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Home My WebLink About7.1 Village Parkway Specific Plan CITY CLERK File # D~[l][l2]-(QJl5J AGENDA STATEMENT CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: March 20, 2007 SUBJECT: The City Council will consider whether or not to incorporate the Village Parkway Specific Plan area into the future Downtown Dublin Specific Plan. Report Prepared by: Jeff Baker, Senior Planner ATTACHMENT: 1) Existing Specific Plans Boundary Map. RECOMMENDATION: I: 1) Receive Staff presentation; 2) Deliberate; and 3) Direct Staff to either: a) Incorporate the Village Parkway Specific Plan area into the future Downtown Dublin Specific Plan; or b) Leave the Village Parkway Specific Plan as a separate planning area from the Downtown Dublin Specific Plan. FINANCIAL STATEMENT: None at this time. The fiscal year 2006-2007 budget allocated $272,200 for a consultant to prepare the Downtown Dublin Specific Plan, and the General Plan Community Design Element. The additional cost for the consultant to incorporate the Village Parkway Specific Plan area into the Downtown Dublin Specific Plan is estimated to be approximately $40,350. It is anticipated that this additional cost will exceed the funds allocated to prepare the Specific Plan and Community Design Element. Therefore, Staff anticipates that a budget adjustment would be necessary in order to incorporate the Village Parkway Specific Plan area into the future Downtown Dublin Specific Plan. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Background The planning effort for Downtown Dublin began with the adoption of the Dublin Downtown Specific Plan in 1987. The Dublin Downtown Specific Plan was the first comprehensive specific plan for the entire downtown area. In December of 2000, the City Council repealed a portion of the Dublin Downtown Specific Plan and replaced that portion of the Specific Plan area with the Downtown,Core Specific Plan, Village Parkway Specific Plan, and the West Dublin BART Specific Plan. As a result of adopting the Specific Plans in 2000, the downtown area was divided into four separate specific plans; including the ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COPY TO: Consultant File ITEM NO. 2L- Page 1 of3 G:\Downtown Dublin Specific Plan 2007\City Council\ccsr 3.20.07 Village Pkwy. doc Downtown Core Specific Plan, the Village Parkway Specific Plan, the West Dublin BART Specific Plan, and the remaining portion of the Dublin Downtown Specific Plan. The nearby Dublin Historic Village Area Specific Plan was adopted in 2006 and is not a part of the downtown planning area. The adjacent San Ramon Road Specific Plan was adopted in 1983. Please see Attachment 1 which depicts the existing specific plans in the downtown area. Downtown Dublin Specific Plan The Fiscal Year 2006-2007 City Council Goals and Objectives includes, as high priority goals, the preparation of a comprehensive Downtown Dublin Specific Plan (DDSP) with Design Guidelines, that combines the area of the existing Downtown Core Specific Plan, Dublin Downtown Specific Plan, West Dublin BART Specific Plan, and San Ramon Road Specific Plan into one comprehensive document, and preparation of a citywide General Plan Community Design Element. At the December 5,2006, City Council meeting, the City Council directed Staffto distribute a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the preparation of both the DDSP and General Plan Community Design Element. Staff distributed the RFP to prepare the DDSP and Community Design Element on December 6, 2006. The City received proposals from six consulting firms in response to the RFP. City Staff reviewed the six proposals and determined that two of the proposals best met the RFP request and the City invited those two consulting firms for interviews. A Proposal Evaluation Committee, consisting of Mayor Lockhart, Planning Commission Chair Schaub, and Staff members from the Community Development, Economic Development, Public Works Departments and the City Manager's Office, interviewed the top two consultant teams. The Proposal Evaluation Committee is recommending that the City Council enter into a contract with the consulting firm of Downtown Solutions to prepare the DDSP and the Community Design Element. Staff will bring the Proposal Evaluation Committee's recommendation and the draft contract between the City of Dublin and Downtown Solutions to the City Council for consideration at a future City Council meeting. At a meeting of the Proposal Evaluation Committee, Mayor Lockhart brought forward the concept of incorporating the Village Parkway Specific Plan area into the boundary of the proposed DDSP. The Village Parkway Specific Plan was not contemplated as a part ofthe City Council's 2006-2007 Goals and Objectives to be a part of the comprehensive DDSP. Therefore, Staff is requesting that the City Council provide Staff with direction regarding whether to incorporate the Village Parkway Specific Plan area into the planning effort for the future DDSP or leave the Village Parkway Specific Plan as a separate planning area. ANALYSIS: In accordance with the City Council's Goals and Objectives, the proposed DDSP would combine the area of the existing Downtown Core, Dublin Downtown Plan, West Dublin BART, and San Ramon Road Specific Plans into one comprehensive specific plan. These specific plans lie to the west of Interstate 680 and are contiguous to one another. The Village Parkway Specific Plan lies to the east of Interstate 680 and is separated from the other Specific Plans by the freeway (Attachment 1). The City Council's Goals and Objectives did not include combining the Village Parkway Specific Plan into the comprehensive DDSP. Therefore, under the City Council's current Goals and Objectives, the Village Parkway Specific Plan would remain as a separate planning area from the DDSP. Thus, the Village Parkway Specific Plan document would govern the development and redevelopment ofthe Village Parkway Specific Plan area. The consultant firm of Downtown Solutions has extensive experience preparing specific plans for downtown areas. Therefore, Staff contacted Downtown Solutions for input regarding the Village Parkway Specific Plan and their opinion about incorporating the existing Village Parkway Specific Plan area into the DDSP. The Downtown Solutions team typically recommends decreasing the area of downtown Page 2 of3 specific plans, rather than increasing the area, in order to concentrate on the core downtown area. However, based on the history of the planning efforts for the downtown area, and the close proximity of Village Parkway to the DDSP area, Downtown Solutions feels that it would be appropriate to incorporate the Village Parkway Specific Plan area into the DDSP. Incorporating the area of the Village Parkway Specific Plan into the future DDSP would expand the planning area and thus expand the scope of work and costs associated with the preparation of the DDSP. Downtown Solutions estimates that it would cost approximately $40,350 to expand the scope of work to include the Village Parkway Specific Plan area in the planning effort for the DDSP. The additional costs of the expanded scope of work include time and materials to prepare additional mapping, circulation analysis, market analysis, development regulations, design guidelines, and streetscape plans for the expanded planning area. CONCLUSION: If the City Council directs Staff to include the Village Parkway Specific Plan area into the DDSP, Staff will work with Downtown Solutions to modify their scope of work accordingly. If the City Council decides not to incorporate the Village Parkway Specific Plan into the DDSP, the Village Parkway Specific Plan would remain as a separate planning area from the DDSP. Thus, the Village Parkway Specific Plan document would govern the development and redevelopment of the Village Parkway Specific Plan area NOTICING: Staff sent a notice to all property owners within the existing Village Parkway Specific Plan area advising them of this City Council discussion regarding the Village Parkway Specific Plan. 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