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FROM. Dennis M. Barry, AICD 4 fa Costa
Community Development Director County
DATE. October 19, 1999
SUBJECT: REQUEST OF THE CONTRA COSTAMAYORS' CONFERENCE FOR COUNTY
PARTICIPATION I'N A COOPERATIVE REVIEW OF VACANT AND UNDERUTILIZED
LAND
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUNDAND JUSTIFICATION
REQO ME ATI€ NS
DIRECT the Community Development Department to participate with the cities and
the Contra Costa Transportation Authority (OCTA) in a countywide reviews of vacant
and underutilized land.
FISQAL IMPACT
Staff costs associated with the compilation of the inventory will be charged to the
unfunded mandate program account. An accurate estimation of the Costs is not
possible but could be on the order of $20,000 to $25,OGO in staff time. Costs of
Consultant's assistance as may be needed may be available from the OCTA.
RECOMMENDADONS
For approximately the last year and orae-half, the City/County Relations Committee
of the Contra Costa Mayors' Conference, in conjunction with the Public Manager's
Association, has been studying the issues associated with quality of life throughout
Contra Costa County. In June, 1999, the City/County Relations Committee
convened a Committee of Stakeholder's from a broad cross-section of interests to
attempt to define some discreet action program recommendations which would
further improvement of quality of life in the County. Supervisors Mark DeSaulnier
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT; 'YES SIGNATURE t
ACTION of BO 08 o c t! p r 19 . 1299 APPROVED As RECOMMENDED X_X OTHER
VOTE of SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE ARID
a UNANIMOUS(ABSENT CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AND
AYES: ENTERED ON THE MINUTES of THE BOARD of
ABSENT; ABSTAIN: SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Contact: Dennis Barry, (9251335-1276) ATTESTED__ rin a a b e r I �"19
cc; Cort mu ity Develop ent Department (CCD) PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK of THE
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Mayors' Conference (via CDD)
City Planning Directors (via COD)
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and John Gioia were active participants ars the Stakeholders Committee with support
from the County Administrator, Directors of Community Development and the Policy
and Innovation Institute, and Don Blubaugh, Walnut Creek City Manager. The
takeholder's Committee met from July through September 1999, resulting in two
recommendations to the City/County Relations Committee and the Mayors'
Conferences
Recommendation 1: That cities consider the adoption of urban limit litres.
Recommendation 2. That the planning staffs of the cities, the County, and the
TA undertake an objective inventory of vacant and
underutilized properties with the urban limit line. This
information could thea be evaluated by the CitylCounty
Relations Committee, the Stakeholders Committee, the
Mayors' Conference, and individual jurisdictions to further
a policy discussion of options for such "Smart Growth"
principles as improved jobs housing balance, in-fill
development and discouragement of urban sprawl.
On October 7, 1999, the Mayors' Conference voted unanimously to request each city
and the County to cooperate in the compilation of a catalogue of vacant and under-
utilized lands within the umbar limit lire and to investigate the use of geographic
information systems (GIS)for presentation and distribution of the data among the
jurisdictions. This would require the participation of the County Public Works
Department GIS staff.
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