HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-09-1995 Adopted CC MinutesREGULAR MEETING - January 9, 1995
A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Dublin was held on Monday,
January 9, 1995, in the Council Chambers of the Dublin Civic Center. The
meeting was catl~ed to order at 7:35 p.m., by Mayor Houston.
ROLL CALL
PRESENT: Councilmembers Barnes, Burton, Howard, Moffatt and Mayor Houston.
ABSENT: None
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Mayor Houston led the Council, Staff and those present in the pledge of
allegiance to the flag.
INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEES (700-10)
Police Chief Rose introduced new employee, Rose Macias, Community Safety
Assistant. The City is happy to have Rose back.
City Manager Ambrose advised that Gregory Reuel, Economic Development
Manager was unable to get to Dublin this evening because of flooding, so he
will be introduced at the next meeting.
AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING (150-20)
Mayor Houston announced that the City had received the GFOA Certificate of
Achievement Award. This prestigious national award recognizes conformance
with the highest standards for preparation of local government financial reports.
The City's financial reports for the period ending June 30, 1993 has been
recognized by both the California Society of Municipal Finance Officers
(CSMFO) and the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States
and Canada (GFOA).
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The plaque and certificate were presented to Paul Rankin, Administrative
Services Director.
Mr. Ambrose stated this recognition, which we've received for the fourth year in
a row, provides added credibility to the City's reports when they are reviewed
by members of the financial community. This can be helpful in maintaining a
good credit rating, which reduces the cost of borrowing.
APPOINTMENTS BY MAYOR HOUSTON (110-30)
Mayor Houston announced his appointments to the following Boards: Planning
Commission - Steven L. Lockhart and Don D. Johnson; Parks & Community
Services Commission - Marjorie Wong-Gillmore, George Cramer and Jeffery B.
Chapman; Senior Center Advisory Committee - Barbara Gilford and Bob
Cocilova. He requested that the City Council confirm his appointments.
Cm. Moffatt suggested that the appointments be deferred until such time that
the Council can look at all the applications submitted, He would like to see the
qualifications of the other people who have applied.
Mayor Houston stated he had made his nominations.
Cm. Barnes stated she was worried abOut a 2-person change on the Planning
Commission at thiS crucial time when the Planning Commission is coming up with
some heavy East Dublin issues.
Mayor Houston stated there is never a good time.
Cm. HOward felt it was unusual not to get all the applications to see who else
applied. She also indicated she would like to see the rest of the applications.
Mayor Houston asked if the commissions are not filled tonight if they could be
declared vacant until they are filled.
City Attorney Silver stated the rules say that current members continue until they
are replaced.
Mayor Houston asked if this could go on indefinitely if there is a stalemate.
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Cm. Howard stated it would not be indefinite. The rest of the Council just wants
to look at who applied.
Cm. Barnes felt 2 new people at this time would require a lot of catch up. She
was asked to stay an extra 7 months because of the potential catch up time
when the City was trying to adopt the East Dublin General Plan Amendment.
Cm. Burton stated prior to this, individual Councilmembers made appointments;
however, they are now 2 years into this new procedure and authority. He felt it
is the prerogative of the Mayor to decide who is going to be on the Planning
Commission. The authority lies with the Mayor. The Mayor appoints with the
agreement or endorsement of the Council.
Cm. Moffatt stated he would like to see what the choices are.
Cm. Burton pointed out that Cm. Moffatt has no choices. The choices are the
Mayors.
Mayor Houston again stated he had made his nominations.
Cm. MOffatt stated he would like to see the appointments tabled for 2 weeks.
Mayor Houston asked if there were any other problems with his candidates.
Cm. Moffatt stated he had no other problems with the nominations.
Mayor Houston stated he wanted it confirmed for the record that Cm. Moffatt
stated he had no other problems.
Cm. Burton made a motion, which was seconded by Mayor Houston to confirm
the Mayor's Planning Commission appointments, Steve Lockhart and Don
Johnson. This motion was defeated by NO votes cast by Cm.'s Barnes, Howard
and Moffatt.
Mayor Houston asked that the Council confirm his nominations on the Parks &
Community Services Commission.
Cm. Moffatt stated he had the same problem. He would like to continue these
appointments for 2 weeks in order to see the additional resumes.
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Cm. Barnes stated her understanding was that all the Councilmembers were to
get copies of all the applications. In response to an earlier comment, she
clarified that when Pat Geist was appointed to the Planning Commission, she
was the only candidate.
Mayor Houston clarified that everybody wants copies of all the applications.
Mayor Houston made a motion, which was seconded by Cm. Burton to confirm
the Mayor's appointments to the Parks & Community Services Commission,
Marjorie Wong-Gillmore, Jeff Chapman and George Cramer. This motion was
defeated by NO votes cast by Cm.'s Barnes, Howard and Moffatt.
Cm. Howard stated that since there were only 2 people who applied for the
openings on the Senior Center Advisory Committee these could be confirmed.
On motion of Mayor Houston, seconded by Cm. Barnes, and by unanimous
vote, the Council confirmed the Mayor's appointments of Barbara Gilford and
Bob Cocilova to the Senior Center Advisory Committee with terms ending in
1998.
BUSINESS TASK FORCE (BTF) COMPOSITION (470-50/110.30)
In July, 1994, the Council directed that the Business Task Force be reconstituted
to meet with Staff once the Economic Development Manager was on board in
order to provide background related to the recommendations made and
accepted by the City Council.
Mayor Houston has also requested that the Council consider expanding the
composition of the BTF to include additional members, J. David Bradley, Robert
M. Fasulkey, Karen B. Jacobs and Janet S. Lockhart.
The BTF will be meeting on January 1 7 to start planning a program for the
Economic Development Manager.
Mayor Houston stated he did not perceive that the number is critical. This
would also have a caveat of a 6 month period. After that time, the Council
would revisit the whole thing. Three of the people applied for the City Council
opening and David Bradley applied for the Planning Commission. All of these
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people would be very' good, and this would be a good way for them to
participate.
Cm. Howard stated she had gotten some telephone calls from Chamber of
Commerce members and they wanted .to know why they were not asked to
add more members also.
Mayor Houston stated it is a City organization and so he just decided to do it. He
would welcome them to add others to the BTF: if they want.
Cm. Howard stated they felt it would be too unruly to have too many people
on it. She asked about Kathi Schultz and if she would still be on the task force.
Mayor Houston stated as long as she wants to participate, she would be
welcome. No one has been replaced. The number is not important; he just felt
these people have something to offer.
Cm. Burton commented that one of the proposed new people is the President
of the Chamber of Commerce.
Mayor Houston stated he was nominating heras a citizen of Dublin. If the
Chamber wants to nominate someone else, they should be able to do it. There
is one actual vacancy on the task force. He also got a note from Ron Nahas
stating he would be happy to continue or if the Mayor wanted to replace him,
he would give up his seat.
Cm. Burton stated he would like to add someone who is very important and a
major land owner in Dublin; Robert Enea. He would like to see him make a
contribution on the BTF.
Cm. Moffatt asked the purpose of expanding the committee. The people who
wrote the book should be able to tell their own story. He asked if there is
another purpose.
Mayor Houston used the letter from Ron Nahas as an example. If we call them
back, they may or may not be able to come back in the future. This is
something that will go on on a quarterly basis to meet with the Economic
Development Manager and to promote ideas for the City.
Cm. Moffatt asked for clarification if we were expanding the committee to
develop ideas rather than what was done in the past.
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Mayor Houston stated all the work has not been done yet.
Cm. Moffatt stated the recommendation of the BTF indicated they wanted to
have an independent individual and then to see what kind of ideas and
concepts would be viable before we start micro-managing this department. He
had no problem with the people coming to the meeting, but the other people
want to get something done.
Mr. Ambrose discussed some of the recommendations made by the BTF. There
was no priority order established. The thought was at the initial meeting, the BTF
would go over the recommendations and review the background and at some
point, there needed to be a prioritization. Some of the ideas were pretty
general. There was consensus that the BTF would meet on approximately a
quarterly basis.
Cm. Burton stated we have to address what's eventually going to happen to
existing downtown Dublin. He got 3 calls and people want to know if we are
treating the new people who will be coming in the same way as existing
people. They will be very sensitive about the treatment the new people get.
We need to protect what we have. It is very important to have the BTF be very
active.
cm. Moffatt pointed out that ail of the people on the BTF came from the core
area. In bringing in new folks, they may have new ideas and concepts. We
should try what the BTF said first and then maybe we can move ahead.
Mayor Houston stated heaven forbid that new concepts and ideas be
proposed.
Cm. Moffatt stated he felt all of the people are qualified. They live in Dublin, but
he questioned if they have businesses here also.
Mayor Houston stated one has a business in Dublin. He was trying to bend over
backwards to please Cm. Moffatt.
On motion of Cm. Burton, seconded by Mayor Houston, and by unanimous
vote, the Council approved the Mayor's recommendation to expand the BTF
and appoint new members David Bradley, Bob Fasulkey, Karen Jacobs, Janet
Lockhart and Robert Enea.
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Cm. Howard clarified that the committee will not dictate to the Economic
Development Manager.
Mayor Houston stated their charge has not changed, we just have more people
who can add ideas. Ron Nahas should be asked to stay as he is a great asset.
Cm. Barnes questioned the amount of time.
Mayor Houston stated they could revisit it in 6 months. This is not set in stone. This
is something that will revolve over the years.
Mayor Houston directed Staff to send a letter to the Chamber of Commerce
asking if they also want to add people to the BTF.
PRESENTATION ON EAST DUBLIN/PLEASANTON BART STATION (1060-30)
Planning Director Tong advised that recently completed plans for the East
Dublin/Pleasanton BART Station call for approximately 2,600 parking spaces split
between the north and south sides. Plans for the north parking lot have recently
been revised to include a radio tower which will be about 120' fall, with a small
out building.
Mr. Tong introduced Chuck Middlebrook, with BATC and Marv Dalander with
BART who made brief presentations and showed slides of the project.
Cm. Burton questioned the location of the 'kiss & ride' drop off.
Mr. Middlebrook pointed out the location on the slides of where the drop off
points would be.
Cm. Barnes asked if cars could go from the north to the south.
Mr. Middlebrook explained that they could not.
Cm. Moffatt asked if there was any concept of double stacking the parking.
Mr. Middlebrook responded no, they have not been asked to do anything, but it
is entirely feasible. This plan should meet capacity through 2005 and then they
would need to look at ways of providing additional parking.
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Cm. Howard asked about the location of the 120' tower and the reason it was
put in that particular spot.
Mr. Middlebrook stated they looked at several different locations and the one
selected was the one that worked. This seemed the best place. It is obviously
impossible to hide a 120' tower.
Mary Dalander pointed out that it is also a temporary tower.
Mr. Middlebrook stated BART is looking at converting to a fiber optic system in
the future.
Cm. Moffatt complimented them on the new BART bus angle parking and
thanked them for their presentation.
Later in the meeting, this subject was reopened for further discussion.
John DiManto stated he was not clear on the action on the BART antenna and
also asked how long it would be there. It seems like Dublin gets all the lesser
profile things. He was concerned that in the text of the whole East Dublin Plan,
there's no mention of this and all of a sudden a 120' tower is being put in. What
would stop a developer from coming in now and asking for a 120' sign. Dublin
should not just take the word of BART that it has to be in that particular spot.
Mayor Houston felt BART Staff should be asked to explain what temporary
means.
Ms. Silver clarified the BART Station is not within the East Dublin Specific Plan
area.
Marjorie Labar stated she had problems with the fact that the 120' tower is
within the Airport Protection Zone.
Mr. Dalander stated they have gotten clearances from all the agencies
involved. There won't be any blinking lights. At the beginning of this extension
project, there was talk about having a fiber optic system and then about a year
ago, the negotiations weren't going too well so they went to Plan B, line of sight
towers. They have 3 of these. They are currently negotiating for a fiber optics
system. They had to have a special agreement with the State of California to
put a fiber optic system on a state highway. They have finally agreed to allow
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this fiber optic system, and they should have a system within 5 years or so and
then they would not need the tower.
Cm. Burton asked What would be involved with putting it further east on the
County property, near the California Highway Patrol facility and the animal
shelter.
Mr. Dalander stated he did not know. They would have to talk to the
communications people.
Cm. Burton stated he would like to see this addressed.
Mr. Middlebrook advised that the antenna had already been bought.
Bob Fasulkey asked questions about the 120' tower. There is technology that
makes this unnecessary. He asked if it was strictly for communications with the
trains.
Mr. Middlebrook responded yes, it is for communications with the trains and with
police up 1-680.
Mr. Fasulkey stated he would still stand opposed and felt it was unnecessary.
Request to provide help to Childrens' Theatre Workshop (900-40)
Lyn Dinelli, 6979 Portage Road stated she was a 15 year resident. She discussed
the recent article in the newspaper about the Childrens' Theatre Workshop and
the money and space problems they are having. The Dublin Unified School
District has agreed to give them a hand and they would like to speak to the City
Council about this. During campaigns, several people expressed concerns
about activities for the kids and this group provides a wonderful outlet for kids.
She requested that the City Council place this issue on the next City Council
meeting agenda in order to discuss some things the City can do to help them
find a home. She would like to see this group call Dublin home.
Mayor Houston asked about the discussions with the School District.
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Ms. Dinelli stated it was her understanding that Kids Stage, which is for kids up to
age 13 holds workshops. She thought they had been given a place to practice
and the School District is providing this space.
Mayor Houston advised that the City and School District liaison committee will
be meeting next week. He felt it would be a good idea to have them on the
City Council agenda to see what their needs are.
By a consensus, the Council directed Staff to invite the director of CTW to the
next meeting to provide an informational report.
CONSENT CALENDAR
On motion of Cm. Burton, seconded by Cm. Barnes, and by unanimous vote,
the Council took the following actions:
Received the City Treasurer's Investment Report as of December 31, 1994,
showing the City's investment portfolio to be $22,055,322.74 with funds invested
at an annual average yield of 5.697%; (320-30);
Authorized the Mayor to execute an Agreement (600-30) with Recht Hausrath &
Associates to prepare a Public Facilities Fee Program at a cost not to exceed
$10,500 and authorized an additional appropriation of $10,500 to be repaid
from development fees;
Received the Final Financial Report for Fiscal Year 1993-94 and the Annual Audit
Report, including the report of the Independent Auditors (Maze & Associates),
and Staff's response to the Management Letter (310-30);
Approved the Warrant Register in the amount of $t ,318,217.86 (300-40).
Moyor Houston requested thor the minutes of December 27, I FP4 be removed
from the Consent CG/endor for discussion.
Mot,or Houston felt the minutes re/oted to the Council interviews were G little bit
s/dmpy, in por#cu/or the questions ~nd comments from the $ finalist condid~tes.
He os/~ed that this be revisited with ~nswers from the fin~/bts included in o more
detoi/ed form.
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On motion of Moyor Houston, seconded by Cm. Burton, (;nd by unonimous
vote, the Counci/ directed the City C/eric to provide more detoi/s in the minutes
on thi~ item.
PUBLIC HEARING
NOISE MITIGATION FEE ORDINANCE (390-20)
Mayor Houston opened the public hearing.
City Attorney Silver advised that at the December 27, 1994 City Council
meeting, the Council introduced this enabling ordinance which is one of the
mitigation measures required as part of the adoption of the Eastern Dublin
General Plan Amendment and Specific Plan Environmental Impact Report. A
noise mitigation fee would pay for mitigation measures such as noise barriers,
earthen berms or retrofitting existing structures with sound-related windows.
Adoption of this enabling ordinance is not subject to CEQA.
The next step, adoption of a resolution setting the fee, requires a public hearing.
It also requires that information regarding the amount of the proposed fee be
available to the public at least 10 days in advance. This information would be in
the form of a study or Staff Report which would show the relationship between
development projects and the mitigation measures for which the fee is
proposed to be charged.
Cm. Budon stated he didn't like this. He asked questions about how it would
work if one subdivision is built and charged a fee and then another comes
along and builds on the other side of the road. Who makes the determination
on who pays what? People are still fighting Caltrans over soundwalls. Do we
have any control over this? Will it be subject to all kinds of nit-picking?
Ms. Silver stated the purpose of the fee is for existing residents out there.
Cm. Burton wanted to know where it will stop. He felt this will be trouble.
Ms. Silver explained that individual projects will have to provide their own noise
mitigation measures.
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Mr. Tong stated each subdivision that comes in will have to address their own
noise mitigation measures. The intent is to address those very few existing
residents primarily along Tassajara Road.
Ms. Silver stated the EIR looked at the impact on existing residents in May, 1993.
It can't be used for other purposes. The EIR discusses existing residences.
Marjorie LaBar felt other areas of the community will be heavily impacted by the
increased traffic and asked if anyone had considered the impacts to existing
residents on east and west thoroughfares. The noise on Amador Valley
Boulevard is difficult and it is going to get worse.
Mayor Houston closed the public hearing.
On motion of Cm. Burton, seconded by Cm. Moffatt, and by unanimous vote,
the Council waived the reading and adopted
ORDINANCE NO. 1 95
ADDING CHAPTER 5.112 TO THE DUBLIN MUNICIPAL CODE
ESTABLISHING A NOISE MITIGATION FEE FOR
FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE CITY OF DUBLIN
PUBLIC HEARING - SANTA RITA COMMERCIAL CENTER
REZONE & PROPOSED NEGATIVE DECLARATION PA 94-001 (450-30)
Mayor Houston opened the public hearing.
A public hearing was noticed on this item, however, the Planning Commission
continued its hearing on the matter to January 17, 1995. The request is to rezone
approximately 75 acres from Planned Development - Business Park/industrial
(Low Coverage) to a standard Planned Development to allow an approximate
800,000 square foot commercial center. Also included is a request for approval
of an ordinance permitting a Development Agreement between the City of
Dublin, the Surplus Property Authority of Alameda County and the Homart
Development Company.
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Staff recommended that the City Council cancel the public hearing at this time;
it will be rescheduled for the January 23, 1995 City Council meeting.
Mayor Houston canceled the public hearing.
PUBLIC HEARING
EASTERN DUBLIN TRAFFIC IMPACT FEE/AREA OF BENEFIT FEE (390-20)
Mayor Houston opened the public hearing.
Public Works Director Thompson distributed 2 additional comment letters which
he stated had been received today. Mr. Thompson stated this was the third
public hearing on this item. Dublin needs to provide a funding mechanism to
pay for all the new streets and those transportation facilities that will be
impacted by new development in eastern Dublin. The Staff Report was
presented in its entirety. The Eastern Dublin General Plan and Specific Plan
requires that this plan area pay for the transportation needs of the area, as well
as improvements to existing facilities that are identified as being impacted by
the development in the area. This proposed Traffic Impact Fee is planned to be
the vehicle for assuring that the major transportation infrastructure is funded and
constructed.
The GPA outlines future land use plans for the approximately 4,176 acre eastern
Dublin sphere of influence. Approximately 13,906 dwelling units and 9.737
million square feet of commercial/office/industrial development are anticipated
in the GPA area, in addition to parks, open space and institutional uses. The SP
provides more specific detailed goals, policies and action programs for the
approximately 3,313 acre portion of the GPA nearest the City. Approximately
2,744 acres to the east of the City's sphere of influence are designated on the
Land Use Map as "Future Study Area". The GPA does not outline future land
uses in this area and this area was not considered in developing the Traffic
Impact Fee.
Mr. Thompson stated there is pending development in the area and we need to
make sure that this development does pay its fair share of traffic improvements.
The TIF Study that Barton-Aschman has prepared basically started out with the
Specific Plan and the EIR which have already been approved and these two
documents identify the major roads, how wide the roads are going to be, and
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other necessary transportation mitigations to build out the eastern Dublin area.
The task of the study was to take the cost of oversizing the major roads, the costs
of the mitigations and spread these costs on a roughly proportional basis by
traffic generation and by the actual need for traffic improvements out in east
Dublin. The area of the proposed fee includes only those properties within the
recently approved eastern Dublin Specific Plan and the General Plan,
excluding that area that was assigned as a study area. Those properties will
then only be charged the fee once they annex and they actually want to do
some development. It won't cover anybody that's not in the City or somebody
that doesn't want to develop. The fee for non-residential development would
actually pay the fee at time of building permit and the residential developers
would pay their fee at the time of final building inspection. We anticipate that
these fees will be reviewed at least on a yearly basis, and more if necessary.
That's basically to allow for increase in cost of construction. We have some
loans running that have interest on them and if anything else comes up during
the time period that we need to make some changes on, so you will be seeing
this on a regular basis.
Mr. Thompson stated the draft resolution also imposes an Area of Benefit Fee
which is kind of a backup to the Traffic Impact Fee. City Attorney Silver was
requested to speak on this. Gary Black with Barton-Aschman will then go
through his report.
Ms. Silver stated the draft resolution would do two things; it would impose a
Traffic Impact Fee and would also impose an Area of Benefit Fee. The Area of
Benefit Fee would only be effective if for some reason the Traffic Impact Fee
were declared to be invalid. The State Subdivision Map Act authorizes an Area
of Benefit Fee and the Council adopted an Ordinance a couple of months ago
which authorizes the establishment of an Area of Benefit and the imposition of
an Area of Benefit Fee. You can only impose an Area of Benefit Fee for major
thoroughfares and bridges, so some of the improvements for which the Traffic
Impact Fee will be imposed cannot be collected through an Area of Benefit
Fee.
Ms. Silver stated to establish an Area of Benefit Fee you have to provide the
opportunity to property owners to protest the imposition of the Area of Benefit
Fee and to date, Staff has not received any written opposition to the Area of
Benefit Fee. There are a number of written comments, but none of them
specifically object to the Area of Benefit Fee. The adoption of the Traffic Impact
Fee and the Area of Benefit Fee are both consistent with the Specific Plan and
will implement the Specific Plan. If only the Area of Benefit Fee were adopted,
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you would still have to do something to impose additional fees to mitigate the
Traffic Impact identified in the EIR in order to approve projects, because you
have to find that the project is consistent with the Specific Plan to approve it
and to approve a project you have to find that there has been compliance
with all the mitigation measures in the EIR as well as the provision of the facilities
in the eastern Dublin area.
Ms. Silver advised that there were a couple of changes to the Resolution and
one change to the Staff Report. A revised Exhibit 7 to the Staff Report was
distributed which was a copy of Government Code Section 65913.2. The wrong
code section had been copied. Other changes were made to page 2 in both
the Resolution and the alternate Resolution related to dates of the Santina &
Thompson report. There was also a change on page 4 of the Resolution and
the alternate Resolution related to public hearing dates.
Cm. Moffatt stated he noted things had changed on how we charge for
commercial and it went from per square foot to number of trips.
Mr. Thompson stated it had been the same all the way through, but there is a
sheet that shows what each use would be. Non-residential (or commercial) has
always been based on so many dollars per trip. He thought it was $293. Then
each use has a table based on the uses. Each use has its own traffic generated
per thousand square feet and then you multiply those two numbers to get the
amount of the fee. They think that most of this area will develop in blocks and
not just individual uses.
Gary Black stated he had gone through the impact fee program before, but
the City received quite a few questions about it, so he stated he would go
through it in more detail tonight. Hopefully all the questions will be clarified. The
costs that would have to be paid by non-residential development equals the
traffic fee per trip times the number of daily trips that that project would
generate. For residential development, they took that one step further and
translated the fee per trip into the cost per unit so the cost for residential
development is strictly the number of units times the cost per unit. He described
how they derived the traffic fee per trip and how and why they used daily trips.
That would be determined by the City Staff using average trip rates and the
important word is average trip generation rates by land use category from
recognized traffic engineering sources. Two of these are listed, the Institute of
Transportation Engineers (ITE) and there is also a reference to SANDAG, San
Diego Association of Governments. Both publish industry standards on trip
generation. It's important to recognize that these are average rates. They
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recognize that some individual projects will be a little more or a little less. In
order to be fair and equitable for all projects, they use the industry standard
average rate and this is what they are recommending.
Mr. Black stated traffic and transportation impacts of the Eastern Dublin SP and
GPA areas were evaluated for the year 2010. In order to compare traffic
impacts for the year 2010, certain arterial and regional roadway facilities and
facility sizes were assumed. Impacts from land uses for all development in the
Tri-Valley area, excluding the eastern Dublin development, were compared
with impacts from all development in the Tri-Valley area including the eastern
Dublin development. For any impact that was considered significant, mitigation
measures were developed and included in the EIR. Impacts were considered
significant if the Project would cause traffic operations to exceed Level of
Service E on study freeway segments, if the Project would cause traffic
operations to exceed LOS D at designated study intersections, or if the Project
generated traffic that would cause significant safety hazards. The Eastern
Dublin Impact Fee is designed to pay for the Project's proportional share of the
assumed 2010 base network and for the roadway and transit improvement
projects specified in the mitigation measures to the EIR.
Mr. Black stated the Eastern Dublin SP area and GPA area, as illustrated on
Figure 1 did not include the area designated on the figure as Future Study Area
Agriculture. The majority of the land in the area is presently undeveloped.
Existing land uses in this area include some Camp Parks buildings, some
Alameda County facilities, and a few tow-density residential homes or ranches.
Mr. Black explained that the existing transportation network in the Eastern Dublin
SP area and GPA area is very sparse. Dublin Boulevard extends as two lanes
from Dougherty Road to Tassajara Road. Tassajara Road is a two-lane roadway.
Fallon Road and Doolan Road are two-lane local roadways that dead-end
north of 1-580. There is no existing transit service in the Eastern Dublin SP area.
The Eastern Dublin SP includes new and improved facilities in or near the Project
area that would be built in conjunction with new development through year
2010. In addition to those facilities in or near the project area, the SP EIR
includes future transportation improvements in the entire Tri-Valley area for the
year 2010 either as assumed background network or as project mitigation. The
Eastern Dublin SP and GPA area is expected to contribute to funding for these
regional road and transit improvements.
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Mr. Black stated there had also been some questions about daily trips rather
than some other way to measure the use of the road system. The question has
come up about how the road system was sized in the eastern Dublin plan. It
was sized based on peak hour usage. Everyone recognizes that traffic in the
middle of the night doesn't require a 6~lane Dublin Boulevard extension, but
peak hours do. However, it is their recommendation to base the fee on daily
trips rather than peak hour trips, because the peak hour differs from one area to
another. In some areas, it is in the morning and others it is in the afternoon. It
would be a nightmare to administer a fee that is on a peak hour trip generation
and have different peak hours in different areas. You would end up being
unfair to some uses by doing that. It is a lot more fair and equitable to base the
fee on daily trips and that was how that decision was made.
Mr. Black next focused on how they calculated the traffic fee per trip and
stated that is simply the cost of the transportation improvements divided by the
total eastern Dublin daily trips. The other part of the equation is costs; costs of
the transportation improvements. This is dictated by the eastern Dublin Specific
Plan and the EIR. These costs will be broken down into 3 components and each
was explained. These were: 1)Improvements for which Eastern Dublin
developments are responsible for 100% of the cost; 2) Improvements elsewhere
in Dublin for which Eastern Dublin developments are partially responsible; and 3)
Regional improvements for which all jurisdictions in the Tri-Valley area, including
Eastern Dublin, are responsible.
Eastern Dublin includes two development areas. The first includes only growth
projected in the SP area. The second, called the Project, includes all the
development in the first development scenario plus additional development in
the GPA area. The impact fee is designed to cover the Project development
scenario. Land uses projected for this scenario include Iow-density, medium-
density, medium-high density, and high-density residential, retail, office,
industrial, public school, and parks.
Mr. Black stated trip generation for the land use in the Eastern Dublin SP and
GPA area was projected based on trip generation rates that relate the type
and size of a land use to the number of persons or vehicles traveling to or from
the land use. The traffic generation rates used for the Eastern Dublin land uses
were based on the Institute of Transportation Engineers, Trip Generation and
specific counts of traffic generation conducted by DKS Associates for the SP EIR.
The rates were adjusted based on local conditions.
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Using the adjusted trip generation rates, the Project is expected to generate
423,787 daily vehicle trips. This number is reduced to 346,525 when pass-by trips
are taken into account. Pass-by trips are comprised of vehicles that stop at
certain land uses, such as restaurants and stores, while on the way to
somewhere else. Since these trips are not new trips, but merely diverted trips, a
pass-by reduction can be applied to the total number of trips generated by
such uses. For the purposes of the traffic impact fee calculation, all retail land
uses were assigned a pass-by reduction of 35%. The Institute of Transportation
Engineers Trip Generation gives a range of pass-by rates for retail development
from 12% to 89%.
Mro Black pointed out those transportation improvements which should be
funded solely by Eastern Dublin development. These included: 1) Dublin
Boulevard; 2) Hacienda Drive; 3) Hacienda/I-580 Interchange Improvements; 4)
Transit Spine; 5) Gleason Drive; 6) Tassajara Road; 7) Tassajara/Santa Rita Road/I-
580 Interchange; 8) Fallon Road; 9) Bicycle Path along Tassajara Creek; 10) TIF
Study; and 11 ) Street Alignment Study.
Dublin projects with partial eastern Dublin developer responsibility include: 1)
Dublin Boulevard; 2) Scarlett Drive (Southern Pacific Right-of-Way Connector); 3)
Dougherty Road; 4) 1-580/Fallon/EI Charro Interchange Upgrade; 5) Airway/I-
580.
Tri-Valley jurisdiction regional responsibility projects include: 1) 1-580/I-680
Interchange; 2) 1-580 Auxiliary Lanes; 3) Route 84; 4) Improve Transit Services.
Mayor Houston asked about the mechanism for collecting fees from Contra
Costa County.
Mr. Black stated he could only speak to the fact that the City is now in
negotiations to work out the details. Contra Costa County's share is based on
current information.
Mr. Thompson stated we had not gotten that far, but he anticipates that they
will have a similar traffic impact fee that would be for off-site type improvements
similar to ones that we have. This is being negotiated right now. Contra Costa
County passed a resolution last year or the year before saying they would pay
their fair share of our streets as they go through them if we would pay for theirs.
The way it works out is they are using our streets a lot more than we are using
theirs. This sets us a disproportionate share that they will have to pay.
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Mr. Black stated there is also recognition that Dublin's traffic will affect
Pleasanton and Livermore and vice versa, but that each jurisdiction will be
responsible for those that are inside their boundaries.
Mr. Black explained that there are some improvements specified in the EIR that
are not included in the three sections above. These improvements are: 1) 1-680
HOV Lanes between Rudgear Road and 1-580; 2) North Canyons Parkway
extended to Vasco Road; 3) Bollinger Canyon Road extended as a four-lane
arterial to Dougherty Road; 4) 1-580 improvements widen to eight lanes plus two
auxiliary lanes between 1-680 and Tassajara Road; 5) Other local improvements
in San Ramon, Pleasanton, and Livermore south of 1-580 consistent with adopted
general plan circulation elements.
The costs for interchanges, roadway systems and studies for the first two
categories of improvements were calculated by the City of Dublin's consultant
Santina & Thompson or City of Livermore. These roadway cost estimates were
prepared based on the premise that within the Eastern Dublin SP area and GPA
area, developers adjacent to the road woUld be directly responsible for the
parkway and 20' of roadway improvements next to the parkway, including
right-of-way dedication for this area, essentially creating a two-lane access
road. The adjacent developer to a bridge does not have to directly pay for the
parkway area and 20' of roadway improvements for the bridge. The impact
fee will cover the cost of building the necessary roadway width beyond the
minimum two-lane cross-section. The additional width is needed to serve the
traffic of all Eastern Dublin development.
Mr. Black discussed how the traffic impact fee was calculated and referenced
pages 10 - 14 of the Barton-Aschman AsSociates, Inc., report.
Mr. Black discussed the process to be used for updating the traffic impact fee
and outlined the application of the traffic impact fee on an individual project
basis. Developers will receive credit for portions of the fee network that they
build and for the dedication of right-of-way needed for the completion of the
fee network. Credit will not be given for any roadway construction required
solely by the project, such as a right-turn lane into the project site that is only
used by project patrons or residents.
Certain land uses, such as parks and public schools are exempt from the traffic
impact fee. Their cost of the roadway fee network is absorbed by the
residential and office development that necessitates the need for such facilities.
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Public facility land uses, such as post offices, city buildings and libraries are also
exempt.
Cm. Burton asked if this was to be a first and only one-time fee. He then asked
how a situation would be handled whereby someone opened up a shop and
didn't have much traffic and then his place is rented or sold to somebody else
who does create a lot of traffic 5 years down the road. Does the TIF get put on
the new guy or is it considered already paid.
Mr. Thompson stated it would already be paid, and there is a specific category
that has a little catch-all for people that are doing spec type buildings. It is an
averaging type thing. A lot of people do this; they just go ahead and build a
building and then go out and find tenants. If they don't have a tenant when
they come in, they will fall into the general category.
Mr. Ambrose stated there are two ways to look at this. You can always find
somebody who would argue that they are using less than the average, but the
benefit of going with this is the developer knows on the front end exactly what
the costs are and we don't have to conduct another study and force the
developer to have to pay for it and delay the project. The idea is to assist the
development community by identifying what the costs are early and up front
before they begin the project or before they are too far into it. We do it on a
case-by-case basis now and there is a lot of time delays, as well as a lot of Staff
time expended attempting to negotiate what the TIF should be on each
particular use.
Cm. Burton asked if it would be based on zoning.
Mr. Ambrose stated the ITE manual has 1,000 categories of different types of
uses, so we will need to par down the list. It's not based strictly on land use or
zoning' designation, but it is on use. Sometimes traffic studies take 6 to 8 weeks
and then there is a negotiation period. Developers want to get their financing
in place early on.
Mr. Thompson emphasized the way the properties are set up, it is anticipated
that a lot of these will be in a shopping center or a block of spaces. There
won't be individual buildings just popping up. We have categories for shopping
centers of a certain size has an average traffic generation. Then it doesn't
matter if you have a high generator on one end and a Iow on the other end. It
evens out.
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Cm. Burton asked if this will apply to the present downtown area.
Mr. Thompson stated no, we will have a separate downtown traffic impact fee
study.
Cm. Moffatt asked if this includes all the regional fees also.
Mr. Thompson stated the Environmental Report and the SP identified certain
things and Category 3 are the regional improvements that they've assumed
have been put in that weren't totally funded. The TVTC may come up with a
totally different thing that may have to be plugged in if the Council wants to do
that.
Ms. Silver stated the draft resolution recognizes that the TVTC has prepared a
draft plan.that hasn't been adopted yet. If it is approved, the Council would
then revise this to reflect that. We need to comply with the EIR's requirement
that we impose a fee for regional impact, either based on the TVTC study or
another similar study.
Cm. Burton mentioned the 2 sources referenced for trip description by function
or business and asked if this would be the Bible that would be used when
people come in.
Mr. Thompson stated no, contained in the packet was a 2,page dOCument that
they can go through to pick out the land uses. It will say what the traffic
generation is.
Ms. Silver advised that Exhibit E to the resolution provides the amount of the fee
to be set. It specifies the fee for single family residential which is $3,355 per unit
and multi-family residential which is $2,350 per unit, and then all development
other than residential pays at a rate of $295 per trip based on the table that
follows.
Mr. Thompson briefly went over the comments that had been received over the
last month or so. The first letter received was from Alameda County and they
had some technical questions and comments which Staff did incorporate. The
City of Pleasanton sent a letter and they basically wanted Dublin to share in the
cost of 3 interchanges that they had already built portions of and because this
would take a whole other study and Council direction to do this, there was not
time to do it at this point. If Council wants this done with the next update, Staff
could go ahead and take a look at that. TJKM, who was representing the Lin
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property, had mostly technical questions and Staff tried to answer these. McKay
& Somps dropped off a letter today and copies were distributed. A lot of the
same things that were in TJKM's letter were in McKay & Somps' letter. CCS
submitted a letter for the Pao Lin property and it basically recommended that
since the town center land uses encourage pedestrian, bicycle transit that it be
given a lower traffic generation and a lower resulting fee. They took a look at
this and basically, almost all of the multi-family residential uses either fall in the
town center or in village centers. There is just a little that falls in the County that
is outside of that. Both the town centers and the village centers have the same
encouragement for pedestrian, transit, etc. If was felt that what is in there is
satisfactory. The Attorney for Pao Lin called today and requested that this be
postponed for 2 weeks because they were unable to be here this evening. The
next letter was from Cassidy & Burgess, representing Pleasanton NPID owners,
regarding Dublin helping to pay for those interchanges and they also had a lot
of other technical comments and the City Attorney and Staff wrote back and
ansWered those comments. We got a letter from Heller, Erman, White &
McCullough representing the Pao Lin property with comments similar to the CCS
letter requesting us to reduce the fees for the town center area. They also
requested that no fees be put on the town center area until the next review of
the fee resolution.
Mr. Ambrose pointed out that those fees aren't applicable unless you are
annexed to the City and you have a development plan, which that property
does not.
Mr. Thompson stated we received a BART letter and they were basically
requesting a reduction in our fee to help them out with some of their
improvements. We advised them that since their BART station was already
funded, we didn't include it in our fee, but we do have some money in for
service to the BART stations. We got a note from C. Silva protesting any taxeS for
traffic impact fee study. They were not in the area that will have the fee on it at
this point.
Al Hunter, Jade Circle, member of the Business Development Task Force asked
where this would put Dublin with regard to other cities. In looking at the number
of trips per day, he felt the numbers may be a little high. He was more
concerned on the business side, however. If you take an average 4,000 sq. ft.
office space unit, what kind of fees will they be looking for and how does this
compare with other cities in the valley? Also, how does it compare with
communities outside the State of California since we are competing with them
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also. He questioned who else is using this type of approach and how do we
compare.
Mr. Thompson reminded everyone that we are starting from scratch. A lot of
other cities that have fees may be picking up cc]pital improvement things that
they want to do around their city. We are building all the street infrastructure, so
we are fairly high compared to some of the cities that don't have to start from
scratch. The way this was approved was that eastern Dublin must .pay its own
way. The.City can't help them out. If we do get grants in the future we can go
back and look at reducing this fee.
Mr. Hunter recommended that on any proposed future fees or taxes, it would be
nice to have a comparison with other cities as part of the package. Pleasanton
and Livermore, as they expand, will try to capture a lot of the same businesses
that we are trying to get.
Mayor Houston felt this would be a good idea in order to compare apples to
apples.
Mr. Ambrose advised that this information was provided in the December 12th
packet.
Francis O'Connell, Registered Civil and Planning Engineer with CCS Planning &
Engineering stated she represented the Pao Lin propertY, about 300 acres. They
submitted a report and also the Attorney representing interested parties
submitted a letter. They are very concerned that the methodology of
computing charging impact fees unfairly penalizes the town center area. She
discussed the figures derived using the ITE handbook for single family housing
and multi-family housing. Some adjustment factors can be used. The Attorney
suggested some modifications to the resolution if it is to be adopted tonight.
She discussed factors used to determine low-income housing. The Santa Clara
County CMA allows for up to 30% of trip reduction for mixed use development.
The property owner's problem is that while' they will spend a lot of money in the
town center area to create a situation of encouraging bicycling, pedestrian
transit use during the development phase, but there is really no incentive for
that and there is really no credit applied for that. The Attorney suggested that
language be added, "except that the amount of such fee shall not apply to
residential or non-residential development in areas designated for town center
use in the GPA, SP, or GP until completion of the subsequent study of the traffic
impacts of such town center development described in Section 8 of the
resolution". With reference to subsequent analysis of the fee, they want to add
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language, "the City shall conduct a further study and analysis to determine the
traffic impact fee of residential and non-residential developments within town
center areas as designated in the GPA, SP or GP. When such additional
information is available, the City Council shall set the fee for such town center
development in amounts which are reasonably related to the impact of such
development".
Cm. Burton stated all the things she was asking for, she was asking at the last
minute. These were some major concerns and he asked if she could give one
or two of the most major changes they would like to see changed.
Ms. O' Connell stated some credit, some incentive for the town center area of
development because in order to provide for the developer to come forward
With a development, they will have to make an investment to make that kind of
amities and yet, they also know they have to pay the same fee as all the other
developers outside the town center area. That's what they feel is the most
unfair. Housing will be very near the jobs, within walking distance. They also
would like to provide residential on the top and commercial right below it in a
two-story development. There will definitely be a lot of trip reduction which is
different from other types of development within this town center area.
Cm. Burton asked if When a project of this type comes in and they prove that
some incentives for affordable housing are provided, do we have in this process
an opportunity for someone to come in and ask for specific reductions.
Mr. Thompson stated the only way they could get a reduction would be if the
Council changes the resolution to allow something lower. The problem is if you
give someone else a lower one, you have to bump somebody else up.
Mayor Houston asked about the purpose of the annual review.
Mr. Thompson advised that this would be something the Council could look at
as part of the annual review. The other things that the annual review would
show would be as we get more and more of the infrastructure built, how close
are we to the cost that we estimated. The costs will be going up over the years,
just from inflation.
Cm. Burton asked if this would satisfy her that there will be a review process in
the future.
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Ms. O'Connell stated this did not satisfy them, because there was no assurance
that they would take this into consideration. They recognize that someone has
to pay for these improvements to allow development to happen, but they are
talking about fairness. They want to be recognized for being in the town center
area and would like to pay just a little bit less. If the Council doesn't take the
Attorney's suggested language into consideration, they have a fear that it will
never get changed in the future. Later on, they will have to spend more efforts
to try to make their point again. She requested that the Council defer the town
center area for a while.
Cm. Burton stated he appreciated what she said and felt she brought up some
good points. He didn't feel the City could start over tonight, however. All 5
people sitting on the Council are interested in a good project of starter homes
and affordable housing. If they bring in a good project, he suspected that
maybe there would be a willingness to go back and find a way to make it work.
Mayor Houston stated we do have this review process in place, so the
mechanism is there.
Cm. Moffatt felt We have this new dream and unfortunately, it takes a lot of
money to do all these things. The SP says the area out there has to pay for itself
in a sense.
Francis P. Croak submitted written comments for the record. As a property
owner in the east Dublin area, he resisted being exposed to transportation fees
and/or assessments in advance of the develOpment of specific properties. He
felt the City Council had contradicted itself with some of the comments and he
felt like he was looking down the end of a loaded barrel.
Cm. Burton asked if he realized he wouldn't pay any fees until he builds or
develops.
John DiManto stated he had read all the correspondence and was impressed
with the articulate answers and correspondence in the packet. What is
surprising to him is that Staff seems to always want to defend the hired help,
Barton-Aschman. Whatever happens in this east Dublin traffic fee should put
everybody on the same basis. They are part of the future spine. His property is
impacted identical to the Lins. Those mixed uses that straddle the spine should
not be overlooked.
Cm. Burton asked if he would accept the figures presented.
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Mr. DiManto responded that he was not qualified to compile the figures or
challenge them. We are a little high now, but we have an opportunity to
review it. There are not too many cities that build a spine to use for comparison
purposes.
Marjorie LaBar asked questions related to the levels of service. If all of these
improvements are put into place, will this bring all of our intersections to an LOS
of D. Will we still have areas that will be LOS E and F. She suggested that if the
City did 'not have trip reduction amenities built into this plan the individual fees
per unit would be considerably higher as we would have to build more
infrastructure. On Iow cost housing we may want to figure some sort of a factor
in for high densities as part of the State's requirement for the Housing Element.
She discussed short trips where people would be more inclined to walk as
opposed to those that have to go 2 1/2 miles to get a quart of milk. We should
look at the very high end and the very Iow end.
Mehran Sepehri stated those types of things were included. Different numbers
were used for single and multi-family areas. As far as the LOS, by improving all
those road facilities, we will meet the EIR LOS required. As far as the Trip
Reduction Ordinance, the EIR and the Barton-Aschman report, they all include
requirements that must be met. We have to meet the air quality and that has
been assumed in the model.
Ms. O'Connell said she was frankly a little bit tired of hearing these same
comments. She wished to strongly point out that they are not arguing about this.
but they are trying to SaY that the town center area is a very unique area. They
want to put forward a good project where the trips will be even lower. If you
apply a 30% factor, it could be 5 trips per unit. They heard all the concerns and
they accept we may hear back from them again. It really does not reflect their
comments at all.
Bobble Foscalina, Doolan Road commented that the percentage used to
determine fees is how you are going to charg® the developers. If one of the
percentages is wrong, she asked who would pick up the differences and how
will shortages be made up. Since Dublin, Pleasanton and Livermore have
agreed to pay for their own roads, who pays fOr the percentage that was
designated to Livermore and Pleasanton. Does it come out of the general fund,
which is the existing people of Dublin?
Mr. Thompson stated there were a couple of issues involved. With regard to
interior streets, everyone agreed that they would do their own interior streets.
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Freeway improvements will be more of a regional type thing and hopefully, the
TVTC will come along or each City will have their own and get together with
some money and do some improvements on that. She asked what happens if
we are wrong and we don't get enough money? This is why we will review this
on an annual basis and if we find we are getting behind, they we will have to
raise it.
Ms. Foscalina commented that the designations were quite high for Livermore
and Pleasanton at certain intersections. If Dublin has noway of collecting from
them, what happens? You've already said you're going to pay your own way
on your own streets. She did not feel she got a definit® answer as to who is
going to pay.
Mr. Thompson responded that the other cities that have developments coming
in in the future will have impacts on interchanges. They will have to pay through
some sort of a traffic impact fee on the particular project or they're going to
have to get an overall one. We will be watching them too to make sure they
pay their fair share.
Ms. Foscalina stated she firmly believed that new development creates the
need for new roads and improvements and it should pay for them. She also felt
all fees should be paid prior to receiving building permits. Property owners
should not be penalized because they choose not to develop or to develop at
a later date. The EIR says you have LOS E and F on a lot of the main arteries and
interchanges and yet when the policy was set by the judge at the end of the
lawsuit last year, it was designated that you should have no lower than Level D.
How are we going to rectify levels E and F to be consistent with the policy that
was set by the judge.
Ms. Silver stated with regard to the lawsuit challenging the EIR for the General
Plan Amendment and the SP, the court found in the City's favor and found that
the EIR was adequate and that the SP and GPA were properly adopted.
Ms. Foscalina stated it was her understanding that the level should not be lower
than D and if some of our streets are LOS F, that's not consistent with what the
policy is.
Ms. Silver stated this was a misunderstanding because the petition was a petition
for a Writ of Mandate and the court denied the Writ of Mandate and held that
the EIR was adequate.
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Mayor Houston suggested that if Ms. Foscalina has access to the document, she
should review it as our City Attorney does not have the same interpretation.
Ms. Silver stated Ms. Foscalina was referring to the Court's Notice of Intent to
Decision, and a Notice of Intent to Decision has no legal affect, it's the
judgment that has the legal affect and the judge refused to grant the Writ of
Mandate and there is no appeal for that. The important fact is that the judge
found in Dublin's favor on all ~ooints.
Mayor Houston closed the public hearing.
Cm. Burton felt there should be some way to have starter homes and housing
programs. There are some out there and he realized it's a marketing decision.
There's no such thing as Iow cost housing anymore. We should be able
somehow to attract somebody that has some creative ideas on affordable
housing.
Cm. Barnes stated she was comfortable with the fact that we have the annual
review.
Cm. Howard agreed and stated she had no problems with it.
Cm. Moffatt stated he had no problems with it.
Mayor Houston stated he did sympathize with some of the comments made
and we will try to make it easy by having two categories. There are several
categories in the densities. The annual reviews are very important and they
should take advantage and capitalize on them.
Ms. Silver explained that the recommendation was that after the public hearing
is closed, the Council determine the value of protests to the Area of Benefit Fee.
The Council should, by motion, determine the value of protests and that there
are insufficient protests received. Actually there were no protests received to
the adoption of the Area of Benefit Fee.
Cm. Burton made a motion and stated they had evaluated the value of
protests on the Area of Benefit Fee and determined that they are not sufficient.
This motion was seconded by Cm. Moffatt. The motion was passed by a
unanimous vote.
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Cm. Burton asked if the one year for review purposes should be put into the
Resolution.
Ms. Silver stated the way it is written now, it provides for this particular fee to be
in effect for 20+ years. Page 11, paragraph 8 was referenced. It might not be
necessary to review it every year, although this is Staff's intent. This is sufficient
and provides flexibility.
On motion of Cm. Burton, seconded by Cm. Moffatt, and by unanimous vote,
the Council adopted
RESOLUTION NO. 1 -95
ESTABLISHING A TRAFFIC IMPACT FEE
AND AREA OF BENEFIT FEE
FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE EASTERN DUBLIN AREA
REQUEST BY MAYOR HOUSTON FOR
RECONSIDERATION OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING STARTING TIME [610-20)
On December 27, 1994, Mayor Houston requested that the issue of Council
meeting starting times once again be agendized for discussion by the Council.
Mayor Houston stated this was discussed last year or the year before and he
would like to move the meeting time to 6:30 p.m. This would better
accommodate some of the Staff who cannot go home and he also felt more
people would attend the meetings. Some of the Dublin Housing Authority
meetings could be conducted out at Arroyo Vista, and they're canceled a lot
of the time anyway. They only met 5 or 6 times asr year. Those meetings could
start at 6:00 p.m.
Cm. Moffatt discussed the survey that was done 'n April of 1994. Very few
people indicated they were interested in starting at 6:30 p.m. More people
favored a 7:30 p.m., or 7:00 p.m., starting time. Fie stated he would be
agreeable to trying a new starting time for 3 months to see how it works.
Mayor Houston felt a trial period was unnecessary and that 6:30 p.m., was fine.
Cm. Barnes stated a lot of people she spoke with laughed at a 6:30 p.m.,
starting time.
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Marjorie LaBar felt that getting to a meeting by 6:30 p.m., would be impossible
for people coming from out of the area. People would be more upset over
issues if they have to rush home, rush through dinner, and then rush to get to the
meeting.
The Council briefly discussed other meetings which might conflict on Mondays.
On motion of Mayor Houston, seconded by Cm. Burton, and by unanimous
vote, the Council agreed to a 7:00 p.m., starting time for future regular City
Council meetings.
Ms. Silver stated it would be necessary for Staff to incorporate the change into
the Council Rules Resolution, and this could be brought back at the next
Council meeting for adoption.' The new time could then become effective with
the next regular meeting.
OTHER BUSINESS
Reception/Recognition for Out.qoing Commissioners (110-10)
Mr. Ambrose reminded the Council that we need to recognize outgoing
Commissioners and he had discussed with the Mayor holding a reception just
prior to the next City Council meeting. It would now be appropriate to
schedule the event for a later date after the appointments are confirmed.
Upcoming Meetin_q Reminders (610-05)
Mr. Ambrose reminded the Council of the LAFCO hearing to be held on
January 12, 1995 at 4:30 p.m.
Mr. Ambrose advised that the Business Task Force will be meeting at 7:00 p.m.,
on January 17, 1995.
Mr. Ambrose advised that the Dublin Fine Arts Foundation will be holding an Art
in the Parks reception at the Civic Center on January 27, 1995, from 5:00 P.m., to
7:00 p.m.
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Mr. Ambrose stated there has been a change in the date for the next Tri-Valley
Council meeting. San Ramon will be hosting the meeting on February 1, 1995 at
6:30 p.m. Any desired agenda items should be communicated to San Ramono
CTV Broadcastinq of Council Meetinqs {1050-50)
Cm. Howard advised that it costs Pleasanton about $30,000 to televise their
Council meetings and then there is a per-hour meeting cost. San Ramon will
start to tape theirs, but they can't be broadcast live. It will cost them about
$365 per meeting. Dublin could not be live at this time because Contra Costa
County uses Channel 30 on Monday nights.
Teen Task Force 1950-80)
Cm. Barnes stated she would like the topic of a Teen Task Force placed on the
next City Council agenda for discussion. She would like to see a Teen Task Force
formed with kids from Wells, Valley High, Valley Christian School, etc., and
maybe with a Chamber of Commerce member, and to give them a charge.
The Council concurred with this request.
Graffiti Task Force (530-20/580-40)
Cm. Moffatt asked when the graffiti meeting would be and also who staffs this.
Mr. Ambrose advised that we have had limited success in getting people in the
community to participate. The City has representatives from the Police
Department, the Public Works Department and his office attend these meetings.
Cm. Barnes asked if a letter had gone out to the service clubs.
Mr. Ambrose stated alt the service clubs were sent information. Bo Barker takes
care of the noticing. The next meeting will be on January 18, 1995 at 4:00 p.m.
Cm. Moffatt stated the Dublin 4-H Club is interested in participating in this
program.
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Mr. Ambros® advised that everybody is welcome to attend. Right now, we are
trying to develop some ideas.
Cm. Burton said he had heard of a program to fine property owners that allow
graffiti to stay on longer than 3 or 4 days. He liked this concept and thought it
could be a fine of about $35 or so. Also, he would like to see us have a reward
of $1,000 paid if a person is convicted.
Mr. Ambrose advised that Staff will be bringing back some recommendations to
the Council in the future.
Cm. Moffatt stated the City of Richmond has an Ordinance that allows them to
go onto private property and suggested that City Staff get a copy of this.
Service Club Si.qns I130-10/400-30)
Mayor Houston asked who was in charge of the sign listing the service clubs in
town that is ocated on the corner of Amador Valley Boulevard and San Ramon
Road. He thought the Chamber of Commerce put it up and someone pointed
out to him that these types of boards are usually put at the beginning of town.
The service clubs may want to look at this. Also, we may want to consider
another sign at the north end of town. He had spoken to the property owner
behind Coco's Restaurant and he is willing to have a board put up on his
property.
Janet Lockhart, President of the Chamber of Commerce stated they have a
Board meeting on Wednesday, and she would be happy to bring this up.
Commission Appointments (110-30)
Mayor Houston asked for clarification regarding the open seats on the Planning
Commission. Could the City be legally challenged if a Commissioner whose
term has expired votes on issues. He requested that Staff review this 'n more
detail.
Ms. Silver referenced Dublin Municipal Code Section 2.12.020 (A)... Terms shall
begin in December of even-numbered election years and end in November of
even-numbered election years (or until successors are appointed].
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Ms. Silver stated this clearly authorizes existing members to continue to serve until
their successors are appointed.
Special City Council Meetin.q Needed on January 31, 1995 {610-10)
Mr. Ambrose advised that it is possible that a special City Council meeting may
need to be scheduled for Tuesday, January 31, 1995, related to the Homart
project, so he asked the Council to mark their calendars for that date.
The Council indicated their availability on this date.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the Council, the meeting was
adjourned at 11:25 p.m.
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