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Home My WebLink About5.1 Dougherty Valley Connection Road CITY OF DUBLIN AGENDA STATEMENT CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: October 28, 1991 SUBJECT: Windemere request regarding road connecting Dougherty Valley with Tassajara Road REPORT PREPARED BY: Laurence L. Tong, Planning Director EXHIBITS ATTACHED: Exhibit A: Letter from Darryl Foreman, Windemere Ranch Partners Exhibit B: Excerpts from San Ramon's Draft Environmental Impact Report, Dougherty Valley Growth Management and Specific Plan Exhibit C: Area Map and Revised Sub Area Map RECOMMENDATION: F -consider. FINANCIAL STATEMENT: None. DESCRIPTION: Darryl Foreman, Project Manager for Windemere Ranch Partners, has proposed several road alignments connecting the Dougherty Valley area with Tassajara Road. These alignments have been located in unincorporated Contra Costa County and in Dublin city limits . Mr. Foreman has recently requested a letter of support from Dublin for a northern alignment in Contra Costa County (see Exhibit A) . Mr. Foreman has given several reasons for the road. 1 . To rationalize the boundaries regarding topography; 2 . To provide a buffer between military activity and new development; 3 . To connect the proposed homes in Dougherty Valley to I-580 and East Dublin BART station; 4 . To assist in achieving jobs/housing balance in the sub- region. The City of San Ramon's Dougherty Valley Specific Plan proposes 11,000 dwelling units in the Dougherty Valley (see Exhibit B) . While Staff prefers this latest alignment over the other alignments, Staff has several significant concerns regarding the request: 1 . The need for traffic analysis to address potential traffic impacts on Dublin; 2 . The need for proposed housing information to see what effect the housing would have on jobs/housing balance and affordable housing in Dublin and in the surrounding area. While the proposed road might have some beneficial effects in diverting some traffic off of Dougherty Road, there may also be some significant adverse effects on Dublin's traffic situation. There may be too much traffic for Dublin roads to handle. There may be the need for traffic mitigation measure and fees . During several previous meetings with Staff, Mr. Foreman said that there were reports available regarding affordable housing in the proposal . Since jobs/housing balance and affordable housing are significant concerns for Dublin, Staff has requested but has not received the housing information. Because of the significant unresolved concerns, it may be premature for Dublin to provide a letter in support of the proposed road alignments . Mr. Foreman could be asked to provide sufficient information for Staff to address the potential traffic and housing concerns . --------- - ------------------------------------------------------ ITEM NO. COPIES TO: Darryl Foreman [ 10-28] Project Planner CITY C L E R K Agenda File r . ILE ��, ]F],l �"o? OEM RECEIVED SEP 0 1991 TV l\r 1 DE \1 ER September 19 , 1991 Rich Ambrose City Manager City of Dublin 6500 Dublin Blvd. Dublin, CA Re: Congressional Support Letter for Contra Costa County Road Alignment - Dougherty Valley to Camino Tassajara Dear Rich: As per our discussions I am requesting a support letter for the Contra Costa County northern road alignment to Tassajara to be sent to Congressmen Miller, Stark and Dellums and Senators Sey- mour and Cranston (addresses enclosed) . As you are aware we are attempting to formalize permission for the Secretary of the Army to exchange property with Shapell and Windemere to: - Rationalize the property boundaries in relation to topography. - Provide a logical and secure buffer zone between military activities and new development. - Provide a regional road corridor. to connect homes in Dougherty Valley to I-580 and the East Dublin BART station. - Assist in realizing jobs/housing balance in the sub-region. The feasible northern alignment ( see attached map) has been arrived at through discussion with all parties and would be included in the City of San Ramon' s Specific Plan and EIR and the County of Contra Costa ' s Specific Plan and EIR for the Dougherty Valley. The details of the land exchange, exact acreages , pre- cise alignment, road design, access, implementation and funding would be addressed as a future part of the precise exchange . This letter would only facilitate the ability for the Army to enter into these discussions. I :Ililo I, �* Rich Ambrose September 19 , 1991 Page 2 I have attached a sample letter suggested by our government relations advisors . Each letter needs to explain why the land exchange was not included in either to House or the Senate De- partment of Defense ("D.O.D. ") Bill and that we are now request- ing it be placed in the House/Senate conference report. Thank you for your consideration in assisting us to implement this regional planning solution. This request has gone out to all the administrative parties of interest, Dublin, San Ramon, U. S . Army, Alameda County, Contra Costa County and East Bay Regional Park District. Please call if there are any questions . The matter is urgent as the D.O. D. Bill could be approved prior to the end of September. Kind regards, Darryl A. Foreman Project Manager DAF/mv cc: Allan Chapman Jim Sievers Dan Hancock/Shapell Tom Koch/Shapell Tom Bulger/Government Relations Inc. enclosure Dear Congressman X Senator X: I would like to bring to your attention and urge your support for a local land exchange between the United States Army and the two Northern California land management corporations, the Windemere Ranch Partners and Shapell Industries of Northern California . This exchange is essential to accommodate a road buffer between the Army ' s Camp Parks Reserve Forces training facility and the regionally significant housing projects in the Dougherty Valley, Contra Costa County. The execution of this land exchange was dependent upon an earlier three party land exchange, which was finally consummated in August of this year, involving the East Bay Regional Park Dis- trict , the U. S . Army, and the County of Alameda , California . Because both the House and Senate had completed consideration of the two year Department of Defense Authorization bill prior to the first land exchange, authorization for the U. S . Army/Winde- mere/Shapell exchange was not included in either bill . We are therefore requesting that it be included in the House/Senate Conference report. This non-controversial land exchange is essential to the coexist- ence of military training and civilian life in Contra Costa County, and will go along way to further transportation services and provide affordable housing to the area. Thank you for your assistance in facilitating this important land exchange. Senator Alan Cranston SH-112 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Senator John Seymour SD-361 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, D. C. 20510 Congressman Ron Dellums 2136 Rayburn HOB Washington, D.C. 20515 Congressman George Miller 2228 Rayburn HOB Washington, D.C. 20515 Congressman Pete Stark 239 Cannon HOB Washington, D.C. 20515 Sub Area Map Land Exchange ��'V7[� 1 r'1 r ✓ Q an Tel- �:. 'd �•\r-•;�. � ��•` , \� � , : gam,�.--- - � i G� ice" � •� �—' / ��- / � •/ ��'f�^ - � �� '`• O �y - c a -i-.1 _ �2'N � r�. .� � - ' �. i __-�-,;-'-'- . '�� ;=�•_ Cam,`.�.. \ rev.— I �s `��Y• � '�,• '- -•-%• - - - �• ��::--•`,"� 607 -- ed�' Regional-Park;; N\a c A M A D o i�r\ / T�cc?.1iP.. fP,EE4 1 .�I ,• A 1 4,i� Ramon ,';Villa e�U$L Cz II pl' Cz \ ��-]!(OlflBtt[�Q:�C �I�f,lll 11•.� F — J/I• �- co /. _l..t' Er Iii(r tall h C tY� 17. 4s�esiz®some[ _�-1 - ---=- k =i .es� I, 1--- .• •: fit- rr_ +� JiC IMF I � '�;—}--�jai—,_ ♦ I; I, �; �.��:_ — F- 3:5 � • j.. PLEASANTON IC dop -�*. 3. Project Description and Description of Alternatives TABLE 3-1 PROPOSED PROJECT LAND USES' Land Use Units Residential Low Density (2.5 to 5 units per gross acre) 2,704 du Medium Density (5 to 12 units per gross acre) 4,884 du Medium/High Density (12 to 20 units per gross acre) 1,537 du High Density (20 to 30 units per gross acre) 1,875 du 11,000 du Subtotal Non-Residential Retail 270,000 sf Office 25,000 sf Library 18,000 sf Subtotal 313,000 sf School 6,304 students College 5,000 students Subtotal 11,304 students Parks 430 acres I reflects maximum development under the Draft Dougherty Valley Growth Management and This table Specific Plan as shown in Table 4.3 of the Draft Plan dated June 1991. du = dwelling units; sf= square feet EXHIBIT 5 F(toM 5AO KNs o �KC�RPT'S �s �R t R �006 jny MWA&EMe iT A,IJD 8824][7/07 3-6 SPECWjC- PLAN I ` vY ?cGyl t AID •~�_ MON ""�—° -%'.9j_`:• °�. 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