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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 05191998 - D8 n E:,/+ TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORSContra, CflStd FROM: Transportation Committee County DATE: May 19, 1998 SUBJECT: Correspondence Regarding Feasibility of Purchasing a Vacant Parcel Adjacent to the Bay Point BART Station for Station Parking SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS Adopt resolution of support for a feasibility study to investigate purchase of a vacant parcel adjacent to the Pittsburg/Bay Point BART Station for future additional station parking. FISCAL IMPACT None to the General Fund. RA _KGRUNDIREASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS On March 5, 1998, the Vice President of the BART District Board of Directors sent a letter to the Board of Supervisors requesting the Board of Supervisors to consider adopting a resolution requesting BART to investigate the feasibility of purchasing a vacant parcel adjacent to the Pittsburg/Bay Point BART Station for the purpose of expanding station parking when needed. (see Exhibit A). On April 14, 1998, the Board of Supervisors referred this correspondence to the Transportation Committee. On May 4, 1998, the Transportation Committee recommended that the Board of Supervisors adopt such a resolution and provide the Board with information regarding the concerns raised by other BART District Directors (see Exhibit B). CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: _ YES SIGNATURE _. RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR X RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE — OTHER 6� SIGNATURE(S): Z Joe Canciamilia Donna Gerber ACTION OF BOAR CIN MAY 19, 1998 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER X Resolution No. 981279 is ADOP'T'ED. VOTE OF SUPERVISORS 1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT I 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. Contact Person, Steven Goetz, 335-1240 ATTESTED Orig: Community development PHIL BAT FLOW, CLERK OF Public Works, T.E. THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BY ` , DEPUTY SLG:c:ltranscomtbart.bo THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Adopted this Order on May 19, 1998 by the following vote: AYES: SUPERVISORS UILKEMA, GERBER, DESAULNIER, CANCIAMILLA NOES: NONE ABSENT: SUPERVISOR ROGERS ABSTAIN: NONE RESOLUTION NO. 98/ E9 SUBJECT: Support for a Feasibility Study to Investigate } Purchase of Vacant Parcel Adjacent to } Pittsburg/Bay Point BART Station for Future } Additional Etation Parkin a } WHEREAS,the Pittsburg/Bay Point BART Station,which opened in December 1996 with approximately 2000 surface parking spaces, now functions as an end of line station for East County; and WHEREAS, shortly after opening the station's available parking 'supply became strained to the limit; and WHEREAS, a recent study by BART staff determined that there were 135 vacant all-day parking spaces currently available at the Pittsburg/Bay Point BART Station and the number of station parking spaces is sufficient to accommodate demand to the year 2001; and WHEREAS,the County of Contra Costa,the City of Pittsburg, and BART have been engaged since November 1995 in a specific plan process to guide development in and around the Pittsburg/Bay Point BART Station; and WHEREAS, in the course of preparing the Pittsburg/Bay Point BART Station Area Specific Plan, a vacant parcel of land between the Oak Hill Shopping Center and the BART station parking lot was identified for its potential to provide additional station parking; and WHEREAS, this vacant parcel of land has the potential to provide an additional 345 parking spaces for future needs at the Pittsburg/Bay Point BART Station; and WHEREAS, a preliminary analysis by BART staff estimated the cost to acquire and develop the vacant parcel for additional station parking at $2.32 million, as opposed to $4.14 million to design and construct a parking garage on existing property at the Pittsburg/Bay Point BART Station; and WHEREAS, the Fiscal Oversight Committee for the Pittsburg/Bay Point BART Station Area Specific Plan, comprised of three elected officials from Contra Costa County Beard of Supervisors, Pittsburg City Council, and BART Board of Directors, voted unanimously to request the BART Board of Directors authorize BART staff to conduct a feasibility study to investigate acquisition of the vacant parcel so that the site might be developed in the future for additional station parking when needed; and WHEREAS, the feasibility study would not commit;SART to aggluire the {arc , but would only seek to determine a fair asking price for the property, research possible funding sources for acquisition, and identify a potential timetable for acquisition and development of the site; and WHEREAS, the SART Board of Directors will soon consider a request by BART Director Joel Keller (District 2 - covering eastern Contra Costa County) to authorize a feasibility study for advanced acquisition of the parcel to provide future additional station parking needs. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the County of Conga Costa affirms its support for a feasibility study investigating purchase of the vacant parol between the Oak Hills Shopping Center and the Pittsburg/Bay Point BART Station for the purpose of adding more station parking when needed and strongly encourages the BART Board of Directors to authorize preparation of the feasibility study. I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown. ATTESTED ac f Phil Batchelor; Cle of th Board of Sup isors and County Administrator PR/aw June L. WHuen, Deputy Clerk h:prochlparkBART Orig. Dept.: Patrick Roche, CDD-TPD(9251335-1242) cc: Board of directors, SF Bay Area Rapid Transit District Mayor and City Council,City of Pittsburg Chair and Members, Bay Point Municipal Advisory Committee Director, Contra Costa County Redevelopment Agency Chair, Contra Costa Transportation Authority Director, Community Development Department RESOLUTION 98! 279 . ..... ....... ....... ....._.... _.. _.... ......_ ....... .. __ ......... ......... t EXHIBIT A B A R T SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT 600 Madison Street•Lake Merritt StationP.O ..�,.,...... .--•�—w Oak Sox CA 9 R ECEIV f:3— Oakland,CA 94604-2668 L► i Telephone(510)464-6000 t StJPERVfSORS March 5, 1998 JAMES FANG PRESIDENT Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors JOEL KELLER 651 Pine Street, Room 106 VICE-PRESIDENT Martinez, CA 94553 THOMAS E.MARGRO dENERAt.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 RICHARD so many new riders that the parking lot was full during some Clays of the ISI DtSTAICT week. It was clear to me that some forward planning was needed to provide JOEL KELLER additional access to the station. 2ND DISTRtC7 ROY NAKADEGAWA In November, 1995,BART joined with the City of Pittsburg and the County ARD DISTRICT to prepare a specific plan to guide development in the area of the MARGARET K.PRYOR 4TH DISTRICT Pittsburg/Bay Point Station. I serve on the Fiscal Oversight Committee with Pittsburg Councilmember Federal Glover and Supervisor Joe Canciamilla. PETER W.SNYDER STH DISTRICT As part of this planning process,the consultant team identified the vacant THOMAS M.BLALOCK parcel of land between the Oaks Mills Shopping Center and the BART 8TH DISTAXT parking lot for potential development. The Fiscal Committee voted WILLIE 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 DtSTAtC7 accomplish the purchase for future parking. TOM MILT OvICH M DesTR,cT I brought this issue to the BART Board on February 12, 1998. The staff at that time reported that there were about 13-4 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$4.14 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 PAAL(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. Feel free to call me at 510/464-6095 (BART)or 510/754-7937 (home). Your prompt attention to this request will be appreciated. Very truly yours, Joel Feller Vice-President enclosure ... Friday, February 13, 1998 Dire--L�IOrs r ',*ect plan for BART parking ey Ramtrii Abeerm m MA wWMa bu;A pr+aposal to merWy #ori P more land for e soaitt flasdi PittitbuDubljnffllea• stations hed Thum" h y w t It became part of a larger debate' over land use. At the SMT board4 icor Mftuq. a emotion to direct to invests�ato property options at the siafions failed to Mn the five votes needed to psis. BART Directors Pde Stter of Dublin and Joel &uer of An. troch su,�ted the need for More par gat the stations. "le shortage of parking at the DublitVpkton station has reached a "crisis situation," Snydt:r said. Unrestrtcted spots on bods the Dublin and Meas. Anton sides of the station rep- lady All up by 8:30 a.m. on commute days. But directors Roy Nakade, bg�vra of Berkeley and Totts lata. dulo"cb of San Francisco were flatly against expanding ta'kkw- "BART causes suburban sp�yyawl by doing like: 'M` !4 Radukvich charged, in. e'ad of using land for cars. he said BART should pursue W&. deuaity development ,cur- rounding its stations. But Snyder and Ktaw Noun- sered that the eeiVe-tttssuly de. s'clopIntat In their districts are being driven by demand. Directors Dan Druid Richard of tla3iland abstained froet om Pryor of vft' u#tinmately be[PL% to kill the proposa#. -Richard, who has atruggied with development around the Pleasant Hili BART station, ar. gued that before more par Is pursued. BART should work' '+nth cities on isesd-use issues surrounding stations. £OfJ VTO'ON It09P9P f d3113A 1301 £Oszz 86/GO/20