On May 8, 1990, the former Redevelopment Agency entered into an agreement (1990 Agreement) with East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) to eliminate a potential fiscal burden created by establishing the Rodeo Redevelopment Project Area located within the EBRPD boundaries. The 1990 Agreement obligated the EBRPD and the Redevelopment Agency to negotiate a subsequent agreement for payments of up to $500,000 to EBRPD by the Redevelopment Agency of tax increment revenue to assist in paying the development and operation of recreational facilities and improvements for San Pablo Bay Shoreline.
On February 1, 2012, the Redevelopment Agency was dissolved pursuant to the Redevelopment Dissolution Act that became law on June 28, 2011. The County Board of Supervisors, as Successor Agency to the former Redevelopment Agency, is responsible for winding down the affairs of the former Redevelopment Agency. As such, representatives of the Successor Agency and the EBRPD have negotiated a Payment Agreement for improvements at the Lone Tree Point Regional Shoreline in Rodeo. This Payment Agreement is attached to Resolution 2013/107.
The Payment Agreement is based on an evaluation of the needs of the EBRPD in the Rodeo area. Lone Tree Point was acquired by EBRPD in the late 1980’s. Three properties form this 20-acre park on the Rodeo waterfront. The site is bisected by the Union Pacific Railroad tracks. Two inboard parcels provide a grassy marine terrace and a 20-space parking lot. The 10-acre shoreline property contains a narrow piece of land west of the railroad tracks with a spur of the Bay Trail extending to a beach and picnic area. Shoreline erosion is working its way toward the trail. If nothing is done, EBRPD staff believes there will be no trail and very little park west of the railroad tracks. EBRPD proposed three elements to the project: 1) shoreline protection improvements, 2) fence replacement, and 3) soil remediation. Photos of existing conditions are described in an attachment to this report.
Through the Payment Agreement, the Successor Agency agrees to pay EBRPD up to $500,000 for the improvements. The EBRPD agrees to implement the project, which includes soil remediation work if funds are available after completing the shoreline protection and fence replacement elements of the project. Payments to EBRPD are made on a reimbursement basis. The Payment Agreement must be approved by the Oversight Board of the Successor Agency. If approved by the Oversight Board, the State Department of Finance has five days to challenge that action pursuant to the Dissolution Act. The Payment Agreement does not become effective until the reviews by the Oversight Board and the State Department of Finance are successfully completed.
The shoreline protection improvements will not be constructed at this time. The shoreline will continue to erode until funds are obtained to construct protective improvements.