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TO: REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY Costa
FROM: JOHN CULLEN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR County
DATE: MARCH 7, 2006 Coo 4 �1
SUBJECT: DESIGNATION OF DEVELOPER FOR ORBISONIA HEIGHTS
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT — BAY POINT REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
DESIGNATE The Bixby Company as the developer for the redevelopment of the Orbisonia
Heights (Development Zone 2 as identified in the Pittsburg/Bay Point BART Station Area
Specific Plan Area) within the Bay Point Redevelopment Project Area; and AUTHORIZE the
Redevelopment Director to execute an Exclusive Negotiating Rights Agreement with The Bixby
Company.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
None. No General Fund Revenues are involved.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: PG�
RECOMMENDATION OF EXECTUTIVE DIRECTOR/COUNTY AD4INIS RATOR
RECOMMENDATION OF AGENCY/BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
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APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED V 07F ER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS/COMMISSIONERS: I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AND
CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AND
UNANIMOUS(ABSENT -� ) ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE
AYES: NOES: REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ON THE DATE
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Contact:
JOHN CULLEN, AGENCY SECRETARY,
cc: County Administrator CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
County Counsel AND COUNTY ADMININISTRATOR
Community Development
Redevelopment Agency4<1
Goldfarb& Lipman(Via RDA) By: ,
The Bixby Company Deputy
BACKGROUND:
On August 2, 2005, the Redevelopment Agency authorized circulation of a Request for
Developer Qualifications for the Orbisonia Heights (Development Zone 2 as identified in the
Pittsburg/Bay Point BART Station Area Specific Plan). The area includes privately held
properties, as well as properties owned by the Redevelopment Agency and Ambrose
Recreation and Park District. The Redevelopment Agency was please to have eight highly
qualified firms submit their qualifications. Using a Review Committee that consisted of
representatives from the Bay Point Project Area Committee, the Bay Point Municipal Advisory
Council, Ambrose Recreation and Park District, a representative for Supervisor Glover's
office, Redevelopment Agency staff, and the Agency's real estate consultant, the Agency
reviewed the qualifications, and ultimately requested proposals from four of the eight
developer parties who submitted qualifications.
The Agency received three developer proposals from The O'Brien Group/BRIDGE Housing;
Fairfield Residential; and The Bixby Company in late December (Legacy Partners decided not
to submit a proposal). The Review Committee reviewed the proposals along with detailed
evaluation of the proposals from the real estate consultant. The detailed evaluation of the
proposals resulted in The Bixby Company having the highest score of the three proposals.
The Review Committee also preferred the proposal — a residential mixed-use project
emphasizing for-sale condominiums - by The Bixby Company and recommended them as the
designated developer for the project. On February 8, 2006, the Bay Point Project Area
Committee reviewed the proposal and also recommended the Bixby Company as the
designated developer. The residential project would have an element of affordable housing to
comply with Redevelopment law and Agency policy.
The proposal includes two clusters with four floors of very high density (40 units per acre)
multiple-family residential housing fronting Bailey Road and a new interior road. Parking will
be provided in an inner courtyard. Commercial/retail and live/work uses are proposed on
each side of Maylard Avenue. The assemblage of privately and publicly owned properties will
be necessary to implement the plan. Purchase or exchange of Ambrose Recreation and Park
District property, should the final plan include those properties, would require negotiations with
the District.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Implementation of the Pittsburg/Bay Point BART Station Area Specific Plan would be
compromised.