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TO: REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY/BOARD OF SUPERVISORS '' ' County
FROM: John Sweeten, Executive Director
Dennis M. Barry, AICP, Director of Community Development
DATE: June 4, 2001
SUBJECT: CORRECT BOARD ORDER APPROVED ON MARCH 6, 2001 — ITEM D.3 TO READ,
SECTION 1. b)
"AUTHORIZE the disbursement from time-to-time of all Park Dedication Funds from
accounts 8136-275534001, 8136-275533822, 8136-373503240, & 8136-373503381 in
an aggregate amount not to exceed $700,000," RATHER THAN "AUTHORIZE the
disbursement from time-to-time of all Park Dedication Funds from accounts
8136-2755034001, 8136-275533822, 8136-373503240, & 8136-373503381 in
an aggregate amount not to exceed $700,000," Pleasant Hill BART Greenspace
Project.
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS
1. As the Board of Supervisors:
a) APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the General Services Director or his designee to execute a Funding
Agreement for the Pleasant Hill BART Greenspace Project with the Contra Costa County
Redevelopment Agency;
b) AUTHORIZE the disbursement from time-to-time of all Park Dedication Funds from accounts
8136-275534001, 8136-275533822, 8136-373503240, & 8136-373503381 in an aggregate
amount not to exceed $700,000;
c) AUTHORIZE the General Services Director or his designee to enter into a final design contractfor
the Greenspace Project with Singer and Fukushima Landscape Architects, Inc.;
d) AUTHORIZE the Director of General Services and the Director of Community Development, or
their designees,to take such other actions as are necessary to implementthe terms of the Funding
Agreement;
e) AUTHORIZE the establishment of a Special Revenue Fund for Greenspace maintenance; and
f) FIND that the Final Environmental Impact Report for the Amendments to the Pleasant Hill BART
Station Area Specific Plan (the custodian of which is the Redevelopment Agency and is located at
651 Pine Street, 5th Floor North Wing, Martinez), which was certified on October 6, 1998,
adequately covered the environmental effects of the proposed project(per Section 15168(c)(4)
of the CEQA Guidelines);
g) DIRECT the Director of Community Development to file a Notice of Determination and a Certificate
of Fee Exemption: De Minimis Impact Finding with the County Clerk;
h) DIRECT the Redevelopment Director to arrange for payment of the $25.00 handling fee.to the
County Clerk.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: _X_YES SIGNATURE: .10 11 .��
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SIGNATURE(S):
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ACTION OF AG C /ON June 5, 2001 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
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VOTE OF COMMISSIONERS/SUPERVISORS
1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A
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AYES: NOES: ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON THE
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: MINUTES OF THE REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY/BOARD ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Contact: Jim Kennedy
335-1255
orig: Redevelopment ATTESTEDJune 5, 2001
cc: County Administrator JOHN SWEETEN
County Counsel AGENCA SECRETARY AND THE CLERK
General Services-Architectural Division OF THE JBOAR�'
Public Works-Special Districts
Auditor-Controller BY , DEPUTY
Community Development
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RECOMMENDATIONS
2. As the Governing Board of the Redevelopment Agency:
a) APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Deputy Director-Redevelopmentto execute
a Funding Agreement with Contra Costa county for the Pleasant Hill BART
Greenspace Project;
b) AUTHORIZE the Deputy Director-Redevelopment to take such other actions
as are necessary to implement the terms of the Funding Agreement.
FISCAL IMPACT
No General Funds are involved. The costs of the project are to be borne by the
Redevelopment Agency and County Park Dedication Funds. Small donations of private funds
are included in these funds. Total project costs are approximately$2.1 million,of which$1.5
million is for improvements, $250,000 is for a capitalized maintenance funds, and the
remainder is for a final design contract and construction management.
BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS
The conversion of the Iron Horse Corridor in the vicinity of the Pleasant Hill BART Station Area was part
of the October, 1998 amended Pleasant Hill BART Station Area Specific Plan. Its implementation was
part of the project analyzed as part of the Final EIR. Implementation of the Pleasant Hill BART
Greenspace project will occur upon a determination that the removal of current temporary spaces have
been adequately mitigated. Mitigations shall be available and operating in order to proceed with
construction of the Greenspace project. Final design can proceed prior to the mitigation program for
the temporary parking.
The Greenspace project will make use of the Iron Horse Corridor(the former Southern Pacific railroad
right-of-way) to provide an open space amenity in the Pleasant Hill BART Station Area. The project
has been subject to a preliminary community design process, and is consistent with the Iron Horse
Corridor Management Program,the licenses and easements for utilities that are beneath the corridor,
and the County contract with the State of California to preserve the corridor for future transit.
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