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To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Julia R. Bueren, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Date:	December 15, 2009

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Traffic Resolution No. 2009/4304 extending the closure of Carquinez Scenic Drive, Martinez area

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 12/15/2009

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Susan A. Bonilla, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Jerry Fahy, (925) 313-2276

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: December 15, 2009
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

ADOPT Traffic Resolution No. 2009/4304 closing Carquinez Scenic Drive (Road No. 2191B) daily from sunset to sunrise the following day, for safety concerns, as recommended by the Public Works Director, Martinez area.

FISCAL IMPACT:

There will be a reduction in the costs of removing refuse and trash from the road.

BACKGROUND:

Due to landslides in the early 1980s the Board of Supervisors closed Carquinez Scenic Drive from the Ozol Fuel Facility (owned by the United States of America) to the Contra Costa Brick Works Plant. The Carquinez Strait Regional Shoreline Park abuts both sides of the Carquinez Scenic Drive from the Martinez Cemetery to the Ozol Fuel Facility. Nighttime activities along the road generate refuse, trash, and human waste. On November 20, 2004, Traffic Resolution No. 2004/4093 was adopted, which gave the East Bay Regional Park District permission from the County to close the road overnight, to install a gate, and to close the gate daily from sunset to sunrise the following day.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

On December 19, 2006 Traffic Resolution No. 2006/4189 was adopted, which gave the East Bay Regional Park District permission to close the road overnight for an additional 18 months.

On August 19, 2008 Traffic Resolution No. 2008/4266 was adopted which gave the East Bay Regional Park District permission to close the road overnight for another 18 months.

The County Public Works Department, California Highway Patrol and the County Sheriff's Department support the Park District’s request to extend the closure for an additional 18 months and recommends that the Board of Supervisors support the Park District’s request and that they approve Traffic Resolution No. 2009/4304, based on the followng:


1) There is serious and continual criminal activity on Carquinez Scenic Drive (Road No. 2191B), beginning at the Martinez City Limit and proceeding northwesterly for 1.7 miles;

2) Carquinez Scenic Drive has not been designated as a through highway or arterial street;

3) Vehicular traffic on Carquinez Scenic Drive contributes to the criminal activity;

4) The 18-month overnight closure extension of Carquinez Scenic Drive will not substantially adversely affect traffic flow, safety on the adjacent streets or in the surrounding neighborhoods, the operation of emergency vehicles, the performance of municipal or public utility services, or the delivery of freight by commercial vehicles in the area of the section of Carquinez Scenic Drive that is proposed to be temporarily closed.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

The East Bay Regional Park District would not be able to close the road at night and the nighttime activities that are occurring along the road would continue.