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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 04012003 - C7 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FROM: MARK DeSAULNIER, SUPERVISOR, DISTRICT IV DATE: April 1, 2003 SUBJECT: Ad Hoc Policy Task Force on South Pleasant Hill Issues Recommendation to Select Concept Plan#10 as Preferred Alternative. SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATIONS)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION I. Recommended Action: APPROVE Ad Hoc Policy Task Force recommendation to select Concept Plan #10 as the preferred alternative for the Grayson and Murderers' Creeks Project and CONTINUE working with the Task Force to fully develop the project. II. Fiscal Impact: The County General Fund owns a surplus real estate asset on the site of the preferred alternative. The County now moves towards disposal of the site and will realize its asset value once the preferred alternative is approved by the project partners. The Flood Control and Water Conservation District has committed to provide funding towards the project through drainage area fees, Flood Control Zone 3B revenues and proceeds from the sale of its Beatrice Road surplus real estate site. Continued on Attachment: X SIGNATURE: . _RE+COMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURES): ACTION OF BOARD ON AM TT. ffl , 2j "J APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED xx OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS X2L UNANIMOUS (ABSENT None ) AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: DISTRICT III SEAT VACANT KEe d I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an G:\GtpDatalFldCtRAdministration\Board Orders\2003 130\So.FH Task Force 4-I-03.dao OHg.Div. Public Works(Admin Svcs) action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of y Contact: Mitch Avalon(323-3204) Supervisors On the(hate shown. Sohn Sweeten,CAO Jim Kennedy,Rodevctopment Maurice Shiu,PW Director Greg Connaughton,Flood Control Kevin Emigh,Flood Control ATTESTED: APRIL 01, 2003 Leary Wong,Pleasant Hill JOHN SWEETEN, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and County Administrator By `�' r3 ,Deputy ._..... . .__... ...... .. ........ ....... SUBJECT: Ad Hoc Policy Task Force on South Pleasant Hill Issues Recommendation to Select Concept Plan#10 DATE: April 1, 2003 PAGE: 2 ITT. Reasons for Recommendations and Back.2round SUMMARY The South Pleasant Hill Ad Hoc Policy Task Force (Task Force) is comprised of Supervisor Mark DeSaulnier representing Contra Costa County and the Flood Control and Water Conservation District, David Durant from the City of Pleasant Hill, Kathy Hicks from the City of Walnut Creek, Greg Smith from the Pleasant Hill Recreation and Park District, and Linda Mayo from the Mt. Diablo School District. The Task Force has been exploring a range of land use development options for several sites in South Pleasant Hill, the principal purpose of which is to help decide on a location for a flood detention basin and a means of funding. The Task Force directed their Technical Advisory Committee {TAC) to study five possible alternatives for the flood detention basin. A report was prepared to assess the basic costs and potential revenues of various development options at the five sites and provide information regarding potential sources of funding. The Task Force reviewed and discussed the alternatives and obtained public input on the alternatives at a meeting on May 30, 2002. Each member of the Task Force then provided their elected board a status report of the project before the public meeting. Subsequent meetings further defined the alternatives, added additional alternatives and prioritized them down to the top three. On March 6, 2003 the Task Force met and selected the preferred alternative for consideration by their perspective governing boards. BACKGROUND Project Description The properties along the East Fork of Grayson Creek and along Murderers' Creek have experienced flooding for many years. In 1987 the Flood Control and Water Conservation District, working through a community planning process with the City of Pleasant Hill and Walnut Creek, developed the Drainage Area 46 Plan. That plan included a primary detention basin in the vicinity of Beatrice Road and the Pleasant Hill Middle School, plus two other detention basins in the upper watershed and a series of bypass pipes to drain the basin to the concrete channel at the Sequoia Middle School. Since the adoption of the Drainage Area 46 Plan, there has not been a community consensus on the location of the primary detention basin. The Task Force has worked through a collaborative community based process to determine the location of the detention basin and the community's vision of the South Pleasant Hill area. There are cost implications for the different locations of the detention basin and the costs, along with many other factors, were considered by the Task Force in developing consensus on the basin's location. Community Planning Process About two years ago the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) began a process to revise the floodplain maps in the City of Pleasant Hill and the City of Walnut Creek. When FEMA released the preliminary maps they showed approximately 1800 properties within the 100-year floodplain in Pleasant Hill. This resulted in a renewed interest in the Grayson Creek/Murderers' Creek Project. The City of Pleasant Hill asked the Flood Control and Water Conservation District for assistance to develop a project to provide flood protection for the properties in the floodplain. SUBJECT: Ad Hoc Policy Task Force on South Pleasant Hill Issues Recommendation to select Concept Plan#10 DATE. April 1, 2003 PAGE. 3 On September 11, 2001, on the recommendation of Supervisor Mark DeSaulnier,the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors established the Ad Hoc Policy Task Farce on South Pleasant Hill Issues. Supervisor Mark DeSaulnier and Pleasant Hill Council Member David Durant co-chair the Task Force. Other Task Farce members include Mayor Kathy Dicks, City of Walnut Creek; Linda Mayo, Mt. Diablo Unified School District Board; and Greg Smith,Pleasant Hill Recreation and Park District Board. The mission of the Task Farce is to conduct public discussions and formulate a consensus regarding flood control, recreation, property disposition and land development issues in the south Pleasant Hill area. Due to public health and safety concerns, the primary focus is on flood protection. The proposed improvements will benefit properties in Pleasant Hill and Walnut Creek as well as downstream unincorporated areas. The sites that were investigated include the Beatrice Road area, which includes a number of privately owned parcels and land owned by the Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District; the former Oak Park Elementary School site, owned by Contra Costa County; portions of the Pleasant Hill Middle School site, owned by the Mt. Diablo Unified School District and a small basin off Oak.Park Lane; the County Library site (also owned by Contra Costa County) and Pleasant Oaks Park, owned by the Pleasant Hill Recreation and Park District. The latter two sites were not being evaluated for Flood Control facilities, but the Task Force evaluated their current uses. Upon completion of the study of the alternatives, each Task Force member is to present the Task.Force's findings to their own agency for consideration. The Task Force will then meet again on April 17, 2003 with the goal of combining the views of the various agencies into a Multi-Agency Land Use Master Plan for the affected sites in the South Pleasant Hill area. Concept Plan#10 This concept utilizes a two basin system to solve the flood control issue, while providing increased opportunities for public recreation facilities. The preferred site for the Grayson Creek basin is the County owned 10-acre Oak Park School site. The basin would only encompass a portion of the site and leave the remainder for park and recreational facilities. The second basin would be a small one located off Oak Park Lane adjacent to Murderers' Creek. Approving Concept Plan#10 would allow the County to realize the asset value of the Oak Park property and the Flood Control and Water Conservation District would sell its Beatrice Road property, with the proceeds going towards the purchase of the Oak Park property.