The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink AboutItem 5.3 RepPropsedTassVlyGPA,Rzn&EIR e CITY OF DUBLIN AGENDA STATEMENT e CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: September 27, 1993 SUBJECT: Appointment by the City Council of a representative to the Contra Costa County Committee dealing with the proposed Tassajara Valley GPA, Rezone and EIR. ~ Dennis Carrington, Senior Planner REPORT PREPARED BY: EXHIBITS ATTACHED: A./Letter dated September Harvey E. Bragdon. ~~ , Appoint representative 1, 1993 from RECOMMENDATION: tr FINANCIAL STATEMENT: None DESCRIPTION: In August, 1991, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors accepted the recommendation to review the General Plan for Tassajara Valley at the request of the Applicant and directed that a rezoning study for the entire area be initiated. ..Since that time the project proponents have been gathering information necessary to meet the rezoning ordinance code requirements. A Notice of Preparation of an Environmental.lmpact Report (EIR) was circulated on April 16, 1993. On August 11, 1993, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors established a committee of county, cities and interested citizens to deal with the Tassajara Valley Property Owners Association's (TVPOA) general plan and zoning requests. The committee will be advisory to the Staff and would not be a formal decision-making body. It would strive for consensus-building, would act as liaison to its respective organizations and would hold public meetings (not public hearings) in accordance with the Brown Act. The 15-member Committee will be made up of five San Ramon Valley citizens, two of whom reside within, or adjacent to, Tassajara Valley but not members of the TVPOAi three members of the TVPOAi two members of the San Ramon Valley Regional Planning Commissioni two County members appointed by the Board of Supervisors (but not members of the Board of Supervisors); one member selected by the Town of Danville; one member selected by the city of San Ramon and one member selected by the City of Dublin. Mr. Bragdon, in a telephone conversation with Staff, indicated that the representative to the committee should be a person familiar with regional development and transportation issues from either the Planning commission or the City Council. The responsibilities of the committee would be: 1. To review the application materials with staff. 2. To help devise alternatives which need to be considered in the EIR process. 3. To advise and recommend to Staff proposed amendments which could be considered in the review of this general plan and rezoning application. 4. To review operational levels of service and compliance with growth management standards. The Committee will hold its first hearing in September and, therefore, the Board of supervisors is requesting an appointment by the City Council to the Committee as soon as possible. /TASSREP --------~--------------------------------------------- ITEM NO. COPIES TO: Senior Planner Tassajara Valley File I CITY CLERK I -..- ~. Community Development Department County Administration Building 651 Pine Street 4th Floor, North Wing Martinez, California 94553-0095 e Contra Costa County e Harvey E. Bragdon Director of Community Development RECEIVED SEP J 1993, 646-2026 ; .,- \ . . i i' :""'l:: OUBLiN Phone: september 1, 1993 Mayor Peter Snyder Town of Dublin P.o. Box 2340 Dublin, CA 94598 Dear Mayor Snyder: The Contra Costa county Board of Supervisors is establishing a citizen's Committee to advise its staff in the preparation of an Environmental Impact Report for a proposed General Plan Amendment for the Tassajara Valley Area. ' The Board has asked that Dublin appoint a member to the fifteen person Committee. When you have selected the person, please send me the name, mailing address and daytime phone number. Enclosed is the Board Order creating the committee outlining its composition and duties. If you have any questions, please call me. Sincerely, -- Development HEB:gg I. Le--...:z\- enc. , , EXIBT A. e e TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FROM: HARVEY E. BRAGDON DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DATE: August 11, 1993 ;2,1' r. "Oil I.f1 $v'l",CiJ CDS); ""'..10. 4 ()!"j/tf~~,:~" PiY~.. 0,o~0tr ..r..1 ()!"P I SUBJECT: Establishment of a committee of County, cities and Interested citizens to Deal with the Tassajara Valley Property OWners Associations's General Plan and zoning Requests SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS Your Board ShOl.'.ld establish a committee to. review the proposed General Plan and zoning Requests of the TVPOA and advise staff,. FISCAL IMPACT Staff time will be covered as part of the application fee paid by the TVPOA. BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS In August of 1991, the board accepted the recommendation to review the General Plan for Tassajara Valley and at the request of the applicant also directed that a rezoning study for the entire area be initiated. Since that time, th~ project proponents have been gathering the information necessary to meet the rezoning ordinance code requirements. On April 16, 1993 staff circulated a Notice of Preparation (NOP) on an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and required comments by June 7, 1993. Since then staff has been CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S): APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED -1L- OTHERX---- ACTION OF BOARD ON Au~ust 17. 1993 APPROVED'recommendations as amended by the Community Development Director on Attachment A included as a part of this order. VOTE OF SUPERVISORS X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: orig:vCommunity Development Department co: County Administrator County Counsel Public Works TVPOA (via CDD) t.U2IT.VIyHA.BO /--- 'I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN A~TIvN 7~~N ;UU) =~T~RE~ ON TEE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. ATTESTED August 17, 1993 PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BY P (f. ?%{J~'<r- , DEPUTY e e Establishment of a committee of county, cities and Interested citizens to Deal with the Tassajara Valley Property owners Associations's General Plan and zoning Requests August 12, 1993 Page -2- negotiating an EIR contract on this project. That contract should come to the Board at its next meeting. It has been suggested that due to the large scale of the project and the concerns over cumulative impact of development in the area, a citizen committee should be established to review the proposal. Such review should be to assist staff but would be independent from a staff recommendation on this matter. ' The committee could be established as advisory to the staff and would not be a formal decision making body. OPERATIONAL ASSUMPTIONS 1. Strive for consensus building not formal voting. 2. Act as liaison to its respective organizations. 3. Not conduct public hearings but hold its meeting in public in accordance with the Brown Act. RESPONSIBILITY To review the application materials with staff To help devise alternatives which need to be considered in the EIR process To advise and recommend to staff proposed amendments which could be considered in review of this general plan and rezoning applications To review operational levels of service and compliance with growth management standards TIMING Given the commitment of staff time on Dougherty Valley, it will create a strain to initiate committee meetings prior to conclusion of heavy staff involvement in Dougherty Valley. The group shall meet as needed prior to the release of the Draft EIR and shall sunset once that document enters the public hearing process. PROPOSED COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP 1- " 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Four citizens residing or owning property within or immediately adjacent to the Tassajara Valley, but not members of the TVPOA. Three members of the TVPOA. Two members of the San Ramon Valley Regional Planning commission. Two County members selected by the Board of Supervisors (but not members of the Board of supervisors). One member selected by the Town of Danville. One member selected by the City of San Ramon. One member selected by the City of Dublin. OTHER CONSIDERATIONS We recommend further that the members be proposed by Supervisor Bishop and ordered by the Board. We envision the Committee's task to work with staff and that the formal recommendation to your Board come from the San Ramon Valley Regional Planning Commission. tdJUT.VIyHA,BO e ATTACHMENT A e 'u /. . , ,';. Cmtra .~~I '. Co ., .-1"_ ... sta County '1'0: , BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FROM: HARVEY E. BRAGDON DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DATE: AUGUST 17, 1993 SUBJECT: AMENDMENT TO STAFF REPORT DATED AUGUST 11, 1993 - ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMITTEE TO DEAL WITH THE TASSAJARA VALLEY PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATIONS'S GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING REQUESTS SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) , BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION That the subject staff report be,amended as follows: paqe 2 _ Timing. Revise paragraph one to read :"The committee will hold its first meeting in september at a time and place to be determined once the Committee is appointed." paqe 2 - Proposed Committee membership. Revise and combine Items 1. and 2. to read: "1. Five (5) San Ramon Valley citizens -- two (2) of whom reside within, or adjacent to, Tassajara Valley, but are not members of TVPOA." CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES OTHER ACTION OF BOARD ON Au~ust 17, 1993 ATTACHMENT A to the August 17, 1993 Board Order Item 2.8. f f