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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05251993 - S.3 S. 3 TO:. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra FROM: Costa Sunne Wright McPeak �J � DATE: May 25, 1993 County SUBJECT: Communicate Extraordinary Concern to CalTrans Regarding the Completion Date for 1-680/24 Interchange Project SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION: Authorize the Chair of the 1-680/24 Interchange Task Force on behalf of the Board of Supervisors to communicate in writing to CalTrans Region 4 our extraordinary concern that their projected date of completion for the 1-680/24 Interchange Project is now 1999, not 1995 as was set forth in the original EIR/EIS documents. This four-year extended period of construction is unacceptable and will make commute conditions in Central Contra Costa County intolerable if CalTrans cannot complete the project until the end of the decade. Further, authorize that copies of the correspondence to CalTrans be sent to the cities that border 1-680 (Pleasant Hill, Concord, Walnut Creek, Lafayette, Martinez, Danville, and San Ramon) and to the Contra Costa Transportation Authority. BACKGROUND: On Monday, May 17, 1993, CalTrans representatives informed the 1-680/24 Interchange Project Task Force that the completion date for the construction is now 1999, four years later than the original completion date when ground was broken. This was a complete surprise to me, other members of the Task Force, and Mr. Robert McCleary, Executive Director of the Contra Costa Transportation Authority. We need to immediately communicate our concerns to CalTrans and to coordinate a meeting with CalTrans and the technical staff of affected jurisdictions. Ernie Vovakis, staff to the Task Force, is preparing correspondence, and Bob McCleary is coordinating the meeting. We must do everything we can to push the completion date back closer to the original time frame. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S) ACTION OF BOARD ON ..Ste- 7 73 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED e_ OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS _ X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. Cc: District IV ATTESTED 5 Community Development Phil Batchelor, CIeA of the Board of Contact.: Karen Mitchof f SupervisorswWCounty AdminhhatV M 4N9I7-a, BY . DEPUTY