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TO: REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY/ ' '
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra
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FROM. DENNIS M. BARRY, AICP
County
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
DATE: May 1, 2001
SUBJECT: North Richmond Transportation and Urban Design Plan, North Richmond
Redevelopment Project Area
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS
As the Board of Supervisors:
1. APPROVE the North Richmond Transportation and Urban Design conceptual plan
prepared by Hood Design;
2. AUTHORIZE the Community Development Director and the Director of Public
Works to begin implementation of the North Richmond Transportation and Urban
Design conceptual plan in collaboration with the City of Richmond.
As the Governing Board of the Contra Costa County Redevelopment Agency,
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Deputy Director — Redevelopment to begin
implementation of the North Richmond Transportation and Urba Design conc ptual /
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plan in collaboration with Contra Costa County and the City of Richmond.
FISCAL IMPACT
No impact on the General Fund. The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC)
and the City of Richmond financed the conceptual plan process. Implementation
funding will be provided by MTC, the Redevelopment Agency, the City, and other
available local and state resources.
BACKGROUND
County staff has been involved in a collaborative process with the City of Richmond and
Supervisor District 1 staff and North Richmond community residents to prepare a transportation
and urban design plan for both the City and County portions of North Richmond. The consultant
is completing the conceptual plan that recommends dramatic changes to 3`d and Filbert Streets
and several other streets in the community. In general, the conceptual plan includes creation of
a center median with parking and passive community use along 3`d Street (Chesley to Grove
Avenue), widening of sidewalks, pedestrian scale lighting, and streetscape landscaping and
public facilities (benches, trash cans, bus shelters).
Upon acceptance of the conceptual plan, City and County staff will begin the implementation
process, including refinement of the Phase I cost estimates, identification of financial resources,
plan changes (if necessary)to confine to available revenue, and design and construction of the
improvements. Another key implementation activity is determining the cost for maintenance and
gaining community approval for creating a lighting and landscaping district (in accordance with
Proposition 218) to provide for the long-term maintenance of the improvements.
The County received a MTC implementation grant of $515,000 for the construction of
improvements along 3rd Street and Market Avenue. The contract for construction of these
improvements must be entered into by September 2002. However, given the delay in
construction to the lengthy process of creating the conceptual plan, County staff will be
requesting an extension from MTC. Even with a time extension, it is imperative that the
implementation process be initiated to ensure that the MTC granted funds are used in North
Richmond.