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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 02132007 - C.5 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS =� s E L Contra- FROM: MAURICE M. SHIU, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR o1. ; - Costa DATE: FEBRUARY 13, 2007 00.""Co County`COUri SUBJECT: NAVY MITIGATION FUND AND THE GREAT CALIFORNIA DELTA TRAIL,CLYDE,BAY POINT AND EAST COUNTY AREAS. (DISTRICTS IV & V) SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1. ACCEPT report on the Navy Mitigation Fund and funding opportunities for the "Great California Delta Trail"; and 2. DIRECT the Public Works Director and Community Development Director to work with Districts 4 and 5 to conduct a public process to review the expenditure plan for the Navy Mitigation Fund and develop a recommendation for approval by the Board of Supervisors on a revised expenditure plan. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: ❑x SIGNATU A�_j RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR REC MM NDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE ,APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S): / ACTION OF BOARD / G,��'1�+G1/�r -I?A& PPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER VOT OF SUPERVISORS: O C I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AND CORRECT Y COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON UNANIMOUS(ABSENT /�/�/ ) MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE AYES: NOES: DATE SHOWN. ABSENT: ABSTAIN: Contact: Julie Bueren(313-2342) JB:Iz G:\AdminUulie\Nary Mitigation Fund\BO 2-13-07 revised.doc ATTESTED � JOHN CULLEN,CL R OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS c: John Cullen,CAO Jason Crapo,CAO Dennis Barry,CDD Steve Goetz,CDD BY: DEPUTY Julie Bueren,PW Steve Kowalewski,PW SUBJECT:. NAVY MITIGATION FUND AND THE GREAT CALIFORNIA DELTA TRAIL, CLYDE, BAY POINT AND EAST COUNTY AREAS. (DISTRICTS IV & V) DATE: FEBRUARY 13, 2007 PAGE: 2 of 3 FISCAL IMPACT: No impact to the General Fund. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS AND BACKGROUND: At the October 31, 2006 meeting of the Board of Supervisors, the Board directed Public Works, Community Development and County Counsel to explore funding for the planning and construction of the "Great California Delta Trail"in Contra Costa County and to investigate the use of the Navy Mitigation Fund for this purpose and to report back to the Board of Supervisors at a meeting in February 2007. In September 2006, Governor Schwarzenegger signed SB 1556 (Torlakson) into law, creating the concept of the "Great California Delta Trail,"which would begin at the San Francisco Bay Trail's terminus in Martinez and circle through the Delta region to Sacramento.The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors voted in 2006 to support SB 1556 and the concept of the Great California Delta Trail. Funding for planning,design and construction is needed to make the"Great California Delta Trail"a reality and the question of whether the Navy Mitigation Fund could be used for this purpose has been raised. In 1989,the Board of Supervisors agreed to vacate a portion of the Port Chicago Highway within the boundaries of the Concord Naval Weapons Station, at the request of the U.S.Navy. The County secured a$5 million mitigation fund from the U.S.Navy to offset the impact of the Highway's closure and the loss of this major Central-East county road artery for vehicular, bicycle and pedestrian traffic. Of the original$5 million Navy Mitigation Fund,$1 million was allocated by the Board of Supervisors for bike and pedestrian trails and$4 million was allocated for roads.Two funds were established,one for trails and one for road purposes and the Board of Supervisors adopted an expenditure plan for each fund.Interest earned was to be used for the purposes of the respective accounts. $1,059,663 of the trail fund was expended on projects identified in the expenditure plan,but with interest accrued there is a remaining balance of$630,000. The Road portion of the fund was allocated to a surface road project to complete the frontage road system along Highway 4. The Public Works Department has developed some alternative projects including the Evora Road Gap Closure to serve this purpose. However, community consensus for a project has not materialized as yet and very little of the road portion of the fund has been expended. With the interest accrued, there is a balance of$7.5 million in the fund. Public Works,Community Development and County Counsel have reviewed the documents pertaining to the closure of Port Chicago Highway and the establishment of the Navy Mitigation Fund, including the agreements with the Navy and the CEQA documents.Based on this review the determination is that the expenditure plan for the funds is at the discretion of the Board.However,there should be a nexus between the source of the funds and the use and that the funds should be used in the vicinity of the closure between the communities of Clyde and Bay Point. Public Works and Community Development are working with Districts 4 and 5 to conduct a public outreach to review the expenditure plan and receive input on the priorities for the funds. Based on public input and working with Districts 4 and 5,a revised expenditure plan will be developed for approval by the Board of Supervisors. Some of the issues that will be considered in the development of a revised expenditure plan include: SUBJECT: NAVY MITIGATION FUND AND THE GREAT CALIFORNIA DELTA TRAIL,CLYDE, BAY POINT AND EAST COUNTY AREAS. (DISTRICTS IV & V) DATE: FEBRUARY 13, 2007 PAGE: 3 of 3 • Evora Road is part of the County's General Plan and completing the frontage road system along Highway 4 is an important transportation project. Diverting these funds to other uses will make it more difficult to deliver a project to complete the frontage road along Highway 4. • There are many transportation needs, both road and non road, in the Bay Point and Clyde communities. • There is a desire to fund development of the"Great California Delta Trail" CONSEQUENCES OF NEGATIVE ACTION A new expenditure plan will not be developed for the Navy Mitigation Funds.