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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 01121988 - 2.4 .2. TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FROM: J. MICHAEL WALFORD, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR DATE: JANUARY 12, 1988 SUBJECT: RESPONSE TO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS REFERRAL ON DECEMBER 8, 1987, STATUS OF THE PROPOSED COUNTYWIDE AREA OF BENEFIT FOR ROAD IMPROVEMENTS. Specific Request(s) or Recommendation(s) & Background & Justification I. RECOMMENDATION 1. Accept report from the Public Works Director on the status of the proposed Countywide Area of Benefit for road improvements. 2 . Fix February 23 , 1988, at 10: 30 a.m. for a public hearing on the proposed formation of the Countywide Area of Benefit for traffic mitigation fees; and direct the Public Works Director to give notice of the hearing and to file a copy of the Development Program Report for the Countywide Area of Benefit with the Clerk of the Board in accordance with Government Code Sections 65091, 65962 and 66484. 3 . Acknowledge receipt of the 1st Stage Environmental Impact Report Countywide Area of Benefit for Road Improvements, Contra Costa County File #SCP 86-71. 4 . Direct the Public Works Director, the County Administrator and County Counsel to explore procedures by which established Areas of Benefit may borrow funds from each other to expedite projects. Continued on attachment: X yes Signatu r Recommendation of County Administrator Recommendation of Board Committee Approve Other: Signature(s) : Action of Board on: Approved as Recommended Other Vote of Supervisors I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN X Unanimous (Absent ) ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON Ayes: Noes: THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF Absent: Abstain: SUPERVISORS ON DATE SHOWN. Attested January 12 , 1988 Orig. Div. :Public Works (RE) PHIL BATCHELOR, cc: CAO CLERK OF THE BOARD Director of Community Dev. OF SUPERVISORS AND Pubic Works Director COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR Building Inspection Auditor/Controller Trasurer/Tax Collector County Counsel County Recorder Accounting ep.w) JRB:ly By BO: 12 .t1 Deputy le Board of Supervisors January 12, 1988 Page Two II. FINANCIAL IMPACT Establishment of the proposed Countywide Area of Benefit will decrease the future financial demand on the County for infrastructure needed to serve new urbanization. III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND Last March, staff met with each member of the Board of Supervisors to discuss the proposed Countywide Area of Benefit for road improvements. Based on input from these meetings, staff revised the proposed Countywide Area of Benefit from a uniform fee throughout the County to a set of regional fees. The County has been divided into seven regions, each with a fee schedule based on the projected development and road improvement needs within that region. At the request of the members of the Board of Supervisors, staff presented the Countywide Area of Benefit to the City-County Engineering Advisory Committee and received favorable response. Many cities within Contra Costa County impose traffic mitigation fees on new development and others are working on developing such programs. Staff will continue to work with the cities to encourage uniformity of fees within each region and to facilitate joint solutions to traffic problems that cross jurisdictional boundaries. Alameda County is also working on an ordinance similar to our proposed Countywide Area of Benefit. The Board of Supervisors referred the proposed Countywide Area of Benefit to their Transportation Committee and to the Infra- structure Subcommittee of the General Planning Congress. Both committees endorsed the concept of traffic mitigation fees to fund future infrastructure. The Countywide Area of Benefit was also presented to the Central County Traffic Advisory Committee (TRANSPAC) , the Highway 4 Task Force and Contra Costa Council. As a result of meetings with the various groups, the project list has gone through many revisions. Projects have been both added and deleted. and some of the project descriptions and cost estimates were changed. The project list may be changed further during the hearing process required to adopt an area of benefit. After the adoption of the Countywide Area of Benefit, traffic advisory committees may recommend changes to the project list to the Board of Supervisors. The Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Countywide area of Benefit was heard before the Contra Costa County Planning Commission on July 14, 1987. Comments were responded to and the document was certified on October 13, 1987. The Development Program Report for the Countywide Area of Benefit , is on file with the Public Works Director and the Clerk of the Board. Lack of adequate funds in an area of benefit trust account may delay the construction of a needed road improvement project. A policy allowing areas of benefit to borrow funds from each other could prevent such delay. IV. CONSEQUENCES OF NEGATIVE ACTION Failure to fix a hearing date will prevent adoption of the Countywide Area of Benefit. Development will continue to occur without a formal procedure for constructing needed road improvements. L. 11�.1-004 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra FROM: Harvey E. Bragdon Costa Director of Community Development COU* DATE: January 20, 1988 SUBJECT: Referral to Planning Congress regarding S. H. Cowell Foundation Marsh Creek property. SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS Direct the Community Development Department to transmit to the Planning Congress the Board of Supervisor' s decision to deny the request of the S. H. Cowell Foundation for General Plan Amendment and ensure that the Planning Congress considers this and other large area landowner requests when jointly reviewing city, as well as County General Plan designations. FISCAL IMPACT None BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS On January 12 , 1988, the Board denied the request of the S. H. Cowell Foundation for General Plan Amendment study on approximately 4,907 acres in the Marsh Creek Area. In addition, the Board directed staff to submit wording of a referral to the Planning Congress for consideration by the Board. On January 19, 1988, staff distributed to the Board a memorandum dated January 15, 1988 containing draft wording of the referral. The wording contained in the Recommendation Section is based upon feedback received from Board members on January 19. CONTINUED ON ATTACB74ENP: YES SIGNATURE- Z RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATTM OF COMMITTEE: APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S) : ACTION OF BOARD ON jAN 2 6 1988 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I 'HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ~� ) TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN AYES: NOES: ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON THE ABSENT: ABSTAIN: MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. cc: Community Development ATTESTED JAN 2 6 1988 PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BY e!�—. DEPUTY DB/jb/cowmarcr.bo.