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FROM: J. MICHAEL WALFORD, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR Costa
DATE: March 13, 1984 County
SUBJECT: I-680 Corridor Improvements
Specific Requests or Recommendations & Background & Justification
RECOMMENDATION
Authorize Chair to execute a letter to Caltrans conveying concerns with respect to proposed
I-680 corridor project.
BACKGROUND
On Tuesday, February 28, 1984, Supervisor Sunne Wright McPeak and Bill Gray, Chief Deputy
Public Works Director, attended a meeting with representatives of the Sherman Acres Homeowners
Association and the Fair Oaks Homeowners Association in the City of Pleasant Hill to discuss
their concerns with improvements proposed to I-680 in the Pleasant Hill area.
The residents, while recognizing the need for improvements to the I-680 corridor are concerned
with the impacts that the currently developed alternatives will have on their community.
The possible use of the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) right of way, the
possible construction of a "fly over" from southbound I-680 to Hookston Avenue (at Buskirk) ,
along with a careful review of alternatives to the proposed southbound 680 ramp to Buskirk
Avenue (at Monument Boulevard) were identified as issues that needed to be reviewed in
conjunction with the I-680 corridor project. Caltrans should be requested to include
in their review of alternatives for the 680 project the possibility of utilizing all (or
a portion of) of the EBMUD right of way and the possibility of a tunnel (as opposed to
a fly over) for the southbound 680 off-ramp to Buskirk Avenue (at Monument Boulevard) .
The need for a direct southbound off-ramp to Hookston (at Buskirk) also needs to be reviewed.
Another issue of major concern to the area residents is access to their communities following
completion of the I-680 corridor improvements and other improvements planned for the area
by the City of Pleasant Hill (assessment 17) . A review of the alternatives discussed
above along with the issue of access to the communities needs to be included in the environ-
mental documentation developed for the 680 corridor project.
The County has been, and continues to be, supportive of the I-680 corridor improvements.
Contra Costa County does, however, want to insure to the residents of Contra Costa County
that the impacts on the existing community will be minimized and that the final design
of the project will reflect a balance between needed improvements to the corridor and
impacts on existing residents.
• Continued on attachment: yes Signature:
Recommendation of County Administrator Recommendation of Board Committee
Approve Other:
Signature(s):
Action of Board on: /.3, / 91 Approved as Recommended Other
Vote of Supervisors I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
Unanimous (Absent ) AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE
Ayes: Noes: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON DATE SHOWN.
Absent: Abstain:
Attested 1.3, / 9 ?-�/
Orig. Div. : Public Works J.R. OLSSON, COUNTY CLERK AND
cc: Sunervisor McPeak EX OFFICIO CLERK OF THE Bt)ARD
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