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CITY OF DUBLIN
AGENDA STATEMENT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: December 10, 1990
SUBJECT: Written Communication: Funding East Dublin BART Station
(Prepared by: Richard C. Ambrose, City Manager)
EXHIBITS ATTACHED: Letter from Pleasanton Mayor Ken Mercer dated
November 20, 1990
RECOMMENDATION: Discuss City of Pleasanton proposal and provide Staff
with appropriate direction to respond.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT: Undetermined.
DESCRIPTION: The City of Dublin has received a letter from Mayor Ken
Mercer inquiring whether the City of Dublin would consider working with the
other five cities in the Tri Valley to develop an assessment on development
occurring in each City to assist in the funding of an East Dublin BART
Station. Cost estimates developed by BART in December 1989 indicated that
it would cost an additional $18 million to build the East Dublin BART
Station before the West Dublin BART Station. However, BART's adopted
project calls for two stations to be built in the Valley with one station
to be funded entirely by local funds. According to BART's December 1989
cost estimates, the additional cost of building both the East and West
Dublin Stations as opposed to just the West Dublin Station is approximately
$46 million. BART has also indicated that it plans to have the
Dublin/Pleasanton Extension built by 1995.
Upon evaluating the concept of funding the East Dublin BART Station through
additional development fees. Staff has identified several concerns.
1 . What are the consequences, if there is insufficient development to
generate sufficient fees to fund the East Dublin Station?
2. If this concept is adopted, how could BART proceed with financing the
BART Extension to East Dublin by 1995 without a binding commitment
from Cities and Counties with undeveloped land that those agencies
will approve future development? This type of commitment is not
likely and becomes problematic when most of the land in question is
under General Plan Study.
3. Given the heavy infrastructure costs which will need to be borne to
accommodate development in areas such as East Dublin in the future,
will the additional burden of financing an East Dublin BART Station
make that development less viable or even questionable.
4. The cost of building the Dublin/Pleasanton Extension have increased
significantly over the last five years. If the Cities and Counties
were able to develop a fee to fund the additional costs associated
with an East Dublin Station, those fees may be insufficient if the
project cost escalate significantly in the future.
Staff would recommend that the City Council discuss the City of
Pleasanton's proposal and provide Staff with appropriate direction to
respond.
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CITY OFFICES
123 MAIN STREET
CITY COUNCIL November 20, 1990
CITY MANAGER
484-8008
CITY ATTORNEY
484-8003 Paul C. Moffatt, Mayor
City of Dublin
FINANCE P. 0, BOX 2340
484-8033
Dublin, CA 94568
PERSONNEL.
484-8012 Dear Paul:
CITY OFFICES As you remember we met last summer to discuss the
200 OLD BERNAL AVE. extension of BART to the Dublin-Pleasanton area. At
PLANNING that time, BART had decided to build two stations in the
484-8023 area but was considering locating the first station at
ENGINEERING West Dublin (Stoneridge Mall) rather than in East Dublin
484-8041 (Hacienda Business Park) . In order to consider building
the first station in East Dublin, the local agencies
BUILDING INSPECTION were being asked to fund the difference in cost or
484-8015
approximately 18 million dollars.
COMMUNITY SERVICES
484-8160 I asked each City at that meeting last summer whether
WATER- BILLING they would consider participating in the cost of
484-8038 relocating the site to the West. Everyone at the
meeting indicated a willingness to consider
FIELD SERVICES participating in this project. Since that meeting, the
5335 SUNOL BLVD. County contracted with Mel Hing to develop a solution.
PARKS An acceptable solution has not been found to date.
484-8056 Unfortunately the solutions that have been considered
did not include a possible contribution from each of the
SANITARY SEWER Cities and Counties benefitting from the relocation.
484.8061
S•1REk1' The Pleasanton City Council is asking you to consider
484-8066 the possibility of developing a formula (to be assessed
SUPPORT SERVICES through development) to relocate the BART station closer
484-8067 to each of your communities and in a location which may
better enable a future light rail connection to Contra
WATER 171 Costa County.
FIRE The formula could be developed to spread the eighteen
4444 RAILROAD AVE.
484-8114 million dollars proportionately to each benefitted
City/County. It could, as an example, include an
assessment on square footage of new buildings, number of
POLICE employees, etc.
483313ERNALAVE.
11.0.BOX 909
484-8127
I will be calling to follow-up on our earlier
conversation to see if your community would be willing
to consider participation in this project.
Sincerely,
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Ken Mercer,
Mayor
cc: Deborah Acosta, City Manager /
Richard Ambrose, City Manager
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