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Home My WebLink About8.1 Sphere of Influence Livermore~ ~ ~~~~~v CITY OF DUBLIN AGENDA STATEMENT CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: November 9, 1987 SUBJECT . Proposed Livermore Sphere of Influence EXHIBITS ATTACHED . Livermore Sphere of Influence Study and Report; Map identifying Livermore's proposed Sphere of Influence RECOMMENDATION Review proposed Livermore sphere line; Determine appropriate modifications to City of Dublin's existing sphere line; Designate a committee consisting of the City Manager, Planning Director and a representative from the City Council to meet with representatives of Livermore for the purpose of reaching a consensus on a common sphere boundary FINANCIAL STATEMENT: Undetermined at this time DESCRIPTION . The City of Livermore has adopted a proposed sphere of influence line on the north side of I-580 contiguous with the City of Dublin's existing sphere of influence line. This proposal has been sent to the Alameda County Local Agency Formation Commission for its consideration and approval. As the Council may recall, in 1983, the City of Dublin requested LAFCO to establish an easterly sphere line for the City of Dublin which was contiguous to Collier Canyon Road. The Local Agency Formation Commission approved a sphere of influence line for the City of Dublin which runs approximately halfway between Croak Road and Doolan Road. Since that time, the City has authorized a General Plan Amendment Study which extends beyond the City of Dublin's existing sphere line, which is shown on the attached map with the solid line. The City Council, at the time that it authorized the General Plan Amendment Study for the eastern sphere area, recognized the importance of extending the study area because of the topography of that area and its impact on the provision of utility and transportation services to properties in the future. Staff in reviewing the proposal by the City of Livermore, believes that their proposal may create an area of conflict in the future because the sphere line does not follow the natural ridgeline which is present between the two cities. There are certain areas that are within the extending planning area General Plan Amendment Study, but outside the City of Dublin's existing sphere which drain towards the City of Dublin. This will create future problems for the provision of sewage service to those adjacent properties. The proposed sphere line also creates a situation where a future major transportation facility may be bisected by two different agencies. The City has also been notified that some of the property owners in the area are opposed to the sphere line proposed by the City of Livermore. Staff has contacted the Executive Director of the Local Agency Formation Commission, who has indicated that the Livermore sphere proposal probably will not be heard until after the first of the year. It would seem appropriate for the City Council to consider an appropriate future sphere line for the City of Dublin if it is different than the City's present sphere line and designate a committee of Staff and Council representatives to meet with the City of Livermore in order to work out our mutual concerns for the area in question. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~ COPIES TO: Ted Fairfield Lee Horner I TEM NO . o ~ ~\ \ i 'd} ~ w _..e: LIVERMORE SPHERE OF INFLUENCE STUDY Report and Recommendations August 1987 Prepared by City of Livermore Staf f 10 - .2~-~?_ _ L~. ~ t ~ TABLE OF CONTENTS ~ PAGE NO. 1 INTRODUCTION 4 SPHERE OF INFLUENCE BOUNDARY MAP I. SERVICE CAPABILITIES OF THE CITY OF LIVERMORE 5 A, pUBLIC WORKS 1, Water 2, Water Reclamation and Sewage Disposal 3, Airport 4, Golf Courses 5, Solid Waste Disposal g, FIRE..PROTECTION C. POLICE PROTECTION D. pLp,N~IING AND BUILDING INSPECTION E, LIBRARY SERVICES F, GENER.AL ADMINISTRATION G. PUBLIC TRANSIT ' g, HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT II. OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES PROVIDING 2Q SERVICE TO AREA p~. ALAMEDA COUNTY g. LIVERMORE VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 23 III~ TLANNED FOREAREASN(INCLUDINGGPOPULATION) P A. NORTH CANYONS g, LAS POSITAS VALLEY C, GREENVILLE ROAD ~ , ~ ~ ~ PAGE NO. IV. PRESENT AND PROBABLE FUTURE SERVICE 24 NEEDS OF AREA A. NORTH CANYONS ' B. LAS POSITAS VALLEY C. GREENVILLE ROAD V. EIv'VIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF DEVELOPING AREAS 25 A. AIR POLLUTION B. GROUNDWATER DEGRADATION C. ENERGY CON5UMPTION VI. OTHER EFFECTS OF ALLOWING RESIDENTIAL 27 DEVELOPMENT A. HOUSING SUPPLY AND AFFORDABILITY B. AFFECT ON INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT C. AFFECT ON COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT D. FISCAL IMPACTS OF DEVELOPMENT ON GOVERNMENT ENTITIES VII. NATURAL AND MAN-MADE FEATURES AFFECTING 29 AREAS RELATIONSHIP TO CITY VIII.WILLIAMSON ACT CONTRACTS SURROUNDING 30 LIVERMORE A. WILLIAMSON ACT PARCELS OUTSIDE LIVERMORE SPHERE OF INFLUENCE B. WILLIAMSON ACT PARCELS INSIDE LIVERMORE'S PRESENT SPHERE OF INFLUENCE IX. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN 33 LIVERMORE AND SURROUNDING AREA . , i ~f ~ PAGE NO. X. POLICIES OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES 33 A. LOCAL AGENCY FORMATION CONIl`~IISSION POLICY ON ANNEXATION AND SPECIAL DISTRICT FORMATION B. CITY OF LIVERMORE GENERAL PLAN ~ XI. RECONII~IENDED SPHERE OF INFLUENCE FOR 37 CITY OF LIVERMORE A. SPHERE OF INFLUENCE PROPOSAL B. THE MAXIMUM POS5IBLE SERVICE AREA OF THE AGENCY BASED UPON PRESENT AND POSSIBLE SERVICE CAPABILITIES OF THE AGENCY C. THE RANGE OF SERVICES THE AGENCY IS PROVIDING OR COULD PROVIDE D. THE PROJECTED FUTURE POPULATION GROWTH OF THE AREA E. THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT OCCURRING OR PLANNED FOR THE AREA F. THE EXISTENCE TO SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC INTERDEPENDENCE AND INTERACTION BETWEEN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA G. PRESENT AND PROBABLE FUTURE SERVICE NEEDS OF THE AREA H. LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES PROVIDING SERVICE TO THE AREA I. THE EXISTENCE OF AGRICULTURAL PRESERVES IN THE AREA AND THE EFFECT OF INCLUDING SUCH PRESERVES IN LIVERMORE'S SPHERE OF INFLUENCE ~ INTRODUCTION ~ Livermore's proposed Sphere, as outlined on the attached map, encompasses an area significantly larger than our current Sphere. The basis.upon which the proposed Sphere was determined included the following general criteria: 1. The City included those areas where the City would have a logical interest in a future land use decision proposed to be developed in the unincorporated area surrounding the City. Examples of this type of land use might include an automobile wrecking and storage yard, a toxic waste dump site, etc. While these types of uses might be proposed in the County, the City would certainly want to be in a strong position to influence the size, location, standards of operation, etc., of these types of land uses. 2. The boundaries reflect what the City perceives to be its ultimate Sphere. While current City policies do not anticipate or encourage development in such areas as the vineyards or the area east of Greenville Road, the City, quite logically,. would be concerned about influencing any developments that may be proposed for these areas. 3. In keeping with the City's "Grow North Policy", the City has identified certain "Urban Service Areas" in the north side of our City where growth is expected to occur. The boundaries of these Urban Service Areas largely coincide with the boundaries of the North Livermore Study Areas. For example, Areas A and B would be the areas where new growth would be encouraged after Area A became urbanized. The boundaries of the City's existing Sphere are also included as an Urban Serviee Area. By designating Urban 5ervice Areas within the City's ultimate Sphere, the City will be in a positi~n to clearly convey to the outside world how, when, and where we expect new growth to occur. The Commission should not~ that no Urban Service Areas are designated in the south half of the City, as the City would prefer to wait until the Fertile Crescent Study is completed before doing so. 4. Other factors which influenced the City's thinking regarding the City's proposed ultimate Sphere boundaries included: a. ~Visual orientation to the existing City. b. Natural drainage boundariese -1- ~ ~ INTRODUCTION (Cont'd.) c. Existing sewer, street, and drainage systems that were either sized to serve the area, .or that could be extended to serve the area. d. Natural geographic, political, and social relationships. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED SPHERE AND RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER JURISDICTIONS The proposed Sphere is coterminous with Dublin's Sphere in the northwest area of Livermore. On the north, the proposed Sphere encompasses the entire Las Positas Valley to the County line. In the northeast and eastern sections of the City, the proposed Sphere follows natural drainage areas. Generally, these drainage areas extend to the top of the ridges, e.g., Altamont Pass east and Lake Del Valle southeast. This same pattern holds true in the southwest portion of the Sphere boundary. The Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) is also aware that Pleasanton's proposed sphere is also being considered by LAFCO at the same time as Livermore's Sphere. Pleasanton's proposed Sphere is coterminous with Livermore's proposed Sphere on the west and southwest boundaries of our respective cities, except for one small area south of the Airport which both Cities are proposing to be in their respective Sphere. , In determining each city's respective Sphere boundaries, the • following recommendations were jointly agreed to by the Mayors of Livermore and Pleasanton for concurrence by their respective City Councils. 1. E1 Charro Road is currently in Livermore's Sphere. Livermore has agreed to place all of E1 Charro Road in Pleasanton's Sphere to prevent compromising Pleasanton's agreement with the gravel companies regarding gravel truck usage of Main Street in Pleasanton. 2. Rhodes & Jamieson owns a parcel just south of the Livermore Airport currently in Livermore's Sphere. Pleasanton desires to place this parcel in Pleasanton's Sphere in order to keep all of Rhodes & Jamieson's land holdings in one City's Sphere. Livermore desires to keep the parcel in Livermore's Sphere because of the pa rcel's proximity to the Airport and because Las Positas Road abuts the parcel. 3. The Pleasanton gravel parcel located at the northwest corner of Isabel Avenue and Stanley Boulevard will be in Livermore's -2- ~ ~ Sphere as it is anticipated this property will develop sometime in the future. In the event the property is mined, Livermore will agree to the placement of the parcel in Pleasanton's Sphere, as the parcel would then become part of the chain of lakes which is entirely within Pleasanton's proposed Sphere. 4. Al1 of Isabel Avenue will be in Livermore's Sphere from Stanley Boulevard to Vineyard Avenue because the west side of Isabel Avenue will be part of the chair on lakes, whereas Livermore anticipates development on the east side of Isabel Avenue. 5. The boundaries of each city's respective Sphere will not change in the area south of Vineyard Avenue. Both cities have agreed to reevaluate their Spheres at such time as the Fertile Crescent Study and the future alignment of Route 84 have been completed. RECOMMENDATION 1. Adopt a Resolution directing staff to request LAFCO modify the City's Sphere of Influence as shown on the attached Exhibit "A"; and 2. Direct staff to prepare and deliver to LAFCO such other information as may be required in support of this request. -3- f • i f ~ ~~ I ~~ny i , n .._ RO_ ~y I~.B ~' , ~ T~t7~JA11~ p * f~ssajaia ¢ 4.9 \ ~a"~ ' . S.I a` . .~~'~ ~ .ei' P : '~ , ~ z.6 ~ `'. ~ \ ~ ~~,,,..o s ~ ~ ~ s~oe ro ~ .a" i ~ _ ._/.'~_ ~, . ` F ~ ty a p ( ~^'~y ? ~ ~ J i N~4Nll1~ ~ \~O \~~tl~'~IA = . ' Z ; ~ ~~,f~ _ ~ 3 a Fy . " 7.~ no 4 ~ ~ ,+ v ~o. ~ .d,~or~ c4 e° o"'0~w ~- ~ - - - - ~ `, ~~ N ' i ~ ~ ~ - ~• ~~ ~~i1\ 1 a.3 ~~a~' ~o ri~l1 N~r~C~r \ ~ ~ 1,~ _ ~~hGiuH~` '. ~~ .~. 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C[MfAALIR. ~ ~' ' _ a ~ ~ ~ ~REOlpMA~ ~1Cy t l / ^ ' ~ ~ ~'.I Ii. `o •~ ~) .~,ct Ap : 1.1 :' ~r ou.fe,M~yT'\\ ~-, ` ; .•'w . ~ -~_...... ~.~ ~ ~ ' t 'it/. 4 P I v"~.! ~ .0 ! . ' . \ N . ~ . ~G,y ~\~rc0(RHElt~ ¢ ~~. 1.51 t ;,~\ '0 . i i ~ pY~~ ~tG fVUOt ~t.~ r' ~ ,e ~ r 1 ~ 9 ~ C~ . ~ Yl~w~u•ci n~n~lon • ~ ~ .t : \ ~ ot~ i.: lr;~~~a o..~o.,. 1 ~~ ~~~ ~_~ i 4~ , o C~,i I~..~• ~~~~.• i 4 0 +cw~o~.n C . ~r:nrnrrwtr~~••~~~. Sm;.n~~~.~purr[ •MnK~verr.n. ~ , . • • I. SERVICE CAPABILITIES OF THE CITY OF LIVERMORE ' A. PUBLIC WORKS The Public Works Department includes the following services: Maintenance Services. ~ Street Maintenance Vehicle Maintenance Parks and Trees Water System Maintenance Storm System Maintenance Traffic Signs and Signals Engineering for all City functions. ` Water Reclamation Plant and Sewage Disposal. Municipal Airport. Golf Courses. Las Positas Springtown The Public Works organization is structured so that it can be expanded to serve the areas within the expanded Sphere o£ Influence. 1. Water - Descri tion of Service Wholesale water for the Livermore area is supplied by Zone 7, Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District. The policies of Zone 7 are discussed elsewhere in this report. Distribution of domestic water in the City of Livermore is provided by the California Water Service Company and the City of Livermore. California Water Service Company utilizes two primary sources of supply; one source from the State through Zone 7, and the remainder is pumped from their wells. The other major water distributor in the Livermore area is the Livermore Municipal Water Department. The Municipal Water Department purchases water from Zone 7 to meet their service demands. The municipal system provides water to all the areas -5- • . north of I-580, along with service to the Airport area and the most eastern parts af Livermore. The service is taken directly off the Zone 7 lines and is supported by two storage reservoirs (2,000,000/3,000,000). Capabilityo uf 5erving Ex anded Areas If any areas outside of the existing Sphere of Influence are to develop as part of the City of Livermore, water service would be provided by the Municipal Water Department to the north, and California Water Service Company to the south. Both the City of Livermore and California Water Service Company have the ability to expand their service areas and facilities to service newly-developed areas. As discussed later in this report, Zone 7 has contracted for sufficient water capacity to serve a Livermore area population of 100,000 residents. 2, Water Reclamation Plant and Sewacte Disposal Description of Service The City of Livermore collects, treats, and disposes of waste effluent from all residential, commercial, and industrial areas. The City operates a wastewater reclamation plant and disposes of treated effluent, primarily through discharge into an export pipeline where the effluent is transported to the San Francisco Bay. The City also disposes of a certain amount of effluent through various reclamation projects. This department employs 25 full-time personnel, and will be operating during 1987-88 with a budget of $3,200,000. Present plant capacity is rated at 6.25 MGD with the Phase V Expansion expected to increase capacity to 8.5 MGD. Phase V Expansion should be on line by 1990. In July 1987, the average daily dry weather plant flow was 5.0 MGD. Using 5.0 MGD as our latest flow figure, the remaining plant capacity before the Phase V Expansion would be 1.25 MGD. The City's ability to handle additional sewage needs beyond 8.5 MGD will also be dependent upon disposal capacity. Disposal Capacity An existing Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) was entered into by the City of Livermore, City of Pleasanton, and the Dublin-San Ramon Services District to create the Livermore-Amador Valley Wastewater Management Authority (LAVWMA). The LAVWMA -6- • . project gives Livermore a maximum capacity in an export pipeline of 8.5+ MGD. If the City is to export additional capacity, either the existing LAVWMA pipeline must be supplemented, or other export capacity must be provided. The City is a member of the Tri-Valley wastewater Authority) (TWA). The Cities of Pleasanton and Livermore are members, as well as the Dublin-San Ramon Services District (DSRSD), and Alameda County. The TWA is presently planning to construct facilities to increase the~export capacity. Various alternative plans for increasing disposal capacity are being considered. It is anticipated that the export capacity will be increased by the time the existing capacity is exceeded. 3. Airport Description of Service The Livermore Municipal Airport features a 4,000 foot asphalt runway that is expected to be lengthened to 5,250 feet in the near term. There is also a 2,700 foot parallel runway. The long runway has an instrument landing system. The Airport is located on 257 acres of City-owned land. The Airport is served by an Air Traffic Control Tower which operates from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., daily. Permanent structures on the Airport include a terminal building, a fixed-base operator, and 401 aircraft hangars of various sizes. The Airport is currently home base for over 600 aircraft. ~ Capability of Servinq Expanded Area __. The Livermore Airport can handle additional annual operations. The basic Airport facility is capable of tiandling the general aviation needs of a fully-developed Livermore-Amador Valley. • 4. Golf Courses Description of Service Th.e City of Livermore operates two golf courses for public use. The Las Positas Golf Course is a professional-length course of 18 holes located near Livermore's Municipal Airport. A combination of green fees and revenues from the City-owned restaurant on the golf course site provides recreation to many residents and non-residents. City employees maintain this recreational facility. Livermore also maintains and operates a nine-hole golf course in the Springtown area. This shorter recreational course is very popular with the residents of the Springtown area, as well as the general public. The golf course is maintained by the City and provides a park-like setting. -7- r ~ ~ J C~ J Capabilitv of ServinQ Ex anded Area Both Livermore golf courses can handle additional play which could be generated by additional development. 5. Solid Waste Dis osal Description of Services Livermore-Dublin Disposal Company, also known as the Oakland Scavenger Company, provides refuse collection service to the City of Livermore under a franchise agreement. Backyard and sideyard collection is provided on a weekly basis. A special curb side recycling program which collects newspapers, cans, clear and colored bottles, operates biweekly. Waste from the City of Livermore is taken to the eastern Alameda County disposal site on Vasco Road. The City has an agreement with Ralph Properties, owner of the disposal site, to dispose of municipal waste through the year 2004. When the capacity of that disposal site is depleted, the City of Livermore plans to utilize the Altamont Land Fill located northeast of the City limits. At present disposal rates, this land fill will have capacity through 2045. Capacity of Servin Ex anded Area Livermore-Dublin Disposal Company has the physical facilities and staff to provide refuse collection service for the fully-developed Valley. Furthermore, both the City landfill and the Altamont landfill provide a great deal of conveniently-located landfill capacity for the developing area. . B. FIRE PROTECTION Description of Service The City of Livermore Fire Department consists of three divisions: Administration, Suppression, and Code Administration and Inspectian. There are 62 personnel, including 50 uniformed personnel. The Department operates four engine companies and one truck (Quint) company, out of four fire stations. The stations are located as such to allow for expansion of the City boundaries, without having to add additional fire stations. However, depending on the direction and distance of growth, the present fire stations may have to be relocated or additional station(s1 added. In either case, additional personnel will be required. The Code Administration and Inspection Division, consisting of 12 personnel, is charged with building plan review -9- ~ • for conformance to Building and Fire Codes, issuing Building Permits, and inspecting buildings for conformance, prior to issuing Occupancy Permits. They do fire investigations and maintain up-to-date fire loss data. The 1987-88 budget for the Fire Department is $3,777,510, or 23.7 percent of the total City General Government Expenditures. The approximate cost of fire protection per person in our City is $69. The attached Safety Element Profile demonstrates the approximate population of the four different Fire Service Districts in the City. The population in Districts 1, 2, and 4 has stayed about the same since 1981, and District 3's population has more than doubled. The City of Livermore was last graded by the Insurance Services Office (ISO) in 1977. At that time, the City was awarded a Class 4 Rating ("1" being very good and "10" very bad). With our present and planned Mutual and Automatic Aid Programs, our acquisition of new equipment and apparatus, we feel after our ISO grading in May of 1988, we will have a Class 3 Rating. Capabilitv of Servinct Ex anded Area The location of Livermore's four fire stations provides an excellent opportunity to serve an expanded area to the north, east, and south without substantially increasing fire protection costs. Development of the area west of the Airport and Golf Course would require an additional fire station, or the relocation of several of our present ones. . The adoption of a new Fire Protection Ordinance, ~ requiring fire sprinkler systems in all new construction, would allow for a seven-minute fire emergency response in place of our present five-minute maximum. The development of the Las Positas Valley to its ultimate limit would require the addition of one additional fire station, and the use of squads (small fire trucks, with two men that operate in conjunction with a full-size fire truck). Al1 of the information in this report is based on the assumptions that certain highways and roads will be installed along with the growth. It also must be assumed that the growth will have continuity with the present growth. If we should experience leapfrogging in the growth, temporary fire stations may be required. -:t0- , ~VERMORE FIRE DEPARTP?E~IT ~ SAFETY ELEMENT PROFILE Rincon Ave. ^ Sta. ~~2 POPULATION: 15,906 5,681 Residences 7 Schools 42 Churches/Public Assemblies 407 Commercial/Industrial 1 Golf Course 1 Airport Alarms - 989 Stanley Blvd. Concannon and Cordoba Fourth 5t. ^ Sta. ~~4 __ POPULATION: 17,720 6,621 Residences 5 Schools 6 Churches/Public Assemblies 130 Commercial/Industrial Alarms - 553 Iris and Bluebell ^ Sta. ~~3 POPULATIO:V: ? 0,127 3,720 Residences 2 Schools 5 Churches 123 CommercialJlndustrial 1 ~olf Course o Alarr.is - 371 ~~ o~ d q U~ S t ~izst East Ave. ^ rn Sta. ~E1 0 r POPULATION: 10,830 ~n ~ 3,868 Residences ~ 9 Schools `* 24 Churches/Public Assemblies 173 Commercial/Industrial Alarms - 677 Populaticn Figures are estimates (10°; error factor) _„ _ ~ ~ C. POLICE PROTECTION Description of Service Livermore's Police Department employs 84 personnel including 57 uniformed officers. The Department's 1987/88 Annual Budget is $5,468,090, or $101.26 per capita, which includes a Youth Service Center with a staff of four and one-quarter professional counselors and one secretary. The annual cost for this program, which provides an alternative to the criminal justice system for minor crimes, is $244,930. Livermore's Police Department maintains emergency communications for police, fire, and medical emergencies in the Livermore area. The communications system will soon be upgraded. The Department also maintains special units in the following areas: Animal Control, Police Reserve volunteers, Crime Prevention, Criminal Investigations, Traffic, and Patrol. Special programs operated by the Police Department include a Secret Witness Program, various Crime Prevention Programs, a Neighborhood Alert Program, a Volunteer Professional-Technical Group, a Police Cadet Program, Elementary School Bicycle Safety Instruction, an Annual Business Employer/Employee Holiday Crime Seminar, and a Senior Citizen Crime Prevention Program. Capabilitv of Servinc~ Expanded Area Livermore's Police Department provides a full range of Public Safety Programs and activities to support urban-type . development. The command and communication structure of the Department would allow expansion to serve new residential and industrial development in the area immediately surrounding Livermore. To make the police service as efficient as possible, development should occur as a logical extension of existing neighborhoods, thereby allowing route and beat structures to be changed incrementally as new population is added. The efficiency of police protection and traffic.control is decreased when discontiguous areas are developed, forcing patrol officers to spend extra time and gasoline in reaching patrol locations. The Livermore Police Department believes that current service levels could be extended to new development areas by maintaining a ratio of one uniformed officer for every one-thousand residents. However, they also believe that the current non-uniformed ratio of approximately .50 personnel per one-thousand population, may have to be increased slightly to meet the demands of growth. Livermore's Police Building was constructed to accept an,addition on the north side when personnel demands make that a necessity. The City is presently studying various alternatives for expansion. , -, ~ ~ D.. .PLANNING AND.BUILDING INSPECTION Description"of Service Livermore's Planning Department consists of seven professional planners, a paraprofessional aide, and 2.5 clerical support positions. The Department handles current and advanced planning responsibilities including the provision of staff support to the City Council, Planning Commission, and various citizen committees involved with the planning program. The Planning Department develops and maintains the General Plan, Zoning Ordinance, and Subdivision Ordinance for the City of Livermore. It is also responsible for handling annexation and pre-zoning requests from property owners in the unincorporateci areas surrounding the City. The Planning Department provides information to prospective developers and to the general public on Livermore Code and Policy requirements. The Department reviews all project submittals for compliance with development regulations and policies, and coordinates development reviews by all operating departments and other local agencies. As necessary, the Planning Department suggests changes to the Zoning and Subdivision Ordinances to make the development process work more effectively. The Planning Department works with State, Regional, County, and neighboring City planners in addressing problems which cross jurisdictional boundaries. Approximately 25 percent of the Planning Department's• expenses are paid~from various planning permit fees. The remainder of the funding for the Department is the Livermore General Fund. ~ Livermore's Building Inspection Department works closely with the Planning Department in reviewing plans and inspecting construction to ensure compliance to all applicable City and State Codes. The Building Inspection Department consists of seven employees including three inspectors and two and one-half clerical support personnel. The Building Inspection Department is funded entirely from revenues generated by Building Permits, Plan Check Fees, and Residential Building Reports. The Building Inspection Department inspects new and existing construction for conformance with approved plans, codes, and standards. The principal objective of the Department is to protect the public from hazards to life, limb, or health, and to provide some measure of consumer protection in working with local contractors. The Huilding Inspection Department also maintains extensive records on the use and occupancy of real residential property in the City. -t3- ~ ~ The Building Inspection Department utilizes the assistance of contractual inspectors to augment the full-time employees. The number of full-time employees in the Building Inspection Department is dependent on the amount of construction activity expected in the City. Capability of Serving Expanding Area ~ Livermore's planning area consists of 139 square miles, bounded on the north by the Alameda County line, on the east by the Ridge line of the Altamont Range, on the south by a line located eight miles south of Livermore City Hall, and west by the Murray-Pleasanton Township line. The City's General Plan encompasses that planning area and the Planning Department has the full capability of developing and maintaining a General Plan and appropriate Zoning Ordinances for that area. The Livermore planning area includes the entire Las Positas Valley and the area immediately east of Greenville Road. If development in any part of Livermore's planning area required the permanent or temporary addition of personnel to provide planning and building inspection services, Livermore's Planning and Building Inspection Departments could be expanded to meet those needs. The cost for additional building inspection services would be paid for largely by permit fees. Any additional support required would be taken from the General Fund revenues generated by the new development in those areas. E. LIBRARY SERVICES Description of Service The City of Livermore funds and operates its own municipal library s~rstem. Library services are provided through a 12,000 square foot Civic Center Library completed in 1965, and a 2,400 square foot Branch Library in the Springtown area completed in 1986. The Livermore Library has over 106,000 items in its collection, which includes books, periodicals, audio cassettes, video cassettes, phonorecords, and talking books. The Library program is overseen by a lay Board of Trustees, appointed by the Mayor, with the concurrence of the City Council. Funds to operate the Library are provided by the General Fund of the City, Library fines and fees, and a variety of grants. The Library employs 15.25 full-time employees, including five full-time equivalent professional librarians. The annual budget for the Library.for 1986-87 is $901,650, a per capita support of $16.69. The Livermore Civic Center Library is open 61 hours per week, and the Springtown Branch Library is open 30 hours per weeke -14- ~ ~ In comparison, the neighboring libraries of Pleasanton and Dublin in the Alameda County Library System are open 42 and 55 hours per week, respectively. The Livermore Library offers service seven days per week. Approximately ten percent of the Livermore Library's current circulation of library materials is to patrons from outside the City of Livermore. The Livermore Public Library offers traditional services of library materials for loan to patrons, and reference service to meet the informational needs of the community. The Library conducts an extensive and well-utilized Summer Reading Club for children every Summer. The Library helps support the K- 12 and community college school curriculum with resource materials throughout the year. The Livermore Library operates a literacy tutoring program for adults who need to learn to read and write. The Library's BookBridge Program takes library materials to shut-ins. Senior Citizen Programs are sponsored each month by the Library and a variety of adult and family events are provided throughout the year. Regular storytimes are conducted for younger children and a Young Adult Volunteer Program utilizes the talents of teenaqers. The Livermore Library participates in the Bay Area Library and Information System (BALIS), which provides additional resources to Library patrons through interlibrary loan and the BALIS Reference Center. The Livermore Library enjoys good working relationships with its neighboring special iibraries such as the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Library, Sandia Library, and Chabot College Library. ~ The Library is actively and extensively supported by the community. The Volunteer Associates Program provides volunteers who undertake numerous operational tasks on behalf of the Library. The Friends of the Livermor.e Library are a major fundraising organization for community resources to benefit the Library. Capability of Serving Expanded Area The Livermore Public Library already serves many individuals who do not reside in Livermore. The Library's extensive hours and wide variety of services draw patronage from throughout the Valley area. Growth in the Valley will require additional library services. A recent study of future Valley library needs done by Peat, Marwick, indicates the Livermore Library will need to provide service to specialized groups of people, cooperate with other Valley libraries to of£er full service and expand library facilities, especi.ally to the northern area of the community. The current Springtown Branch and the Civic Center Library can handle much of this growth. Future -15- ~ ~ services and new facilities in closer proximity could be provided by the current Livermore Library system without the necessity of a new administrative department or organizational framework. There would also be economies of scale associated with the enlargement of the current system rather than creating a new library system or organization. F. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION Deseription of Service The City of Livermore is a General Law City operating under the Council-Manager form of government. The City Council consists of four members elected to four-year terms on a Citywide basis, and a directly-elected Mayor who serves a two-year term. The City Council appoints a City Manager who provides overall administration, leadership, and direction to the City staff. The Council also appoints a City Attorney who provides legal advice to the City Council and other City officials, and prosecutes or defends actions to which the City is a party. Also included in General Administration are the City Clerk's office, the Finance Department, and the Personnel Department. The overall administrative support budget for the City of Livermore in 1987-88 is $1,721,710, or approximately $32 per capita. _ Capabilitv of Serving Expanded Area The General Administrative Departments of the City of Livermore provide a basic service backbone for the City which can be expanded as the demands on the City are increased. Funds to pay for increased administrativ~ staffing would come from the General Revenues of the City including property tax, sales tax, and State and Federal subventions. The incremental costs of General Administrative services to new residences would be less than the average cost for General Administrative services to existing residents of the Cit~r of Livermore because the basic structure is already in place. Livermore's political and administrative structures are adequate to meet the needs of a City of 100,000 without adding additional departments or executive management positions. Go PUBLIC TRANSIT Description of Service Local Public Transit - Service in the Livermore area is provided by the Livermore/Amador Valley Transit Authority -16- ` , . ~ '~ (LAVTA), "Wheels", which also serves the cities of Dublin and Pleasanton, and some of the adjacent unincorporated areas. The attached map indicates the established service area; current service is limited to developed residential and commercial neighborhoods, plus Chabot College (Valley campus). Transit service in Livermore consists of five all-day routes on weekdays operating between 5:30 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., two weekday peak hour routes, and four routes on Saturdays between 8:.30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. In addition to the fixed-route system, LAVTA operates a paratransit system in Livermore for the convenience of senior citizens and the handicapped. This service is for individuals who, by reason of illness, injury, or age, are unable to use public transportation facilities. The service operates between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Funds for both the fixed-route and demand-responsive transit systems are provided entirely by the farebox and the State Transportation Development Act (TDA). Regional Public__Transit The Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) provides express bus service between Livermore and the BART stations in Hayward and San Leandro. There is limited local access along the express bus routes, and passengers can transfer between WHEELS and BART buses at several locations. Currently, the only public transit links between Livermore and the Dublin/Pleasanton area are provided by BART via Stanley Boulevard and via l-580. • Capabilitv of Ser.vinq Expanded Service Area The LAVTA Short-Range Transit Plan (FY 87-FY 92) anticipates that WHEELS will take over the Stanley Boulevard link between the Valley cities. This fits in with BART's plan to make their service more ':express" and more freeway-oriented, and to eliminate local access as much as possible, relying on the local operator to provide feeder service to the BART buses at a few centralized locations. Since TDA funds are allocated on a per capita basis, it is anticipated that growth in the Valley will support expanded services between the communities and into developing areas as their population increases. H. 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The major thrust of Livermore's Housing and Community Development Program is the provision of public facilities and services which benefit primarily low and moderate income persons. Activities which have been undertaken to achieve this goal include Housing Improvement and Rehabilitation Programs, landbanking, acquisition of shelters for victims of domestic violence, acquisition of facilities for brain damaged and developmentally disabled persons, construction of a Multi-Service Center to house a multiplicity of human services, and physical improvements in the CDBG Target Area. Among the services offered at the Multi-Service Center are health care, family and youth counseling, housing counseling, welfare, protective services, youth employment services, and vocational rehabilitation. Housing Over the past seven years several housing policies have been implemented by the City Council to assist individuals and families with low and moderate incomes in finding housing in Livermore. The following briefly summarizes the success of these programs: Total No. Lower Cost Year of of Units Units Development Completion 125 47 Meadowbrook multifamily 1981 (47 Section 8 new construction units) 75 75 Vineyard Village multi- 1982 family units for seniors. Al1 Section 8 new construction. A $310,000 City land purchase provided the site free to a nonprofit developer (CDBG Grant) 135 34 Diablo Vista multifamily 1983 (34 Section 8 existing tenants-- $50,000 City investment annually to provide rent subsidies) (BRIDGE and the developer also provide similar subsidies. -19- ~ Total No. of Units Lower Cost Units 365 165 32 200 162 • Development Year of Completion 91 Single family homes built 1983-85 under the City's Residential Development Policy (RDP) low- income housing requirements.. Approximately 91 of these homes were for low-income persons. 41 The Arbors multifamily 1985 housing (41 units for low- income persons, 16 of these for Section 8 existing) g Springtown Pines single 1985 family homes (8 of these homes were for low-income persons) 50 Park Paseo Apartments (50 of 1987 these multifamily units are to be rented at Section 8 rents) 65 Richards Manor multifamily 1987-88 housing for seniors. (At least 40 percent of the units are to be for lower-income seniors. The Livermore Housing Authority, whose members are appointed by the City Council, is responsible for managing the 125-unit Leahy Square Public Housing Project, as well as administering the Section 8 and Housing Voucher Rental Subsidy Programs which provide 285 units of lower-cost housing in the City of Livermore. Ca abilit of Servin an Ex anded Area Livermore's Housing and Community Development Programs could serve an expanded area through facilitating the construction of low and moderate income housing in the new developments, and through providing assistance programs for low-income families who might move into the area. However, it is anticipated that the demand for these kinds of services in newly-developed areas would probably not require hiring additional staff. -20- • U II. OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES PROVIDING SERVICE TO AREA A. ALAMEDA COUNTY Alameda County provides several Countywide services for both incorporated and unincorporated areas. These include the courts, prisons, health and welfare, the County Coroner, and the County Hospital system. The County also provides municipal-type services for several unincorporated pockets of development, and for the sparsely-populated rural areas of Alameda County. Only municipal-type services will be analyzed in this Sphere of Influence Study because the Countywide services are provided without regard to local jurisdiction: Police services in the unincorporated areas are provided by the County Sheriff. The Sheriff currently has three patrols for a non-urban unincorporated population of 35,000 people, and responds to calls for specific complaints. The County Sheriff is not adequately staffed at this time to patrol individual neighborhoods. Sheriff services to the unincorporated areas around Livermore are provided out of the 5anta Rita Field Office, approximately four miles west of the City limits. Fire service for the1~eda~CountyeFireePatrolounThegFire Livermore is provided by the A lus Patrol maintains three on-duty firefighters 24 hours per day, p a Chief working eight hours per day, five days per week. The County Fire Patrol is located in Livermore at the intersection of ~~p" Street and College Avenue, approximately two and one-half miles through the center of town from the closest part of the Las Positas Valley. The County Fire Patrol is heavily dependent on. mutual aid from the City of Livermore, the City of Pleasanton, and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to assist with major structural fires and wildland fires within their protection areae Over the past five years, Livermore has responded to 284 mutual aid requests from the County. ~ Alameda County does not presently provide sewer service directly to their constituents. In the several unincorporated developed areas Special Service Districts provide sanitary service collection and treatment facilities. In the rural areas of the County, sewage treatment is primarily by means of septic tanks. The area east of Greenville Road south of I-580 is currently dependent on well water and septic tanks. These properties are zoned for industrial development and should be served by a water supply of 2,500 gallons per minute, and a conventional sewage collection and treatment system. The City of Livermore has formed an Assessment District which could supply properties adjacent to Greenville Road with sewer and water services operated by the City of Livermore. -21- • ~ Alameda County maintains a Public Works unit in the City of Livermore for maintenance of County roads and storm drains in the area. Alameda County maintains Library branches in Dublin and Pleasanton, and operates bookmobile service whenever there is suf f icient B. LIVERMORE VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT The Livermore School District provides public education from kindergarten throuqh high school. The District operates nine elementary schools (K - 5), three intermediate schools (6 - 8), two high schools (9 - 12), and one continuation high school. Over the past several years the School District has chosen to close five elementary schools due to declining enrollment in those attendance areas. In 1981, the School District Board dropped school busing service. Students who live beyond walking distance to the schools depend on Livermore's public transit service for transportation. A report on school building needs prepared in January 1987 for the five-year period, September 1987 - September 1991, showed the need for an additional 27 classrooms to accommodate increased enrollment due to new residential construction. These new classrooms are at the elementary and middle school levels. No new high school need is foreseen until such time as rveloementlfeeVOn~newnresident~aldand proceed north of I 580. A de P commercial/industrial construcducation effectivedAugust 192198~as been adopted by the Board of E This fee is designed to provide for these classroom requirements for the five-year period mentioned above. The present student population of Livermore Valley Unified School District as of May 15, 1987, is ~~iudes sixth graders)lgandC4~361~in~elementary middle schools (in schools. C. LIVERMORE AREA RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT The unincorporated area around the City of Livermore is in the Livermore Area Recreation and Park District. This independent District has been in existence since 1947 and serves 240 square miles and approximately 55,000 people. The District has 33 separate facilities including a regional park, two community parks, numerous neighborhood parks, a trail system, swimming pools, a stadium, a gYi'nnasium, and a camp in the ~~gthe Sierra. The District relies heavily on user fees to supp majority of the recreation programs. District property tax revenues are used primarily for park maintenance and administrative overhead costs. -22- ~ ~ Park acquisitions ancl improvements are paid for from three primary sources: (1) Park dedication fees obt~heir deve,lopmentPers who do not provide land as part of (2). A 40 percent share of the City's Business License Tax on Residential,Development; (3) Various State Grant Programs. The Park District and City work closely together in planning for park locations and improvement schedules. The City and the Park District have also collaborated on various programs including the relocation of the rodeo grounds and the restoration of Ravenswood Mansion. This area is located between the Chabot College campus and the I-580 freeway, and consists of the TRIAD Corporate Center and the recently-adopted proposal for the North Canyons industrial/commercial area. The TRIAD Center and the North Canyons sites are anticipated to be sites for intensive office-type employment due to their strategic location, good access, and high visibility. The site for the North Canyons Retail Center has been designated to provide a freeway-accessible location for a.sub-regional retail shopping mall to serve the growing Livermore Valley population. The North c'anyons area affords the City the opportunity to accommodate a variety of intensive employment uses, while retaining less visible employment locations for less employment intensive industrial activities. North Canyons currently has access to I-580 only at Airway Boulevard. Access will be greatly enhanced with the completion of Highway 84 along the proposed Isabel/Kittyhawk alignment helped by funding from last year's Measure B. Provision of access from North Canyons to both I-580 freeway iOd enghand populationVCentersatoathemsoutheandcwestt~ both emp yt-1 g. LAS POSITAS VALLEY The Las Positas Valley will be the primary focus of residential development in the Livermore area into the next Century. The southerly 7,00o acres is divided almost equally between Diablo Range Foothills to the northwest and the relatively flat valley to the south and east. Assuming an overall density of about three dwelling units per acre concentrated primarily in the -23- A. NORTH CANYONS ~ . lower valley areas, the Las Positas Valley could be expected to accommodate approximately 15,000 - 18,000 homes in addition to additional industrial and commercial uses. Livermore's emphasis upon preserving the viticulture heritage across the southern tier of the City will tend to focus future housing in the general North Livermore area. The Las Positas Valley area represents a major resource for that future Livermore population. The area has excellent potential~for access, particularly to the I-580 freeway to the south via interchanges as North Livermore Avenue, and Collier Canyon/Highway 84. Major north-south access routes following the general contours of the Valley floor will provide excellent corridors for future utility extensions, ~s well as transportation. C. GREENVILLE ROAD The City's industrial "Eastside Area" has generally focused on the areas west of Greenville Road. In future decades, the relatively flat areas immediately east of Greenville Road may provide an additional 1,000 acre resource of future industrial and/or office lands. The City is in the process of committing its currently designated industrial areas to immediate use. Although the City has a variety of lands now in the process of developing into employment uses, the future may require land resources for employment not currently contemplated. The Greenville Road area is located adjacent to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). This area will certainly have strategic importance to the City early in the next Century to provide for employment opportunities, as well as alternatives for providing critical services to the employment centered at LLNL. IV. PRESENT AND PROBABLE FUTURE SERVICE NEEDS OF AREA A. NORTH CANYONS The currently-developing North Canyons area is largely served by the necessary public utilities needed to support employment development. Much of the infrastructure has been recently installed to serve the TRIAD Corporate Center. The only major service needed to support this area is the extension of Highway 84, and construction of the Kittyhawk Interchange. and improvements to the existing Airway Boulevard Interchange. B. LAS POSITAS VALLEY Due to the undeveloped nature of this area, virtually all public services and utilities will need to be extended to, or provided to, this area. The principal utility connection points are already available at the southerly fringe of this area. Provisions of access and circulation routes in conjunction with the utility extensions will accommodate basic public facilities. - -~a_ ~ ~ The population potential for this area equals the City's current population, and will have the potential of increasing the City's planned population by as much as 60 percent. This future residential development will require the expansion of normal municipal services for the new population. Increases in police, fire, parks, library, and educational services will be crucial to the health and well being of this residential area. C. GREENVILLE ROAD This area is currently cut-off from the City by LLNL. Providing services to the area will require extension of public facilities beyond the current service area. The necessary facilities are available or planned as a part of the industrial development currently contemplated west of Greenville Road. As a future employment resource area, decisions regarding intensity of the uses, the needs of those uses, and the precise location of needed facilities are speculative at this time. Since this area represents a long-term "pool" of available land, the decisions regarding the timing and extent of needed public facilities and services will be evaluated over a period of time. By timing the_land use and service level decisions to occur at a time closer to the actual need, excess capacity and other problems can be minimized. V. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF DEVELOPING AREAS A. AIR POLLUTION The City of.Livermore has evaluated the future air quality consequences of physical development in the community in several recent Environmental Impact Reports (EIR's). These include EIR's for three large industrial projects (Orchard, Standard, and Dividend) dated December 1986, the Spring 1987 General Plan Amendments dated May 1987, and most recently, the General Pl"an Policy Amendments issued July 1987. In general, these documents the area is roughly equivalent to the levels in the past have been the most continue to exceed Federal standards of the Bay Area. Vehicular emissions contributor to ozone levels. conclude that air quality in Bay Area as a whole. Ozone noticeable problem, and nore frequently than the rest are the single largest Continued urban growth in the Tri-Valley area will have the consequence of increasing vehicular emissions as a result of normal commute patterns. Efforts to provide housing opportunities near employment will have the potential of reducing total vehicle miles traveled, and therefore vehicular emissions. Currently, the number of resident employees within Livermore exceeds its available jobs. Over the next decade, job production and housing are expected to reach a balance, followed by greater employment production than housing. - -Z5- ~ ~ The increasing urbanization in the short-term will aggravate potential, air quality problems. However, combined with greater job production, the potential future balance of jobs and housing will minimize any deterioratione Over the longer term, the combination of employment increases, and increasing urbanization of the entire area may have an adverse impact on air quality. The exact consequences are speculative because improved emission controls in both stationary and vehicular sources have improved air quality in the past two decades, even though there has been a near doubling of the region's population and employment. B. GROUNDWATER DEGRADATION Residential growth in the Livermore area is not expected to have a direct impact on groundwater. In general, the volume of chemicals and fertilizers used in urban residential environment is not significant. Although Livermore currentl~r has relatively few industrial.users of complex chemicals, the future introduction of materials into the industrial environment is inevitable. Both the technology for handling ever more complex chemi.cals, and for dealing with the consequences of industrial accidents, continues to improve. Regulations and precautions against improper use and handling of chemicals has evolved rapidly in the past decade. Growing concerns with the "potential" for future consequences have led to citizen initiatives to restrict chemical uses, and further increase the liability and consequences for improper use. • Clearly, ~he greatest risk to the Tri-Valley groundwater supply is improper use of the supply itself. With a finite capability to recharge the underground supply from local runoff, every effort must be made to balance water demand to water supply. Zone 7, as well as a variety of other agencies including the Valley cities, is responsible for anticipating that demand while maintaining the integrity of the supply. The most recent Zone 7 estimates suggest that through the end of the Centur~ supply enhancements now contemplated will be able to accommodate the currently-anticipated rate of demand. Failure to either continue enhancing supply, or allowing demand to outstrip the supply, will ultimately lead to overdrafting of the aquifer. For the short-term, overdrafting may have little impact. However, a long-term strategy of over-drafting will lead to degradation of ~he water quality, higher costs to tap lower levels in the aquifer, and ultimately the potential for loss of the supply altogether. Livermore represents only a fraction of the potential demand on the Zone 7 supply. Livermore's growth management approach to development should have the positive effect of minimizing the risk of overburdening the groundwater supply. So long as Livermore continues to manage its growth rate while - -26- • ~ maintaining high standards for chemical use by its industry, the potential for degradation of the groundwater supply should be minimized. C. ENERGY CONSUMPTION Total energy consumption in the United States over the past decade and one-half has declined, even with continued economic and population growth. The rising cost of energy, particularly petroleum and electrical sources, has radically changed the way energy is used. The current decline in the cost of gasoline and similar fuels has reduced some of the incentive for reduced energy consumption, but overall, the cost of energ~ continues to dampen overall demand. The Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) projects that the overall growtli of jobs and employment within the Bay Area will continue to grow at about a two percent annual rate for the next two decades. Certain areas of the region will grow more quickly than others. Overall, the rate of energy consumption is predicated upon regional economic activity. On a more localized scale, the relative rate of growth may have the effect of outstripping demand, particularly for energy distribution facilities. Livermore's managed growth policies should have the effect of minimizing the short-term problems of providing energy distribution facilities. ~ VI. OTHER EFFECTS OF ALLOWING RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT A. HOUSING SUPPLY AND AFFORDABILITY In general, increasing the supply of housing should have the effect of increasing the competitive nature of the housing market. A more competitive housing market should encourage a broad variety of housing choices and, within that range of choice, a range of housing location, type, and price. Affordability remains a far more elusive commodity. Affordability is a function of overall demand, location, and employment characteristics. Livermore is attempting to address all three of these issues simultaneously. First, Livermore is evaluating its growth management system, and is expected to adopt a flexible population growth rate of one and one-half percent to three and one-half percent annually, to be evaluated and adopted every three years. In contrast to the current fixed rate of two percent annually, the flexible rate will be tailored to the current housing market conditions, and will be adopted in conjunction with a Three Year Housing Plan ta implement the housing strategies identified by the City. Second, the Three Year Housing Plan will consider a broad range of housing considerations and will establish housing objectives. The objectives are intended to meet the current level - -27- • ~ of demand, and focus housing activities in locations which will be advantageous to providing public facilities and services. Finally, Livermore is attempting to provide a broad range of employment opportunities by providing for commercial and industrial properties capable of accommodating a variety of economic opportunities. The City's focus on providing for job growth should have the consequence of offering a variety of employment opportunities. The combination of a more focused housing development program, a higher rate of housing growth, and expanded employment opportunities should have a favorable impact upon housing atfordability within the community. Be AFFECT ON INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT In a diversified employment market such as the Bay Area, the availability of housing in the immediate areas of employment opportunities is less crucial than a more isolated area. Housing opportunities are crucial to assuring the long-term viability of economic development in general. Localized inconsistencies in the availability of housing or jobs may adversely affect economic development, if the lack of housing limits employers choices within the job market. Housing diversit~ cannot assure a variety of employees. However, Livermore's employment development in the immediate future is expected to continue its diversity in both skilled (professional and technical.), and semi-skilled (blue collar and similar) employment. After years of domination of the job market by the Livermore Laboratories, Livermore is attracting a broad ~ range of servi.ce, distribution, and light-manufacturing employers. In the Livermore area, job seekers currently outnumber available jobs. This trend is anticipated to reverse itself in the early stages of the next Century. As noted in the prior section on housing supply, Livermore is in the process of expanding the available housing stock. This should have the effect of broadening the supply of job seekers which should have a beneficial impact upon the ability of employers to find the skills they desire within the local employment market. C. A EFECT ON COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT Commercial, particularly retail commercial development, is heavily dependent upon population. In general, larger levels of population require larger and more diverse commercial development to support that population. As with any economic function, additional population may not directly translate into added commercial development. In some cases certain "threshold" levels of population, or population density, may be required. A convenience shopping center may require several thousand people to support the stores and businesses. A larger community or subregional shopping center may require several tens of thousands of people. Thus, over a period of time, commercial development -28- ~ • will occur in "increments" supported both by the total population and the anticipated rate of population growth. Currently, Livermore remains at a population level between the neighborhood convenience level, and that required to support a subregional or similar retail facility. A variety of other.retail and serv'ice-related commercial uses are supporting the Livermore population. As Livermore's population grows, the range of available retail and commercial services can be expected to increase. A higher population growth rate, discussed above under housing, may not directly affect the rate of commercial activity. However, the total amount of available commercial activity would occur at an earlier date in response to the population increase. On a long-term basis, the total amount of population growth of Livermore, Pleasanton, and Dublin will bring a broader variety of commercial activities to this area. By the beginning of the next Century the total population centered in Livermore will exceed 75,OOQ people. As a near 50 percent increase from the current 54,000 population, Livermore can expect both a doubling of basic retail and service opportunities, and also an increase in services which would be afforded to a subregional population of that size. Thus, the continued population growth within the, community will experience an increase in commercial options much larger than the increase in population alone would project. D. FISCAL IMPACTS OF DEVELOPMENT ON GOVERNMENT ENTITIES Livermore is currently experiencing a near balance in' its demand for municipal services and the revenues necessary to ' provide them. The demand for new capital facilities currently is exceeding the City's ability to accomplish them. The diversification of the housing, employment, and commercial market discussed in the previous sections should provide a larger proportion of the capital facilities needed. Growth will have the effect of increasing the need for public facilities. However, that growth is changing the mix of revenue sources from a predominantly residential tax base toward a greater contribution by employment and commerce. These shifts will improve the local public agencies ability to respond to specific needs. VII. NATURAL AND MAN-MADE FEATURES RFFECTING AREAS RELATIONSHIP TO CITY The City of Livermore is located at the eastern end of the Livermore Valley. As such, the predominant physical features of the area are the foothills forming the walls to the Valley on the north, east, and south. Currently, regional gravel and sand quarrying operations separate Livermore from Pleasanton to the west. Thus, Livermore is largely isolated from other population centers and municipalities. - _~a_ ~ ~ The three geographical areas proposed to be.included in the revised Sphere of Influence represent logical extensions of municipal services beyond the immediate City boundaries without crossing any of the natural barriers which surround the City. The expanded Sphere of Influence involves only those areas which are physically tributary to the City. Storm drainage and sanitary sewers which will serve these areas will drain naturally to existing City facilities. Likewise, the drainage features, particularly into the Las Positas Valley, afford excellent opportunities to c.ombine transportation and utility extensions to serve those areas. Livermore's residential and employment "neighborhoods" border each of the proposed areas of expansion. Circulation to and from the,expanded Sphere of Influence must traverse City streets. Retail and consumer services to the expanded Sphere of Influence are, or will be, readily available within the City. The vast majority of the employment in the area is provided within the City. VIII. WILLIAMSON ACT CONTRACTS SURROUNDING LIVERMORE Williamson Act contracts cover a large number of acres surrounding the City of Livermore. A high percentage of these parcels are outside of the current Livermore Sphere of Influence. A smaller percentage of these parcels are within the Sphere of Inf luence . Placement of property in an agricultural preserve entitles , the property owners to favorable treatment in the determination•of the property's assessed value. In exchange for this favorable treatment, the property owner agrees to limit the use of his property for a minimum of ten years. The contract is automatically extended for an additional year each January unless a notice of non-renewal is given. A. WILLIAMSON ACT PARCELS OUTSIDE LIVERMORE SPHERE OF INFLUENCE Approximately 85 percent of the parcels in areas shown for Agriculture or Open Space in the County and City General Plans are covered by Williamson Act contracts. The most significant Williamson Act parcels outside the current Livermore Sphere of . Influence are those in the area proposed for the Las Positas Valley development. Approximately one-half of the 4,300 acres proposed for development are under Williamson Act contracts. B. WILLIAMSON ACT PARCELS INSIDE LIVERMORE'S PRESENT SPHERE OF INFLUENCE Approximately 13 percent (1,950 acres) of the acreage in Livermore's current Sphere of Influence is in ~he Williamson Act. -30- ,~ ~ 31- ALA~oIIEDA COUNTY . , ~GRiCULTURAL PRES~R~lES ;_ :.,, : . . ; ~~ .. .~ 1:~:: ::~.. ~~ . ! (VCORP4RATED AREAS AGRICULTURAL PRE~ERVE PARKB AND O~THER LANDS NC1T" SUBJEGT Tb AORICULTURAI. PRESERVE STATUS REVI SED :: ~. ~ ~ The Williamson Act parcels are primarily in the unincorporated area in the eastern portiori of the Sphere area. They include the vineyards between East Avenue and Tesla Road, farmland south of Robertson Park, a parcel between First Street and the railroad tracks in the vicinity of I-580, and a parcel north of LLNL. The Williamson Act properties in the City of Livermore are concentrated in two areas: South of I-580 and east of the Livermore Airport, and in the northern portion of the Springtown area west of Broadmoor and east of Vasco Road. IX. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LIVERMORE AND SURROUNDING AREA The urban and semi-urbanized areas adjacent to the City of Livermore depend on the City of Livermore for services. They are part of the Livermore School District and the Livermore Area Recreation and Park District. The people within these areas also use the City Library and attend church and social events within the City. They rely on the commercial area within the City for services. They are within the Livermore postal area and are generally considered to be part of the community of Livermore although they are outside the political boundaries. The street pattern radiates from the City of Livermore to the surrounding unincorporated areas. Major County roads which feed into the City's major streets provide easy access to the City of Livermore. . X. POLICIES OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES A. LOCAL AGENCY FORMATION COMMISSION (LAFCO) POLICY ON ANNEXATION AND SPECIAL DISTRICT FORMATION . Alameda County's Local Agency Formation Commission adopted a document entitled Spheres of Influence--Policies, Guidelines, Criteria, and Procedures in 1973. The document outlines six purposes for the policies: 1. To ensure orderly urban development in the areas adjacent to a city, community, or district. 2. To plan for logical units of local government that will provide citizen services in the most economical fashion, and to ensure that each unit will have a sound economic potential to finance the required services. 3. To promote cooperative planning efforts between cities, county, and districts; to ensure the execution of concepts of the respective General Plans as they relate to cooperative planning. -33- ~ ~ 4. To assist other governmental districts and agencies in planning the logical and economic extension and use of all government facilities and services, thus avoiding unnecessary duplication. 5. To coordinate standards for property development and encourage timely urbanization with adequate provision of essential services. 6. To assist property owners to plan comprehensively €or ultimate use and development of their land, within a planned governmental structure. The LAFCO Guidelines indicate that Spheres of Influence will be determined based on a city's or district's ability and willingness to provide essential municipal services. Alameda County's LAFCO stated the following as their priorities on annexation and special district formation: "The general policy of the Commission, subject to logical exceptions, is that all urban development, whenever reasonable, shall be municipal development. Unless there are strong reasons to change it, priorities in annexations to governmental entities to promote this policy shall be in the following order: (1) Annexation to a city, rather than a special district, if both can provide the same services at approximately the same cost and environmental • impact. ~ (2) Annexation to a district or a city rather than the formation of a new special district or city. (3) Formation of a new political•entity is the last alternative. Whenever a new political or taxing entity is indicated, the formation of a self-governing special district is the least desirable." A second major policy of Alameda County's LAFCO is that existing and future urban development areas belong in cities. "Urban expansion should be planned and programmed by the cities on a staged basis in cooperation with the County and LAFCO. Intensive urban development should not occur outside the established Sphere of Influence lines, except when a future city is planned." When Alameda County's LAFCO enacted Livermore's Sphere of Influence in 1979, it was following the basic policies described above. At that time the Commission made five findings to amplify the Sphere of Influence line drawn around the City. The findings were: -34- ~ • "l. Further urbanization of the Livermore area should be limited to.development within the Sphere of Influence to provide a balanced use and location of development to assure a sound public economy and healthy environment. "2. Development within the Sphere of Influence should be encouraged to consolidate urbanization with mutually-compatible land uses and living environments based on the City's General Plan. "3. Urbanization of the area outside of the Sphere of Influence of the City of Livermore should be discouraged. "4. Establishment of special districts that provide public service to urban developments that do not have the authority for land use planning should be discouraged. "5. .Areas outside the Livermore Sphere of Influence should be designated as Unincorporated Preserve, and should be subject to future review by the Commission pursuant to its own policies, guidelines, procedures, and criteria. (The Unincorporated Preserve areas are identified for specified reasons such as the preservation of Agricultural or Open Space areas or areas of future incorporation.)" In summary, Alameda County's Local Agency Formation Commission has been consistent in applying its own policies and guidelines to unincorporated areas around Livermore. It is important for the future development of Alameda County that LAFCO continue this consistent application of the Knox-Nesbett government organization statutes by directing growth toward existing cities and avoiding the formation of new special districts with limited government powers. B. CITY OF LIVERMORE GENERAL PLAN The City General Plan map is similar to the County General Plan with one exception. Livermore's Plan shows more residential development north of the existing City limits between Livermore Avenue and Springtown. The City of Livermore General Plan encourages development within the City limits. It is the goal of the City that new development be located to consolidate urbanization as stated under Land Use Goals on page 98. The City Plan states on page 143 that premature extension of urbanization into agricultural areas should be prevented. Livermore's General Plan is based on "the overriding policy...that the future growth shall not exceed the community's _~~_ ' ~~. 2D\~\~~ ~ .. r•~~u.~~ Tasfaj~q : .bu~ .y `o I~.I o`~ ~ ~.~ 5.7 ~.'' P + z.e ~, ~ `~ ~.~r6 `~ / , ~.siai ro •o~ ~ od F ~ ~ --~- A . 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(..~._•at ' '.' • .... . .. , ~ ~ '~. ~ . ;.'a o~.e... ~ 1'L ' . !'.. ~ p i I .i e ~ ~o i _ \ ~ , K _ , ~ I.S t .0. . ~' ~ ~ ' \ ~w ~ : • ~G,y \ •\ 'i(O(NM[l!~ . ~~~r. ~ rnn IOf. • ~i'., ~ ' ~ Oul !(y UMOI 7a • \ ~ ~ '$ „ " Ihti •',\ ~ i : ,on o~ov,. .i wd.- ~' ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 4i (" n „~. c,.,;, '. •'<~ i'' , ~ g~- n~c.,~,.~, , C . . .~ ~ . .....,... . . ~ ' ~ .~,...,~.,.... ..'c`°..~o~w.n . , ~ ,r ~ • capability to provide services. In particular, school classroom facilities, sewerage treatment capacity, treated domestic water, public parks and recreation, and public safety services shall be the principal factors considered". This policy is currently implemented by limiting population growth to a maximum of two percent per year. The General Plan requires that sewer capacity be reserved for in-fill areas within the City. The Plan also requires that the City seek reasonable solutions to the City's sewerage limitations and avoid arbitrary restrictions on community growth. XI. RECOMMENDED SPHERE OF INFLUENCE FOR CITY OF LIVERMORE The Local Agency Formation Commission's authority and responsibilities are outlined in the Knox-Nesbett Act found in the Government Code beginning with Section 54773. The law defines the Agency's purposes to include "the discouragement of urban sprawl and the encouragement of the orderly formation and development of local governmental agencies based upon local conditions and circumstances". A. SPHERE OF INFLUENCE PROPOSAL The City of Livermore proposes an adjustment to its Sphere of Influence to the following boundaries: The proposed Sphere is coterminous with Dublin's Sphere in the northwest area of Livermore. On the north, the proposed Sphere encompasses the~ entire Las Positas Valley to the County line. In the northeast and eastern sections of the City, the proposed Sphere follows natural drainage areas. Generally, these drainage areas extend to the top of the ridges; e.g., Altamont Pass east and Lake Del Valle southeast. This same pattern holds true in the southwest portion of the Sphere boundary. The Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) is also aware that Pleasanton's proposed Sphere is also being considered by LAFCO at the same time as Livermore's Sphere. Pleasanton's proposed Sphere is coterminous with Livermore's proposed Sphere of the west and southwest boundaries of our respective cities. In adopting a Sphere of Influence to define the probable ultimate physical boundaries and service area of a local governmental agency, LAFCO must consider and prepare a written statement of its findings with respect to at least eight factorse This recommendation will suggest findings to support Livermore's proposed Sphere of Influence boundaries> -37- ~ , , • • B. THE MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SERVICE AREA OF THE AGENCY BASED UPON PRESENT AND POSSIBLE SERVICE CAPABILITIES OF THE AGENCY Earlier sections of this report discuss the physical limits of Livermore's Service Area. The limits are the County line to the north, the Altamont mountain range to the east, the vineyards and other viable agricultural land use to the south, and the gravel quarries and Murray-Pleasanton Township line to the west. The only constraint to Livermore's service capability within the area described above is sewerage disposal, and that constraint affects all public service agencies in the Livermore-Amador Valley. The City of Livermore is actively seeking to discover acceptable disposal methods through a Joint Powers. Agency Study with the City of Pleasanton, Dublin-San Ramon Services District, and Alameda County. Alternative disposal methods are discussed in detail in Section I of this report. In all other Service Areas, the City of Livermore is capable of providing municipal-type services to the area within the proposed Sphere of Influence. C.. THE RANGE OF SERVICES THE AGENCY IS PROVIDING OR COULD PROVIDE The City of Livermore provides a full range of municipal services except recreation, which is provided by the Livermore Area Recreation and Park District. In addition to the basic services, Livermore also provides or participates in other important supplemental services such as public transit, a • recycling program, and a number of special crime prevention ; programs. Livermore's range of services, supported by a varied tax base, greatly exceeds the range of services which could be provided to this area by any other governmental unit. D. THE PROJECTED FUTURE POPULATION GROWTH OF THE AREA The current County and Livermore General Plans foresee a total Livermore area population of 78,260 and 74,300 respectively, by 1995. Livermore's General Plan projects a population of 82,000 by 2000. Livermore's projected population figures are based on area holding capacity, and a proposed one and one-half percent to three and one-half percent flexible annual growth rate. E. THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT OCCURRING OR PLANNED FOR THE AREA The City of Livermore General Plan currently anticipates residential development of a portion of the Las Positas Valley. Livermore's General Plan is currently in the process of being amended at the time of this writing to consider the appropriate development for approximately one-third of the Valley. -38- ~ ! ~ • The C~unty General Plan shows the Las Positas area as Agricultural. Livermore's General Plan anticipates industrial development of the Greenville Road area and industrial\commercial use of. the North Canyons area. F'. THE EXISTENCE OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC INTERDEPENDENCE AND INTERACTIOI3 BETWEEN THE LOCAL GGVERNMENT AGENCY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA D~velopment in the area proposed for Livermore's Sphere of Influence would cause regular social and economic interaction between area residents and Livermore residents, businesses and institutions. The area would be a part of Livermore Park and School Districts, and residents would look to Livermore churches and social clubs for community activity. G. PRESENT AND PROBABLE FUTURE 5ERVICE NEEDS OF THE AREA The L~s Positas area will require a full range of municipal services including police, fire, public works, water, sewerage, waste disposal, public transit, education, and recreation. The Greenville Road area requires fire and police protection, sewerage, water, and public works. Al1 required services can be provided by the City of Liver~ore, the Livermore Unified School District, and the Livermore Area Recreation and Park District. H. LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES PROVIDING SERVICE TO THE AREA The agencies which would provide municipal-type services to the Las Positas Valley and Greenville Road south of I-580, are the City of Livermore and the Livermore Area Recreation and Park District. Services by the City of Livermore would be the most efficient available considering the area's proximity to existing service centers and the service expansion capabilities outlined in Section I of this report. Introduction of additional governmental entities into the area would duplicate existing capabilities at unnecessary extra expense to area residents and County taxpayers. -39- / •• i • ~ T. THE E~{ISTENCE GF AGRICULTURAL PRESERVES IN THE AREA AND THE EFFECT OF INCLUDING SUCH PRESERVES IN LIVERMORE'S SPHERE OF INFLUENCE The Las Positas Valley contains a large number of parcels covered by Williamson Act contracts. These agricultural preserves make up approximately one-half of thP 4,300 acres of the area. Including these parcels,in Livermore's Sphere of Influence wiJ.l not detrimentally affect the physical and economic integrity of the parcels because pressures for urbanization are just as strong in the unincorporated County as they would be in the City. In summary, LAFCO should adjust Livermore's Sphere of Influence to the proposed boundaries for the following reasons: l. To allow the most efficient delivery of a full range of urban-type services; 2. To avoid the unnecessary establishment of overlapping governmental entities to serve new developments; 3. To take full advantage of existing commercial and employment centers maximizing service-supporting tax revenues and minimizing work and shopping trip d.istances; 4. To keep local government public servants and policymakers as close as possible to their constituents; S. To provide a full range of housing choices to new residents including units affordable to low and moderate-income families; 6. 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