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FROM: Supervisor Tom Torlakson
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DATE: Count
Aprill, 1986 Y
SUBJECT: ESTABLISHMENT OF HIGHWAY 4 FUND AND DEVELOPMENT FEE
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SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)�OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Refer to the Community Development Department and
Public Works Department to:
( 1) develop the concept of, a Highway 4 fund and the establishment of a
fee of at least $100 per new housing unit;
( 2) develop a strategy for implementation of such a fee that could go
toward Highway ; 4 projects (e.g. , the widening and lowering -of the Willow
Pass Grade, the $80 million (check) to add two lands between Willow Pass
and Antioch, and far east county Highway 4 projects) ;
( 3 ) communicate with the Building Industries Association and builders.
in the east county area .to discuss this concept and the need for addressing
the Highway 4 crisis; and
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( 4) communicate with the cities of Antioch, Brentwood and Pittsburg
regarding thisiconcept and explore how this concept might be cooperatively
implemented among all east county jurisdictions.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: CalTrans and the federal government appear to
have no money in the immediate future to address the transportation crisis
on Highway 4 . ,The Highway 4 fee would begin a "revenue stream" from which
money could befborrowed to, do the interim lane widening and to- help with
the necessary local match for the ultimate widening.
As I indicated in a letter to the Eastern Contra Costa Transit Autho-
rity which I presented to the .Board last week, the prospects for a
near-term fiscal solution to the Willow Pass Grade project are also
threatened by the federal retreat from support for transportation and by
the unwillingness of the current governor to support a gas tax increase and
a bridge toll increase which could bring in the necessary revenues to
address our funding problem. Under any scenario, however; it is clear that
more local- share dollars will be demanded to leverage what state and
federal transportation dollars are available.
It is forjthese' reasons that I have initiated the establishment of a
Regional Traffic Mitigation Fund. The Board of Supervisors has supported
me on this matter, and we are systematically levying conditions on office
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RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
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ACTION OF BOARD ON April 1, 1986 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER X
REFERRED to Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee (CCTAC) the concept
of establishment of a special fund for the Highway 4 improvement projects. The
Board REQUESTED that CCTAC staff review this request in terms of the needs
Countywide.
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
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OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
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Highway 4 Fund and Development Fee
April 1, 1986
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projects in Central County. Our efforts alone in the unincorporated area
should yield at least $3 million in the next ten to fifteen years.
I have for some time believed that we should apply a fee of at least
$100 for every new home constructed in East Contra Costa County to put into
a "Highway 4 Fund" to address the Willow Pass Grade Project and the con-
struction of extra lanes through Pittsburg and Antioch. There are parts of
Highway 4 going through far east county that also need local matching . funds
for improvements. If the 40, 000 housing units currently planned in all
East County jurisdictions over the next fifteen to twenty years are con-
structed, a $100 fee would produce $4 million.
One immediate significance of implementing the $100 Highway 4 fee for
East County is that it would identify a "revenue stream" beyond what the
county is conditioning in central county office parks. This "revenue
stream, " I believe, could be used as the basis for borrowing $1 million
from this county' s Federal Aid Urban Fund and would be the source of the
loan repayment.
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