HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01011968 - 1968-094 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF. CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Requesting. the )
California Highway Commission to
Allocate Funds in the Amount of
$495,500 Toward the Cost of
Eligible Items of Construction RESOLUTION No. 68/94
within the Unincorporated Area }
for the Urban Extension Project
on Ygnacio Valley Road, FAS
Route 800.
WMMEAS, the growth and development of the Walnut Creek and Concord
areas in the County of Contra Costa has resulted in traffic volume which warrants
the improvement and widening of Ygnacio Valley Road (FAS Route 800); and
Ygnacio Valley Road is an essential element in the City-County
Thoroughfare System, and the Select System of County roads and City streets,
which has been adopted by the Board of Supervisors, based on recommendations
of the Contra. Costa County Highway Advisory Committee, City-County Planners, and
the Mayors' Conference; and conforms to the master plans of the County and the
Cities; and
The County of Contra Costa, the City of Concord and the City, of Walnut
Creek intend to execute a Joint Powers Agreement to cooperate in the widening
and improvement of Ygnacio Valley Road, FAS Route 800, from Oak Grove Road to
300 feet northeasterly of Clayton Road as a Federal Aid Secondary Urban Extension
Project, 4.21 miles in length; and
Construction is proposed to start after January 1, 1969; and
The total estimated cost of construction of said project, which is
entirely within the urban area, is estimated to be $21271,000, of which the County
portion is estimated to be $991,000,the City of Walnut Creek portion is estimated
to be $386,000 and the City of Concord portion of which is estimated to be $894,000.
The Cities and. County, prior to advertising for bids, will have acquired
by purchase or'condemnation, the rights of way necessary for the improvement; and
The Cities and County have considered the effect of the proposed financing
in relation to the statutory formula contained in Section 188 et seq. of the Streets
and Highways Code;. and
Section 1433 of the Streets and Highways Code, California Statutes,
provides that the California Highway Commission may snake an allocation of funds
for the extension of a Federal Aid Secondary route into, or within, an urban
area as such areas are designated by the Bureau of Public Roads;
RESOLUTION No. 68/94
1. That the County of Contra Costa hereby requests the California
Highway Commission to allocate funds pursuant to Section 143.3 of the Streets
and Highways Cade for the widening and, improvement of the County section of
Ygnacio 'Valley Road as an Urban 'Extension Project on FAS Route 800, in the
amount of $495,500 for expenditure on eligible items of construction and.
engineering,
2. The County abrees to pay as its portion, the remaining cost for
said urban portion of the project, and further agrees that the work will be
performed in conjunction with the Federal Aid Secondary Urban Extension
construction project described herein.
3. That the County shall be the administrative agent for the project
pursuant to said Joint Powers Agreement.
PASSM AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors of the County of
Centra Costa., State of California, on the 13th day of February, 1968, by the
following vote:
AM: Supervisors dances P. Kenny, James E. Moriarty,
Thomas John Coll, Edmund A. Li.nscheid, Alfred M. Rias.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None,
RESOLUTZm No. 68/94