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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 7.1 Historic Park Master Plan CITY CLERK File # D[1]~IQJ-~~ AGENDA STATEMENT CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: February 7,2006 SUBJECT: Dublin Historic Park Master Plan Preferred Alternative Report prepared by: Henna Lichtenstein, Parks & Facilities Development Manager ATTACHMENTS: 1. Option 1 - Full Site Plan (as presented to City Council on 10-18-05) Revised Full Site Plan 2. RECOMMENDATION: /7..V 1. I' \ ~ 2. 3. Receive presentation from Staff and Consultants By consensus, indicate whether Councilmembers like the revised Full Site Plan or provide alternative direction Provide direction on completion ofthe Master Plan FINANCIAL STATEMENT: Park Acquisition & Development: Cemetery Development: Total Acquisition & Development: $15,559,500 $ 2.434.100 $17,993,600 DESCRIPTION: One of the City Council Strategic Goals for 2004-2005 is to "Expand and enhance Dublin Historic Park". In order to accomplish this goal, the City contracted with Royston Hanamoto Alley and Abey to develop a site master plan. The purpose of the Dublin Historic Park Master Plan is twofold: (1) to assist the City Council in determining the land uses for the Dublin Square Shopping Center as part of the Specific Plan process that is underway for the area; and (2) to assist the Council in determining whether the Dublin Square Shopping Center is the appropriate location for a park to fill the existing park deficit. The master plan process, and the final master plan, is part ofthese planning processes the Council initiated. Once the Council has conducted appropriate environmental review and has adopted a specific plan, and related general plan amendments, designating all or any portion of the Dublin Square Shopping Center for park/public recreation purposes, the final master plan could be adopted by the Council. Unless and until such actions occur, the final master plan will be used only to assist the Council in deciding whether it is appropriate to take such actions. BACKGROUND: For several years, the City Council has been considering how to take a more proactive approach to building the historic Dublin Village settlement area around Donlon Way into a cohesive district to better highlight Dublin's historic resources. In March 2001, the Council requested the staff to develop plans for a historical district designation for the Donlon Way area. In August 2001, the City Council authorized COPY TO: PCSC, HCAC, RHAA, Property Owners Page 1 of Y ITEM NO. 7.1 G:\COUNCILlAgenda Statementsl2006\master plan staffreport.DOC Staff to prepare a Specific Plan for the area (see Attachment 1), and work has been done over the past several years to achieve this goal. In 2004, the Council revised the Parks and Recreation Master Plan. The 2004 Parks and Recreation Master Plan includes Guiding Policy 1.13 ("Select sites for parkland acquisition in order to provide for the anticipated deficit of 5.3+/- acres.") and suggests that changes in land uses in the City's primary planning area may provide land that is suitable for park development. It also provides that the City should designate sites for new parks to alleviate the 5.3 acre park acreage deficiency by amending the Park and Recreation Master Plan to show the location of future park sites. (Action Program lk.) It also indicates the City should pursue opportunities to expand its historic holdings in the Donlon Way area (Action Program Ij). (See pages 23-25 of Master Plan.) Finally, it includes standards for an historical park. (See page 56 of Master Plan.) The Dublin Square property was one of the six sites identified by the Council as a potential location for future parks in Dublin in order to correct the City's anticipated 5.3+/- acre parkland deficit as detailed in the Parks and Recreation Master Plan. In Fiscal Year 200412005 the City commissioned RBF Consultants to craft Design Guidelines for the Dublin Village Historic Area. The intent of the Design Guidelines is to ensure that future development in the area recaptures elements of the historic character and image that once defined Dublin Village. The Design Guidelines were adopted by the City Council in January 2005. Lastly the City Council adopted a Historic Overlay Zoning District that will serve to implement the Dublin Village Historic Area Design Guidelines. This was also done in 2005. DUBLIN HISTORIC PARK ALTERNATIVES: Work on the Dublin Historic Park Master Plan began in June 2005. The master plan took into consideration the adjacencies of the surrounding properties to the existing Dublin Heritage Center and looked at the site as a cohesive whole. In addition to design options, the master plan will include costs related to property acquisition, design and construction, and operation. The design process included two public meetings. The first was on June 28, 2005 to introduce the project to the community and to begin a public visioning process and gather community input. Approximately 25 members from the community were in attendance. The second public meeting was held on July 26, 2005 with approximately 15 members from the community in attendance. This meeting focused on community feedback on the six alternative concepts developed by the Consultants. The meeting resulted in the community voting on their preferred design option and precedent images. As a result of the two public meetings the Consultant Team developed three preferred alternative plans for consideration by the Parks and Community Services Commission and Heritage and Cultural Arts Commission at a special meeting on September 19, 2005. The Options contemplated alternative acquisition plans for the Dublin Square Shopping Center. Option 1 - full site; Option 2 - half site; and Option 3 - one-third site. Each option included the expansion ofthe cemetery on to the land owned by the Dublin Historical Preservation Association. At the conclusion of the special meeting, each Commission voted separately on the preferred alternative and both the Heritage and Cultural Arts Commission and the Parks and Community Services Commission unanimously recommended Option I - Full Site Plan to the City Council. The cost of the Option I - Full Site Plan is estimated to be $25,444,000. On October 18, 2005 the City Council considered the three options and the recommendations of the Commissions. Although no formal vote was taken, the Council expressed support for Option 1 and concurred that a 2Db~ workshop should be held to discuss funding for the Dublin Historic Park and the Emerald Glen Park Recreation and Aquatic Center. At a special workshop of the City Council on November 18, 2005 at which time financing options for the Dublin Historic Park were discussed, the Council directed Staff to have the Consultant modify Option 1 to eliminate the proposed theater component and to add the Green Store parcel to the planning process. The revised Full Site Plan was presented to a special joint meeting of the Parks and Community Services Commission and the Heritage and Cultural Arts Commission on January 25th. At that time the public and both Commissions provided input and direction on the revised Plan. Several comments were made regarding the integration and clean up of the existing creek, requesting that some funds be included to cover potential costs. Both the Parks and Community Services Commission and the Heritage and Cultural Arts Commission were pleased with the design changes to the plan and voted unanimously to recommend the changes to the City Council. Revised Full Site Plan Attachment 1 is the Full Site Plan that was presented to the City Council on October 18, 2005 and Attachment 2 is the revised Full Site Plan. The revised Plan includes an allegorical "Orchard History Garden" at the heart of the park within which, the stories of Dublin are told by sculptures and cast artifacts set on a matrix of paths. This matrix compares the different cultures and their daily lives and how they have influenced the city. The matrix is chronological starting with the indigenous peoples and moving through the space to an area dedicated for celebrating Dublin today. As in the previously presented scheme the comer of Donlon Way and Dublin Boulevard is anchored by an entrance plaza and trellis which echoes the Amador Inn's front porch. Directly behind the arbor is an interactive fountain representing a reincarnation of the Alamilla Spring. This is directly across from the Green Store which in the revised Plan anchors the east comer of the intersection. The two areas are shown to be integrated through the use of special paving, a reduced street width, entry monuments and landscape. The revised program elements include: a 800-square foot building housing restrooms and a classroom/event space, which opens out onto a reception patio; the Rancho Playground; a picnic area for 48 people; an outdoor stage and seating lawn; wall-sized "Portraits of Land" depicting historic landscapes; and a "Past-time Pool". The estimated cost to acquire the entire 4.2 acre Dublin Square Shopping Center in order to develop the full site plan is $6,674,000. As noted in previous agenda statements, this cost is based on an appraisal that is more than one year old and given the escalation in land values over the last year, Staff believes that it is likely that the value of the Dublin Square Shopping Center has increased as well. The estimated cost to develop revised Full Site Plan is $8,885,500. Thus, the total cost for acquisition and development is $15,559,500. Expanded Cemeterv The expansion of the existing Pioneer Cemetery to the site across Dublin Creek remains the same as what was shown in the previous plan. It is anticipated that the land owned by the Dublin Historical Preservation Association across the creek from the existing Heritage Center could support a cemetery with 115 grave-sites and 2, I 00 columbarium niches. This assumes construction of a sound wall along the freeway frontage along the south side of the site with access to the site via a footbridge over the creek. The sound wall would be augmented by eight to ten short walls of columbarium niches projecting perpendicularly out from the sound wall into the site creating a series of courtyards surrounded by niches in the walls. The gravesites are assumed to be traditional simple holes dug in the earth. 6b[)'t A Financial Analysis of Cemetery Expansion was included in the October 18, 2005 Agenda Statement and has not been changed. The estimated cost for development is $2,434,100. NEXT STEPS: Per the Scope of Work under the contract with Royston Hanamoto Alley and Abey, the next task is to develop the Draft Master Plan. The Draft Master Plan would be based on the preferred alternative of the City Council and include financial and fiscal modeling to ensure development viability and operational sustainability. A draft report would be prepared to include a summation of the process undertaken, a discussion of the proposed uses and a detailed cost analysis related to acquisition, design, construction and operation. After gaining approval on the Draft Master Plan, the Consultants will prepare the Final Master Plan Report. The estimated time frame to complete these two tasks is 17 weeks. At this time, Staff seeks direction from the City Council on whether to proceed with the development of the Draft Master Plan or to defer completion until such time that a decision is made on whether to pursue a tax measure to finance the Recreation/Aquatic Complex and Historic Park as discussed at the November 18th City Council Workshop. The Council cannot approve a Master Plan for the Dublin Historic Park that includes the Dublin Shopping Center property or the Green Store property until the Council amends its general plan, adopts a specific plan for the area or decides not to adopt a specific plan and completes environmental review. RECOMMENDATION: It is the recommendation of Staff that the City Council take the following action: I. Receive presentation from Staff and Consultants; 2. By consensus, indicate whether Councilmembers like the revised Full Site Plan or provide alternative direction; 3. Provide direction on completion ofthe Master Plan. Lt~t , , r' , . VemCle rurnarouno at north end of bridge ~ ~ -..:. "" PV b/ s! ~7' flY ",,, 1::' '<., f 7 1 / Y Y I r r South Lawn ~ Outdoo Classroom .Se~ up to 30 students . Semicircular step wall . .' 't, .. \4' v. ,'a v ~\~ /'/- // '/ .\ , "^" . Provides entry from new Heritage Center parking to Cemetery South Lawn , I' Timeline Walk . 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