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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 04141998 - C162-C165 C.162,0.163,0.164, and 0.165 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Adopted this Order on April 14, 1998 by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors Uilkema, Gerber, DeSaulnier and Rogers NOES: None ABSENT: Supervisor Canciamilla ABSTAIN: None SUBJECT: Correspondence C.162 LETTER, dated March 5, 1998, from Joel Feller, Vice President, San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District(BART), P.O. Box 12688, Oakland, CA 94604-2688, requesting the Board to consider adopting a resolution requesting BART to investigate the feasibility of purchasing vacant property adjacent to the Pittsburg/Bay Point Station for the purpose of expanding available parking when needed. *****REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE 0.163 LETTER, dated March 16, 1998, from E. B. Haynes, Chair, Board of Advisory Fire Commissioners, Contra Costa County Fire Protection District, 2010 Geary Road, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523-4694, requesting the Board to review the allocation of Proposition 172 funds in accordance with Government Code Section 30052 and the Proposition 172 Amendment. *****REFERRED TO FINANCE COMMITTEE C.164 LETTER, dated March 18, 1998, from Janet Pygeorge, President, Rodeo Citizens Association, P.O. Box 457,Rodeo, CA 94572,requesting Board help with traffic and construction noise for residents of the Rodeo Highlands area. *****REFERRED TO PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR 0.165 LETTER, dated March 17, 1998, from Richard Littorno, Mayor, City of Clayton, 6000 Heritage Trail, Clayton, CA 94517, commenting on the funding for library services from base library property tax funding as it applies to the City of Clayton. Additional correspondence regarding this item received from Richard Hill and William Amstein, City of Clayton, and Charles and Kristin Krueger, 44 Regency Drive, Clayton, CA 94517. *****REFERRED TO COUNTY LIBRARIAN IT IS BY THE BOARD ORDERED that the above recommendations as noted{*****) are APPROVED. . I HEREBY CERTIFY THATTHIS IS A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS oN THE DATE SHOWN. ATTESTED4.1 .1m, r � PhiClerk of the l.rd of Supervisors and County Administrator By— " 'C� G�' ' r Deputy c.c.Correspondents (7) Transportation Committee Finance Committee Public Works Director County Librarian 8 A R T SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT # 800 Madison Street-Lake Merritt Station X¢w Box Oak CA 9 E b L X A Oakland,CA 94604-2688 �3 Telephone(510)464-6000 sM 1 sa{� March 5, 1998 OILWA p \,,,�MNIYlIM1f1Y,� JAMES FANG PRESIDENT Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors JOEL KELLER 651 Pine Street(,�Rofo�}m 106 94 VICE-PRESIDENT Martinez, CA 553 THOMAS E.MARGRO GENERAL MANAGER Dear Supervisors, When BART opened the Pittsburg/Bay Point Station in December, 1996,we DIRECTORS soon discovered that parking was strained to the limit. The station attracted DAN R#GRAB[} so many new riders that the parking lot was full during some days of the IST DISTRICT week. It was clear to me that some forward planning was needed to provide JOEL KELLER additional access to the station. 2ND DISTRICT ROY NAKADEGAWA In November, 1995,BART joined with the City of Pittsburg and the County 3RD DISTRICT to prepare a specific plan to guide development in the area of the MARSTRICT K.PRYOB 4TH DISTRICT Pittsburg/Bay Point Station. I serve on the Fiscal Oversight Committee with Pittsburg Councilmember Federal Glover and Supervisor Joe Canciamilla. PETER W.SNYt3EB STH DISTRICT As part of this planning process, the consultant team identified the vacant THOMAS M.BLALOCK parcel of land between the Oaks Hills Shopping Center and the BART 6TH DISTRICT parking lot for potential development. The Fiscal Committee voted WILL#E B.KENNEDY unanimously to ask BART to investigate the willingness of the property 7TH DISTRICT owner to sell the property and to attempt to identify sources of money to JAMES FANG STH DISTRICT accomplish the purchase for future parking. TOM RAouLovlCH 9TH DISTRICT I brought this issue to the BART Board on February 12, 1998. The staff at that time reported that there were about 135 vacant all-day parking spaces currently available and that there was sufficient parking until 2001. The property adjacent to our existing parking lot would accommodate about 345 new parking spaces. If we purchase the property now and develop the parking spaces when needed, the staff estimated the total cost to be around $2.32 million. If we were to construct a structure on our existing property, the cost to the taxpayers would be about$4.1.4 million. I asked my colleagues to authorize the General Manager to determine the asking price for the property and the timetable for such purchase. Concurrently, I asked that the staff research potential funding sources in order to determine if the purchase of the property would be financially feasible. I was surprised when Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors March 5, 1998 page 2 this item failed to make it out of our PAA.L(Public Affairs,.Access, and Legislation)Committee. See enclosed newspaper account. I have asked that the matter be reconsidered. The Chair of the committee has agreed to do so in April. If you believe, as I do,that additional parking will be needed at the Pittsburg/Bay Point Station, and that the time to plan is now, I request that you place this item on your agenda and consider adopting a resolution requesting BART to investigate the feasibility of purchasing vacant property adjacent to the station for the purpose of adding parking when needed. I will be happy to appear at your meeting to present the reasons for this action. Peel free to call me at 510/464-6095 kBART) or 510/754-7937(home). Your prompt attention to this request will be appreciated. Very truly yours, Joel Keller Vice-President enclosure Friday, February 13, 1998 Direc-Tors—A. JL r eci plan for BART parking ft AbrWMM stAPWWrP A proposal to merely explore buying More land for BART parking at the Dublim?lea- santon and Pit'tsburglBay Point stations fizzled Thursday when it became part of a larger debate over land use. At the BART beard's morning tneeting,a motion to direct staff to Investigate property options at the stations failed to ruin the five votes needed to pass. BART Directors Pete Suyd'er of Dublin and Joel Keller of An- tiochs teed the need for more pare at the stations. The shortage of parking at the DublInRleasanton station has reached a"crisis situa#an," Snyder said, Unrestricted spots on troth the Dublin and Pleas- anton sides of the station regu- larly fill up by 8.30 a.m. on commute days. But directors Roy Nakade- pwa of Berkeley and Tota Ra- dulovich of San Francisco were flatly against expanding la`s "BART causes suburban Cawl by doing things like ," Radulovich charged. In- stead of using laird for cars. he said BART should pcueue - density development sur- rounding its stations, But Snyder and Keller coun- tered that the single-family de- velopment in their districts are being driven by demand. Directors Dan Richard of Grlada and Margaret Pryor of Oakland abatatne+d from the vote, ultltnately helping to kill the proposal. Richard, who has stressed with development around the Pleasant Niel BART station, ar- gued that before more parking is pursued. BART should work 'with cities on land-use issues surroundIng Stations. 206 t7t0'ON TTOgv9t7 E- 63-173A 130f 20:?-E 86/GO/20 .-qa4 ea eoo �0»oeoowam�mraecY ' R YS .Ti:• j� Y �l 10 q V i� LZS L 0 wa U N U zc d co co d c � cc d W0 r x d m m m m n. 0 h- d m Gantry Costa County .Fire Protection .District E 1�< Fire Chief ..�...p ALLEN LIME March 16, 1998 MAR f 7 Supervisor Jim Rogers, Chair Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors 651 Pine Street Martinez, CA 94553 Honorable Board Members: At our March 9, 1998, Fire Commission Meeting, Proposition 172 Funds was a subject of discussion relative to passible funding sources to mitigate our budget deficit. We respectfully request that the Board review the allocation of Proposition 172 funds in accordance with Government Code Section 30052 and the Proposition 172 Amendment: Government Code Section 30052 (1) "Public safety services" includes, but is not limited to, sheriffs, police, fire motection, county district attorneys, county corrections and ocean lifeguards." Proposition 172,6mendm nt "'This measure would provide a dedicated revenue source for public safety purposes." "revenue would be distributed to cities and counties for purposes such as police, sheriffs, fire, district attorneys and corrections." Understanding that we are all trying to identify ways of solving a very difficult problem, we would hope that the Board will keep an open mind by revisiting their policy on the distribution of Proposition 172 revenue as a viable option for partiallysolving the Fire District's financial shortfall. Sincerely, -L11-1 B. B. Haynes, Chair Board of Advisory Fire Commissioners U:FCWROP172.W3* 1��'1} 2010 GHARY RO-- • PLEASANT HILI., CALIFORNIA 94523-4694 - TELEPHONE (510) 930-5500 - FAX 930-5592 4527 DFERFIELO DRIVE • ANTIOCH, CALIFORNIA 94509 • TELEPHONE (510) 7557-1303 - FAX 754-8652 i,__,) WEST COUNTY AREA • TELEPHONE (5 10) 374-7070 t ... .... ... o � § � � ! : « / c : 2 . � < � $ rn -C � \ q » � q � ( � � o , 2 A ¥ a # t / # ! 6 \ � < � . E! 1 } _ \~ \/ ^ . .�34j : ODE , t) RODEO CITIZENS ASSOCIATION P.O. BOX 457 • RODEO, CA 94572 • PHONE/FAX (510) 799-1924 RECE ASS s t March 18, 1998 t�" � w' Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors c/o Clerk of the Board 651 Pine Street Martinez, CA 94553-1293 Dear Supervisor Uilkema, During our February 5, 1998 meeting, it was brought to our attention that citizen Lillian Martilla of 859 'vaqueros in Rodeo and her neighbors in the area called Rodeo Highlands, have a tremendous noise problem with the 1-80 Highway. Trucks that will enter the new Cummings Skyway Extension (late 1998) will probably add even more noise to this area. The solution may be more trees or a sound wall along the area of I-80West and the off-ramp to Willow Avenue in Rodeo. We ask your help in proposing a study to be made by Caltrans during the last phase of the I-80 project between Rodeo and the New Carquinez Bridge in Crockett. Thank you for your attention. We know, with your leadership, we are on the move to a better community. Sincerely, Janet Pygeorge RCA President cc: CCC Clerk of the Board Albert Yee, Harry Yahata, Caltrans Lisa Hogeboom,WCCTAC Lawrence Dahms, MTC Robert McCleary,CCTA ............._ ................._ t '1 A Ilk t A t t chy Council � �LES RICHARD A.LITTORNo,MAYOR y PETER A.LAURENCE, VIER MAYOR COMMUNITY ^ GREGORY J.MANNING DEVELOPMENT (510)672-6690 6000 HERITAGE TRAIL • CLAYTON, CALIFORNIA 94517 PHYLLIS L.PETERSON ENGINEERING (510)672-9700 TELEPHONE (510) 672-3622 FAX (510) 672-4917 JULIE K.PIERCE March 17, 1998 R C E IV Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors c/o Clerk of the Board 651 Pine St. !t BOARD of SUPERVISORS First Floor Martinez, CA 94553 ` NTRA COS7Ao. Subject: Base Level Library Funding for the City of Clayton Dear Members of the Board of Supervisors: The Clayton City Council believes that it is now time to bring an issue to your attention that remains unaddressed for an extended period of time at the staff level. Our staff has been working with County Library staff for several months to address the inequity of funding for library services from base library property tax funding. We have received no response from library staff beyond a polite acknowledgment of our concerns. Budget time is here and we firmly believe this issue needs to be addressed in the 1998/99 fiscal year budget for library services. The essence of our issue is that the Clayton branch library is receiving considerably less than its fair share of base funding from property tax designated for library services. We believe that the original contract between the City and the County was made in recognition of the fiscally constrained times then existing, and always carried with it the handshake understanding that when the times change so will the contract. The times have changed, and this issue has risen to a very high priority with the Clayton City Council and many of the library users. Attached is copy of correspondence expressing our concerns to Library staff, and what follows in this letter is the justification of our position. We believe, foremost, that total circulation is the best measure of the use of library services and that resource allocation should be based upon use. Attached is a table of Library Base Funding Analysis that has been prepared from information provided by County Library staff Please note that the total annual circulation for the Clayton branch library is 225,467. This is the fifth highest circulation in the County. We believe that total circulation numbers are easily identifiable and reliably calculated. The service area population for the Clayton branch is identified to be 14,523. We believe this number to be grossly under counted. Were this number correct, the Clayton Iibrary patrons " would have a circulation per capita figure of 15.52, the highest in the county by 20%, the next highest being the community of Kensington at 12.88. As industrious as we believe our library patrons to be, this number stretches even our proud view of their literacy prowess. If we were to take the average funding per circulation of$1.94 and apply it to the Clayton branch circulation,we obtain$437,600 as the funding level for Clayton. This is considerably more than the$210,249 the branch does receive, and we certainly do not believe that that amount is due the library. If we were to use the weighted average of$1.64 per item of circulation,recognizing that as circulation goes so does service efficiency, and apply it to the circulation of the Clayton branch, we obtain$369,637. Again,considerably more than the$210,249. We also do not believe that Clayton should receive such an amount. Clearly it is difficult to use circulation alone to determine a fair amount of appropriations. If we were to impute an appropriate service area population by using circulation per capita levels generated in the attached table,we can develop a range by using the 12.60 circulation per capita of Moraga, and that of Danville's at 5.06. Performing this calculation,the imputed population range is from 17,897 using Moraga to 44,538 using Danville. It is very likely that the service area population of the Clayton branch lies within this range. Trying to make some accommodation for common demographics, Lafayette comes closest to Clayton within this population range. Using Lafayette's funding per circulation ratio of$1.31, we obtain an annual funding level for the Clayton branch of about$295,000. Although we believe this amount to be fair,we are not asking for$295,000. We are asking, only, for$290,000. In an effort to further assist the County,we suggest that this annual amount to be achieved over a three year period of time by three equal annual increases. Finally,we observe that an accommodation was made for the new San Ramon library which now provides them with$397,663 of base property tax funding. During the negotiations for the regional library system an accommodation was made for the, yet to be built,Hercules library. It is now time to make a fair accommodation for the Clayton branch library. The details above have been provided so that you will understand our request is rational and not out-of-hand. We ask that you direct your staff to include our requested increase in appropriations for the Clayton branch library in the 1998199 fiscal year budget for library services. Thank you for your attention to this important matter. Sinc 711y, ( chard Littorno Mayor Attachments Yt ZT OF ; « r City Qw,,il Founded 1857...Jororporaud 1,964RICHARD A.LtTTr}RNC},M,4roe .:••sts"`. PETER At Lm:RENCE, ViCt MA),CIB commumTY -'� GREGORY J.MANNING DEVELOPMENT (510)672-6690 6000 HERITAGE TRAIL • CLAYTON, CALIFORNIA 94517 PHYLLIS L.PETERSON ENGINEERING (510)672-9740 TELEPHONE (514) 672-3622 FAx (510) 672-4917 JULIE K.PIERCE January 5, 1998 Annie Marie Gold County Librarian 1750 Oak Park Boulevard Pleasant Hill, CA 94523-4497 Subject: Library Budget Dear Ms. Gold: About six weeks after my arrival as the new city manager for the City of Clayton, you were kind enough to meet with me and discuss several library issues. Among these issues was the City's concern about the lack of County funding for a materials budget for the Clayton library. During that discussion you expressed an interest in increasing the County's contribution, and I was left with the expectation of follow up meetings on this matter. Subsequent to that first meeting we did meet at your offices to discuss in general funding levels of Contra Costa County branch libraries. During that discussion you suggested that we could compare Clayton library revenues, in total, to that of other comparable branches, such as Lafayette. I have received a December 23, 1997 letter from Jerry Prideaux transmitting to me information on other branch libraries in the County, and explaining that the comparison sought cannot be done. After reviewing the information sent to me by Jerry, 1 find it of some concern that the Clayton library is ranks fifth, out of eighteen, in the amount of circulation, and fourteenth,,in County funding. The next branch receiving more funding than Clayton is El Sobrante, which has a circulation of less than half that of Clayton, as well as a smaller service area population. By any rationale this seems to be an inequitable method of distribution. With this letter, I renew Clayton's request to increase the County's contribution to the Clayton branch library. I am hopeful that we can reach some accommodation. Sincerely, Richard Hill City of Clayton 0 LA 4 v •' Founded 1837..._j o+ ,ir grated X964 Ci$y Council 1' RICHARD A.LIT'TORNO.t%firo, -: -w•ar"�; ?.` PETER A.Uup.F.,4CF, Yrcf.4fArax COMMUNITY 'f Y GREGORY J.N{ANNItiG NVELOPMENT (510)671.•6690 6000 HERITAGE TRAIL • CLAYTON, CALIFORNIA 94517 PHYLLIs L. PETx soN &t CTNEERING (510)672-9700 TELEPHONE (j 10) 672.-3622 FAX (514) 672-4917 Jvc:E K..PIERc: February 5, 1998 Anne Marie Gold County Librarian 1750 Oak Park Blvd. Pleasant Hill, CA 94523-4497 Subject: Branch Funding Dear Ms. Gold: It has been a month since my last written communication to you, and I feel the need to press once more on the same issue, the funding equity for the City of Clayton. I have received a copy of the letter sent to you from the Clayton Community Library Foundation. I have had several discussions with foundation members, as well as Council Members, on the issue ofClavton branch library funding, and encouraged them to send you the letter. They are all extremely disappointed and frustrated at the lack of response in addressing this issue. What I had thought from our initial discussion was a relatively simple matter is now threatening to impact Clayton's participation in the sales tax measure. Please understand, there is no intention on the pan of anvone in Clayton to actively oppose the tax measure and the City Council has agreed to support the library system. There is however, a big difference between active support and radically waning enthusiasm. I believe we now have in Clayton waning enthusiasm, and it is here because of the inequity in library branch funding. Since I have not received a response beyond the courteous acknowledgment of my letters, I will tare this opportunity to provide a proposed solution. It is now time to consider solutions because any solution upon which we can agree needs to be recognized in your budget, and budget tirne is now with us all. My solution is based upon the fallowing assumptions: I) that the funding method for the San Ramon branch serves as the best prior example for an appropriate funding level; 2) that the increase in Clavton funding should come from existing Library money, rather- than any new tax money; 3)the current funding levels for all other library services including the Central Library and other, branch libraries should remain the same; and, 4) the solution should not exceed a reasonable period of time. fv proposal belotiv, I believe is well within the budget capabilities of the County Librar:: • The funding goal for the Clayton Branch .Library should be $290,000 in 1997 debar-: MAR 2 3 March 18, 1998 Contra Cmta( aunty Beard of Supenisom C/0 Clerk of the Board 651 Pine Street First Floor Martinez, CA 94553 Subject:Base I.,evel Library Funding for the City of C cyton Bear Centra.Costa Supervisors: I am a twenty three year resident of Clayton and have been a library volxrnteer since the Clayton branch opened three yds ago. Based on dict statistical data, the Clary tan branch library clearly has not received a fair and adequate allocation of property taxes for library services. Failing to do so can only result in less than the level of service to which our library patrons/taxpayen are entitled. The eihY of Clayton has suggested a very reasonable increase m funding that should be seriausiy reviewed and approved by the Beard. Resp Mian E. Amstein 41 Mt. A jnc Pl. Clayton, CA 94517 FROM h KRUEGER PHONE NO. 1 925 672 7095 Meir. 24 199e 11 23AM P1 i T,:arch 23, 1998 RECEI V y% Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors r c% Clerk of the Board WR 2 1 6.51 Pine Street � First Floor Martinez, CA 94.553 We would like to encourage the County to provide additional funding: fQr Clayton'a library. This issue is aside and apart from Measure A which deserves to be passed by the voters in June. As patrons and substitute volunteer, we can attest to the hik h usage of the library. In fact, the total annual circulation is 225,467o fifth hif-he st in the 0ounty. Were we to receive pro-- portion. ate funding# we could add materials, increase urrently needed staff" and open additional hours. The Clayton Library has proven to be an essential part of our community. We would be grateful to receive'our fair share of County funding commensurate with our Usage. Charlie & Kfistin Krueger 44 Regency .give Clayton,; CA 94.517 325--672-�7095