HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 02121991 - 91-113 S� �
,
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY,CALIFORNIA
IN THE MATTER OF } RESOLUTION NO. 91/113
Declaring its Policy on the
Relocation of.Vasco Road )
WHEREAS, Contra Costa Water District(CCWD)is proposing to relocate
Vasco Road in the vicinity of the Kellogg Creek watershed in eastern Contra Costa County as
required for the construction of a reservoir or combination of reservoirs on Kellogg Creek; and
WHEREAS,this reservoir project,the Los Vaqueros Project,would be operated
to meet two primary objectives critical to the constituents of CCWD--to improve the quality of
CCWD's water supplyand to provide emergency storage to improve the reliabilty of CCWD's
water supply, including drought protection; and
WBEREAS, CCWD 1s committed to placing the Los Vaqueros Project in service
in 1995 and to complete construction at a forecasted cost of$450 million,which cost is the basis
of the Los Vaqueros portion of CCWD's water rate program;and
WHEREAS,this Board supports CCWD's Los Vaqueros Project; and
WHF•REAS,Contra Costa and Alameda Counties are responsible agencies for
the relocation of Vasco Road and have designated CCWD as the lead agency for preparing
environmental documentation. Alameda County and Contra Costa Counties'participation in
the Vasco Road relocation was established by joint resolution of the Boards of Supervisors of
the Counties of Alameda and Contra Costa,State of California,No. JTR89-1, adopted June 6,
:1989; and
WHEI�EM,Vasco Road must be relocated prior to the beginning of reservoir
construction so that traffic flows will!not be interrupted; and
"WBEREAS,this Board has the authority for land use and transportation plan-
ning within the Board's jurisdiction; and
WHEREAS,the Highway 4 Bypass Authority, a joint powers authority of Contra
Costa County, the City of Antioch and City of Brentwood,is responsible for environmental
documentation for long-range transportation improvements on the East County Corridor,
including Vasco Road; and
WHEREAS,Caltrans recently asked for proposals to develop privatized trans-
portation facilities under AB 680(Baker); and
WHEREAS,the California Toll Road Development group submitted a concep-
tual proposal for,the Mid-State Tollway, an 85-mile toll road that would connect Interstate 680
near Sunol to Interstate 80 near Vacaville, a portion of which follows an alignment similar to
the Vasco Road relocation project; and
WHEREAS,becuase the proposed toll road follows an alignment close to the
proposed.relocation of Vasco Road, confusion has resulted as to possible relationships between
the two projects;
91./113