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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05051987 - 2.6 f 0 0 G H TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra FROM: HARVEY E. . BRAGDON, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DATE: April 22, 1987 curty SUBJECT: TRANSPAC Phase II SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS 1 . Adopt Resolution No. 7-1987, recommended by the County Planning Commission, regarding continued support and participation in Phase II of the TRANSPAC Program. FISCAL IMPACT County Community Development Department staff have been attending the TRANSPAC Technical Advisory and Policy Committee meetings on a regular basis since the organization was created in June, 1986. Staff will continue to attend the TRANSPAC meetings, with staff time and other resources to be absorbed within the existing Community Development Department budget. BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS On February 24, 1987, the County Planning Commission recommended that the Board adopt the TRANSPAC Phase I Final Report and Action Plans ( see the concurrent Board Order covering Phase I recommendations) . On the same evening, the Commission adopted Resolution 7-1987, which recommended continued support and participation in TRANSPAC during Phase II . The resolution also recommended that the Board ask TRANSPAC to address several specific issues during Phase II , including development of bike and pedestrian trails with interim use of the abandoned Southern Pacific right-of-way for bike trails and walking paths; .coordinating public awareness in the use of alternative means of transportation; the early adoption of a Level of Service definition, for measurement of traffic delay; coordination of staff to support Transportation System Management (TSM) programs; and methods by which a users' perspective may be incorporated in TRANSPAC activities. (A copy of Resolution 7-1987 is at ached. ) CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNA RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDA OF tOCOMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S) : ACTION OF BOARD ON May 5, 1987 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED XX OTHER XX The Board HEREBY ADOPTS the recommendations contained in Resolution 7-1987 of the Contra Costa County Planning Commission, attached hereto as Exhibit A, and HEREBY requests that TRANSPAC address the issues set forth therein. VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN AYES: NOES: ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON THE ABSENT: ABSTAIN: MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. cc: Community Development (Orig. ) ATTESTED May 5, 1987 PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR 11 BY , DEPUTY EP/mb ep/transpac.II Resolution No. 7-1987 RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF' CALIFORNIA, INCORPORATING RECOMMENDATIONS ON SUPPORT AND ' ., CONTINUANCE OF TRANSPAC, AND ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED DURING PHASE WHEREAS the County Planning Commission having reviewed the TRANSPAC Final Report and Action Plans; and -recommended to the Board of Supervisors of .Contra Costa. County, State of California, that the sample resolution included in the TRANSPAC Phase I Final Report be APPROVED; and K WHEREAS the County Planning Commission believes that the inter- . .jurisdictional cooperation and coordination that TRANSPAC fosters is extremely beneficial to the citizens of the County; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the County Planning Commission recommends to the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa. County, State of California, that the County should continue its participation in TRANSPAC, including Phase II; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Planning Commission recommends to the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County, State of California, that the Board of Supervisors request that TRANSPAC address the following issues in Phase II: 1. Encourage, on an equal basis, alternative transportation modes such as walking and bicycling, and. the development of trails and bike lanes. 2 . Coordinating public awareness and citizen involvement in the use of alternative modes of transportation. 3 . Interim use of the former Southern Pacific branch line right-of-way for bicycle trails and walking paths; , 4. The early adoption of a Level of Service definition based on the 1985 Highway Capacity Manual, which specifically includes measurement of time delay; 5. Coordination in the use of staff to support TSM activities; and 6. Methods to include the users' perspective in TRANSPAC activities. BE. IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chair and Secretary of this Commission will sign and attest the certified copy of this resolution and deliver the same to the Board of Supervisors of the County of Contra Costa, all in accordance with the Government Code of the State of California. I Linda P. Best, Chair of the Planning Commission of the County of Contra Costa, State of California, hereby certify that on February 24, 1987, this resolution was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the following vote of the Commission: AYES: Commissioners - Accornero, Feliz, Aiello, Davis, Nimr, Best. NOES: Commissioners - ABSENT: Commissioners - Whitney ABSTAIN: Commissioners - Chair of the Planning Commission, Contra Costa County, State of California. jya f e Planning Commission of the Co ra Costa, State of California.