 64 Baylor Lane, Pleasant Hill, advised that she
had found inconsistencies in the Plan, and referred to various
portions of the Plan where she questioned the figures and statements,
including population figures, acreage, and traffic activities. She
complained that the public had only 4 days to review the draft of the
plan before the Aviation Advisory Committee (AAC) passed its
recommendation) to the Board. She suggested it be sent back to the AAC
for a workshop with pilot and community participation.
Chairman Schroder advised that he had noted that the
Consultant was making notes with respect to the alleged
inconsistencies.
Delos Mace, 302 Patterson Boulevard, Pleasant Hill,
expressed his opinion that there were serious omissions in the Master
Plan, such as maps were not included, there was no discussion of
traffic impacts, and sources of financing the extension of Diamond
Boulevard were not included. He asked that the Board withhold its
approval on to Master Plan until the above considerations can be
taken care of.
Jim Wise, 64 Baylor Lane, Pleasant Hill, representing the
University of California Lawrence Laboratory Flying Club, the 184
Flying Club of Buchanan Field, questioned the amount of time the
public had to review the draft of the Master Plan as well as its
contents, and urged the Board to send the draft back to the consultant
with stern requests to produce a document that is correct and
acceptable.
Joyce Church, representing Jack Myhill of 470 Kiki Court,
Pleasant Hill, read a letter from Mr. Myhill, advising that he had
found inconsistencies and inaccuracies in the information contained in
the draft technical report on the Master Plan. He requested that the
Board take no action at this meeting other than to appoint a committee
to report back within 30 days with a plan to establish a workshop
study group to meet with airport management and the authors of the
Draft Technical Report to discuss the deficiencies and make
suggestions as to how those deficiencies can be satisfied.
Joyce Church, 2120 Morello Avenue, Pleasant Hill,
representing herself and People over Planes, advised that she saw two
problems with the Airport Master Plan, first is that, without a
glossary of terms and symbols, it is unreadable by the general public;
and the other is the treatment of the public, and she thereupon
requested a workshop on the report to point out errors and omissions.
Howard Jenkins, 603 Twinbridge Court, Pleasant Hill,
strongly urged the Board to adopt the draft master plan and get and
EIR started.
Thede being no further requests to speak, the Chair called
for comments from Board members.
Supervisor McPeak commented that she had advised the
residents of Pleasant Hill that she would request that this meeting be
held, the hearing opened and the public have an opportunity to present
on .the record (their concerns with respect to the Plan, and then she
would ask the Board to continue this hearing.
Supervisor McPeak recommended that the hearing be continued
to November 29, 1988 at 2: 00 p.m. and that the Director of Public
Works be requested to hold an evening workshop to include the Airports
Manager and the County' s Consultants and the Aviation Advisory
Committee and the community that is interested and any other.
organizations that have input, to try to reconcile what may be
inconsistencies and to have those reconciled, corrected and brought
back to the Board on November 29 . She declared that having done the
above, it would be her intent to adopt, for the purposes of the EIR, a
draft Master Plan.
Supervisor McPeak requested the Public Works Director to
further look at the circulation on Marsh Drive, stating it is not
clear to her that we have planned for the improvements on Marsh Drive
that she has asked to have been built into the assessment district,
particularly merging lanes and the consideration of the mobile home
parks that are across the way.
The Public Works Director advised that all the traffic
considerations and the report on that are all part of the EIR process
and not part of this,. commenting that what is really before the Board
today is a conceptual master plan, a draft master plan, and that staff
is asking for the Board' s concurrence in that draft so they can
proceed with a study in detail, in fact an EIR study of that plan,
that they are not asking for any approval of this plan today, other
than that the concept is appropriate to use as a project for an
environmental study.
IT IS BY THE BOARD ORDERED THAT this hearing is continued to
November 29, 1988 at 2 : 00 p.m. ; that the Public Works Director hold an
evening public workshop to discuss with all interested parties the
concerns raised in testimony today, and to reconcile discrepancies in
the Draft Master Plan prior to November 29.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT the Public Works Director address
the concerns raised by Supervisor McPeak, including circulation on
Marsh Drive.
! hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of
an action taken and entered on the minutes of 4110
(Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: ) k /-/— ar
PHIL.BATCHELOR,Clerk of the hoard
of Supervisors and County Administrator
Deputy
cc: Public Works Director
Aviation Advisory Committee
County Administrator