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Home My WebLink About7.1 Station Area Planning Program C~l'V CllERK F~~e # D~[Z][Q]..~[Il] AGE~DA STATEMENT C~TY COUNCil MEET~NG DATE February 19, 2008 SUBJECT Fundmg Opportumtles through the StatIOn Area Plannmg Program offered by the Metropolitan Transportation CommiSSIOn (MTC) and the ASSOCiation of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) m connection wIth Pnonty Development Areas (PDA) Report Prepared by Marme R NuccIO Semor Planner A TT ACHMENTS 1) CIty CounCIl ResolutIOn 106-07 supportmg partiCipatIOn m the Focusmg Our VIsIOn (FOCUS) Program Pnonty Development Area desIgnatIOn RECOMMENDATION D(/ Receive report and dIrect Staff to proceed wIth an applicatIOn for Planmng grants for the new Downtown SpecIfic Plan and a preCIse plan for the Dublm Boulevard! Amador Plaza Road mtersectlOn Improvements as part of the Metropolitan TransportatIOn CommiSSIOn's Station Area Plannmg Program lFKNANClrAL ST A TIEMENT If selected, the CIty could receIve a mmImum of $100,000 and a maximum of $750,000 per grant as part of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission's Station Area Planmng Program A local match of 20% of the total project budget IS reqUired and must be proVIded as a cash match PROJECT DIESCRlrPTION Background Pnonty Development Areas In June 2007, the AssocIatIOn of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) m conjunctIOn WIth the Metropolitan Transportation CommiSSIOn (MTC), the Bay Area Air Quality Management Dlstnct (BAAQMD) and the Bay Conservation and Development CommiSSIOn (BCDC) began acceptmg applicatIOns from local COpy 1'0 Page] of3 ITEM NO 7 j G \Grants Plannmg\CCSR 2 19 08 Stal10n Area Planning Grant_rev doc ~ JUrIsdictions for Identification of Pnonty Development Areas (PDA's) throughout the nIne-county San FranCISCO Bay Area regIon The desIgnation of Pnonty Development Areas IS an effort to focus the regIOn's growth In areas which can accommodate mIxed-use, Infill development near transit and job centers wIth an emphasIS on hOUSIng At the June 19,2007 CIty CouncIl meetIng, the CIty Council adopted Resolution 106-07 (see Attachment 1) In support of Staff submIttIng three applications for Pnonty Development Area (PDA) designatIOn 1) West DublIn BART SpeCIfic Plan Area, 2) Dublin TranSit Center, and 3) Town Center Planmng Subarea In the Eastern Dublin SpeCIfic Plan Area In December 2007, Staff was notified by ABAG that all three applicatIOns had been approved for PDA deSignations All PDA's are elIgtble to apply for $7 5 million In plannIng grants through the Metropolitan Transportation CommIssIon's StatIOn Area PlannIng Program Metropolitan Transportation CommISSIon StatIOn Area PlannIng Program The Station Area PlannIng Program IS an Imtiative to finance plannmg efforts that Will result In land use plans and poliCies that mcrease tranSIt ndershIp around public tranSIt hubs and bus and raIl comdors In the nme-county San FranCISCO Bay Area The key goals of the program are to 1) Boost tranSIt ndershIp and reduce vehIcle mIles traveled by station area reSIdents, employees and VISItors, 2) Increase walkIng, bIcycling, carpoolmg, carshanng, local tranSIt and other transportatIOn optIOns for reSIdents, employees and VISitors wlthm the station area, 3) Increase the housmg supply WIthIn station areas, particularly affordable housmg for low-mcome reSidents, 4) Increase jobs m station areas and proVIde access to jobs elsewhere along tranSIt comdors, and 5) Locate key services and retaIl wItlun station areas At thIS time, Staff IS seekIng the CIty CouncIl's support for two projects that could be funded by tlus grant Both projects are wIthm the deSIgnated West Dublm BART SpeCIfic Plan Pnonty Development Area West Dublin BART SpeCific Plan The West Dublm BART SpeCIfic Plan area was deSIgnated a PnorIty Development Area In 2007 and IS now part of a larger plannmg effort whIch mcludes the consolidatIOn of five eXIstmg SpecIfic Plans wIthm the downtown area of Dublin Staff IS seekmg the CIty CounCIl's support to submit an applicatIOn for fundIng through MTC's StatIOn Area Plannmg Program to aSSIst With the preparatIOn of the new SpeCIfic Plan and to help offset the cost of envIronmental reVIew should an EnVIronmental Impact Report (EIR) be req Ulred Dublin Boulevard/Amador Plaza Road IntersectIOn Improvements Staff IS also seekmg to apply for grant fundmg for a preCIse plan for the Dublin Boulevard/Amador Plaza Road mtersection Improvements As part of the Downtown Traffic Impact Fee Study (TIF), thIS 20f3 mtersection was Identified as expenencmg IncreasIng congestion and IS expected to Increase further with the constructIOn of the West Dublin BART Station The 2006-2011 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Identified a need for a detaIled engmeenng study to determme the precise plan of the proposed Improvements and to Identify the nght-of-way needed to Improve thIS mtersection Dublm TranSIt Center The Dublin TranSIt Center was also deSIgnated a PrIonty Development Area m 2007, however, Staff would not be submIttmg an application for a Planrung grant for thiS area Plannmg grants are lImIted to projects WhICh reqUIre the preparatIOn of plans and the environmental reVIew assocIated WIth the development of those plans The master plan for the Dublin TranSIt Center was adopted In 2002 along With certIfication of an EnVIronmental Impact Report The project IS currently m the Implementation phase With a number of high denSIty reSIdential and mIxed use projects currently under construction The Dublm TranSIt Center would be eligible for capital grants should fundIng become aVaIlable m the future Town Center Plannmg Subarea (eastern Dublm) The Town Center Plannmg Subarea m eastern Dublin was the thIrd area to receive deSIgnatIOn as a Pnonty Development Area, however, SimIlar to the Dublin TranSit Center, plannmg efforts have already been completed and Implementation IS underway WIth a number of projects currently under constructIOn The Town Center Plannmg Subarea would be elIgIble for capital grants should fundmg become avaIlable m the future NEXT STEPS MTC has allocated $7 5 mIllion m plannIng grants for the Station Area Plannmg Program m FY 2007-08 to fund station area plans A mmImum of $1 00,000 and a maXImum of $750,000 are avaIlable per grant Local jUnSdIctions are reqUired to prOVide a local cash match of20% of the total project budget Applications for grant fundmg are due February 29, 2008 Successful grantees would enter mto fundmg agreements WIth MTC m early Summer 2008 Funded projects would need to be completed wIthm 18-30 months from completIOn of the fundmg agreement Should the CIty CounCIl express support of the applicatIOns for grant fundmg under MTC's Station Area Plannmg Program, Staff would submIt two applicatIOns by the due date of February 29, 2008 The first application would be for the Downtown Dublin SpeCIfic Plan, and the second for a precIse plan for the Dublm Boulevard/Amador Plaza Road mtersectIon Improvements RECOMMENDATiON Receive report and dIrect Staff to proceed With an applicatIOn for Plannmg grants for the new Downtown SpeCIfic Plan and a precIse plan for the Dublin Boulevard/Amador Plaza Road mtersection Improvements as part of the Metropolitan Transportation CommiSSIon's Station Area Planrung Program 30f3 ) '1 J RESOLuriON NO 106 - 07 A RESOlLUTION OlF TlHDE CITY COUNCilL OlF TlHlE CiTY OlF lIHffilLnN SUPPORTING PARTICiPATiON nN THE lFOCUSiNG OUR VISION (]FOCUS) PROGRAM PRIORITY DEVlElLOPMlENT ARIEA DESIGNATiON WlHIEREAS, the ASSOcIatIon of Bay Area Governments and the MetropolItan TransportatIOn COmmISSIOn m accordance WIth the Bay Area AIr QualIty Management DIStrICt and Bay ConservatIon and Development COmmISSIOn (collectIvely, the "regIOnal agencIes") are undertakmg a regIOnal plannmg IrutIatIve called FOCUS, and WlHIERlEAS, FOCUS program goals support a future regIOnal development pattern that IS compact and connected, and W1HDEREAS, the regIOnal agenCIes seek local government partners to create a speCIfic and shared concept of where growth can be accommodated (Pnonty Development Area) and what areas need protectIOn (pnonty conservatIon area) m the regIon, and WlHIERlEAS, a Pnonty Development Area must meet all of the follOWIng cntena (a) WIthm an eXIstIng commurnty , (b) near eXIstIng or planned fixed tranSIt (or served by comparable bus servIce) and (c) IS planned, or IS plannmg, for more housmg, and WHJEREAS, local governments m the nme county San FranCISCO Bay Area are elIgIble to apply for deSignatIon of an area WItlun theIr commumty as a Pnonty Development Area, and WlHIEREAS, the regIOnal agenCIes are comnlltted to secunng mcentIves and proVldmg techrucal asSIstance to deSIgnated Pnonty Development Areas so that pOSItIve change can be achIeved m commurntIes workmg to advance focused growth NOW, THlERElFORlE, BE iT RESOlLVlED that the CIty CouncIl of the CIty of Dublm authonzes SubmIttIng an applIcatIOn to deSIgnate the West Dublm BART SpecIfic Plan area, TranSIt Center Planrung Subarea and Town Center Plannmg Subareas WIthm the CIty of Dublm as Pnonty Development Areas PASSED, APPROVED AN][)) A][))OPTED thIS 19th day of June 2007 by the follOWIng vote AYES CouncdmellDlbers lHIddenbrant, SbraotI, Scholz 81llld Mayor Lockhart NOlES None ABSENT Counncllmember Oravetz ATTlEST ~t CIty Clerk G CC MTGS/6 19-07/Reso 106 FOCUS (Item 81) G \Agendas\2007\FOCUS 2007\CC Reso Support for POA 0&-19-07 doc ~tf~ ABSTAiN None - 1 - ~~em#'1')obfJo,~ ~ AIllACflfMENT 1 0