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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Costa
FROM: Val Alexeeff, Director
County
Growth Management and Economic Development Agency
DATE: December 13, 1994
SUBJECT: Participation in the Tri-Valley Council Comprehensive Bubregional
Planning Committee (TVC/CSPC)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS
Accept report on the status of the Tri Valley Council Comprehensive
Subregional Planning Committee (Committee) grant application to the
Association of Bay Area Governments' Comprehensive Subregional
Planning Pilot Project, approve a resolution supporting the
Committee's grant application (see Exhibit A) , and request periodic
reports to the Board of Supervisors on the Committee's activities.
FISCAL IMPACT
None at this time.
BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS
On December 5, 1994, the Board of Supervisors approved
participation of Supervisor Gayle Bishop in the Tri Valley
Council/Comprehensive Subregional Planning Committee and requested
County staff to report to the Board on the Committee's grant
application to the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) .
The grant application was submitted last month and proposed a six-
month effort to address key subregional planning problems that
transcend the boundaries of the Tri-Valley jurisdictions. It will
produce a draft subregional strategy comprised primarily of mo el
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: X YES SIGNATURE
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR _ RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S) :
ACTION OF BOARD ON 'JAN 17 1 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED `� OTHER _
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
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I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A
y 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.
Orig: GMEDA ATTESTED JAN 17 1995
Contact Person, Val Alexeeff, 6-1620
cc: CDD PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
. l
DEPUTY
Tri valley Council Comprehensive Subregional Planning Pilot Project
December 13, 1994
Page Two
goals, objectives and policy language for inclusion in the general plans and
related policy documents of the participating jurisdictions. County staff has
identified the following planning issues that could significantly benefit from
this pilot project.
- Fee programs that ensure new development pays. for its impact on regional
transportation facilities while not undermining economic growth and
affordable housing opportunities;
- Balancing employment growth with affordable housing opportunities;
- Coordinating the preservation in open space and implementation of Contra
Costa's Urban Limit Line and Alameda County's Urban Growth Boundary.
- Coordination of local agency participation in the Metropolitan
Transportation Commission's I-580 Altamont Pass Interregional Corridor
Study;
- Improving access to transit in the Tri Valley area, and maximizing the
public's use of future BART stations and freeway High-Occupancy Vehicle
lanes; and
- Integrating the development approval process with traffic service
objectives.
ABAG will make a decision of the grant applications in February of next year.
If the Tri Valley Council Comprehensive Subregional Planning Committee receives
the ABAG grant for this pilot project, the Board should be informed periodically
on the Committee's progress.
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EXHIBIT A
IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
SUBJECT: In the Matter of Supporting the )
Tri Valley Council Comprehensive )
Subregional Planning_Committee )
RESOLUTION NO. 951 18
WHEREAS, the Tri Valley Council composed of the Town of Danville, the Cities of Dublin,
Livermore, Pleasanton, and San Ramon, and the Counties of Alameda and Contra Costa County
was created in 1984;
WHEREAS, the Tri Valley Council was formed to address issues of regional concern;
WHEREAS, the Tri Valley Council has a proven record of supporting subregional cooperation
as evidenced by the efforts of the Tri Valley Transportation Council;
WHEREAS, the Association of Bay Area Governments has issued a request for proposals for
the Comprehensive Subregional Planning Pilot Program to develop a draft subregional strategy of
model goals, objectives, and policies for inclusion in local general plans;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that Contra Costa County hereby supports the
application to the Association of Bay Area Governments for a grant to assist in development of a
Tri Valley Comprehensive Subregional Planning Pilot Program.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Contra Costa County supports the Tri Valley Council's
establishment of the Tri Valley Council Comprehensive Subregional Planning Committee to prepare
and submit the grant application and to develop the subsequent comprehensive subregional policy
plan.
PASSED by the following vote of the Board of Supervisors on the 17thday of January ,
1994:
AYES: Supervisors Rogers, Smith, DeSaulnier, `Torlakson, Bishop
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None '
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an order entered on the minutes of
the Board of Supervisors on the date aforesaid.
Contact: Val Alexeeff (5101646-1620)
cc: GMEDA Witness my hand and the Seal of the
Community Development Department Board of Supervisors affixed on this
Cities, Tri Valley Council (via GMEDA) 17th day of January 1994.
Alameda County, Tri Valley Council (via GMEDA)
ABAG (via GMEDA) Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors and County Administrator
By:
Deputy Clerk
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