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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 12201994 - 2.7 2 .7 THE BOARD OR SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Adopted this Order on _December 20, 1994 by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors Smith, Bishop,' DeSaulnier, Torlakson, Powers NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None SUBJECT: Reports on the State Route 4 Bypass Authority and the Alignment for the State Route 4 Bypass The Board received the report from the Public Works Director, (copy attached) , on the actions of the State Route 4 Bypass Authority regarding the Environmental Impact Report and the alignment for the State Route 4 Bypass. Supervisor Torlakson reported on his participation in the vote of the State Route 4 Bypass Authority on December 13, 1994. Supervisor Smith spoke on the alignment and the future development of the Cowell Ranch. Recognizing that differences of opinion exist with respect to the State Route 4 Bypass North- South Alignment and in order to have the most complete information possible (including information on funding and environmental constraints) before the County makes decisions as a responsible agency to approve the precise alignment for the State Route 4 Bypass Alignment and to amend the Circulation Element of the County General Plan consistent with that precise alignment, Supervisor Smith moved to direct staff to do the following: 1. Defer County consideration of and a Board decision on the precise alignment and the Circulation Element Amendment until the time when the Board makes a decision on the Cowell Ranch General Plan Amendment and Planned Unit Development application; and address in further detail the relationship between the precise alignments and the Cowell Ranch plan as part of its environmental review and planning process. 2. Prepare a letter from the Board of Supervisors to the Brentwood City Council requesting that any planning and zoning actions by the City in its special planning areas on the unincorporated lands nearby to the east of the North-South alignments be deferred until the County and City have made final determinations on the location of the North-South Precise Alignment, or alternatively that any such planning actions include sufficient flexibility to accommodate the final determinations on the precise alignment. 3 . Include in the letter to the City a request that the Brentwood-County Planning Committee meet on a regular basis to provide a forum to discuss and provide opportunities to reach complimentary and consistent planning decisions in the unincorporated areas east and west of the North-South alignments, including decisions on local and regional circulation, utility infrastruc- ture and agricultural protection. 4 . Take no other action at this time in response to the Authority decision on the precise alignment, including any action to reduce the agricultural core. The motion was seconded by Supervisor Torlakson. Board members being in agreement, IT IS SO ORDERD. Further, the Board ACCEPTED the report of the Public Works Director and the oral report of Supervisor Torlakson. I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Boar+of Supervisors on the daa shown. ATTESTED: PHIL.BATCHELOR,Clerk of the Board of 3up4ervisors and County Admini;4rntor r Deputy cc: Public Works Director Director, GMEDA County Counsel 2t M TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FROM: J. MICHAEL WALFORD, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR DATE: December 20, 1994 SUBJECT: Actions of the State Route 4 Bypass Authority Regarding the Environmental Impact Report and the Alignment for the State Route 4 Bypass. SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION I. Recommended Action: ACCEPT report from the Public Works Director on the actions of the State Route 4 Bypass Authority regarding the Environmental Impact Report and the Alignment for the State Route 4 Bypass, and on the status of the State Route 4 Bypass Authority II. Financial Impact: No impact to the General Funds. III. Reasons for Recommendations and Background: The Board, when making a recommendation to their representative to the Board of Directors of the State Route 4 Bypass Authority, requested a report on the actions of the Authority at the meeting of December 13, 1994. The Authority certified the Final Environmental Impact Report for the State Route 4 Bypass Project. This was by unanimous vote. Then after a series of failed motions and non-unanimous votes the Authority selected the Nunn Alternative for the alignment. Based on that decision the Authority approved the Project with all the necessary findings under CEQA. They directed staff to complete the Precise Alignment Maps based on the approved project. The Authority must unanimously approve these maps and then forward the maps to the cities of Antioch and Brentwood as well as the County for action. The Cities and the County must then amend elements of their General Plans, and adopt the Precise Alignment. The Authority will have the final Precise Alignment Maps before them for their approval in February. Actions by the other agencies will follow. Continued on Attachment: XX SIGNATU _ RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR _ RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S): ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: LT:eh c:BO20d.t12 Orig. Div: Public Works Contact: Lowell Tunison, Phone 313-2382 cc: Bo of Directors, SR4BPA Actions of the State Route 4 Bypass Authority Regarding the Environmental Impact Report and the Alignment for the State Route 4 Bypass. December 20, 1994 Page 2 III. Reasons for Recommendations and Background: (Continue) The County and the Cities of Antioch and Brentwood recently extended the life of the State Route 4 Bypass Authority to the year 2015. This was necessary to complete construction of the project, as described in the Final EIR. It is essential that the three agencies continue joint participation in this project because the Bypass is a key element of the transportation infrastructure of East County. If work on this facility is not pursued then the three agencies may not be in compliance with their General Plans and the impacts of current and planned development may not be mitigated. For this reason the County should continue participation in the State Route 4 Bypass Authority. i .2 �7 DEC-19-1994 21:09 SUPERVISOR TORLAKSON 5104278142 P.01/03 Tom Torlakson 300 East Leland Road 1; Supervisor, District Five _ •�'' Suite 100 Contra Costa County Pittsburg,California 94565-4961 Board of Supervisors (510)427-9138 DATE: December 19 , 1994 TO: Hoard of Supervisors FROM: Supervisor Tom Torlakson j�• SUBJ: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING STATE ROUTE 4 BYPASS ALIGNMENTS ------------------------------------------------------------ The -------- ------------------------------------------ _-. --- The cost differences between the Project Alignment and the so-called Nunn/Farmers Alignment appear to be narrower than originally discussed. I discussed last week that the Project Alignment may, in fact,_ end up being more expensive by approximately $500, 000 because of the possible need for noise attenuation via a sound wall as mitigation for farmers and ranchette owners in the Concord Avenue and Orchard Lane area. I also mentioned that it may be both possible and desirable to reduce costs and environmental impacts of the Farmers Alignment by eliminating the offramp at Marsh Creek Road, further reducing traffic impacts on Marsh Creek and reducing the need for expensive bridge structures for on and off ramps . This could generate $500,000 or more of savings--further narrowing the gap between the two alignments . A new cost issue arises out of the Board of Supervisors' discussion: potentially significant cost increases for the Project Alignment. In the motion adopted by the Board last Tuesday, the invitation seemed to be made to open up the ag core for more requests to leave its restrictive general plan and zoning policies. Modification of the urban limit line and removal of acreage from the ag core was suggested in the Board adopted motion last week would drive costs up. if such changes from agricultural land designation to urban designation were allowed on the 22 to 66 acres of Project Alignment directly and secondarily impacted, the cost of land acquisition could escalate from $600,000 to $2.3 million based on the following calculations: DEC-19-1994 21:09 SUPERVISOR TORLAKSON 5104278142 P.02iO3 Board of Supervisors December 19, 1994 Page TWO Assume a rough value per acre of ag core land of between $7,500/acre and $10,000/acre compared with land inside the urban limit line at a value of between $35,000 and $45,000/acre. Multiply the possible increases on value per acre x number of acres. (See attached chart for estimates. ) Finally, T want to emphasize that the SR4 Bypass will be financed through developer fees and other user fess. This puts the price tag where it belongs with urban users. The Regional Fee we recently adopted was based on an additional 50,000 housing units in East County. The figure of $4;200 per unit to pay for approximately $210 million of improvements on State Route 4, the State Route 4 Bypass and Buchanan Road Bypass did not include the Cowell. Ranch proposed units . If anywhere between the 6,000 units Cowell has requested and as few as 1,000 units are approved, this would add an additional urban mitigation by the developers for the SR4 Bypass. The amount of additional mitigation would be $4 . 2 million at a Cowell Ranch of 1000 units and approxi- mately $25 million at a 6000 unit Cowell project. Both figures (at the high and low ends) go very far. towards_ mitigating whatever the actual cost difference is between the Farmers ' Alignment and the Project Alignment. It is, in my opinion, appropriate and fair to have this additional Cowell regional mitigation take care of its urban impacts and further buffer the ag core from its impacts. 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