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C. 4

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Julia R. Bueren, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Date:	February 9, 2016

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Subject:

APPROVE the Iron Horse Corridor-Hookston Station Landscape Improvements (#270-1301), Phase II Project and related CEQA actions, Pleasant Hill area.

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 02/09/2016

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

ABSENT:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor

Contact:

L. Chavez, Environmental (925) 313-2366

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: February 9, 2016
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE the Iron Horse Corridor-Hookston Station Landscape Improvements (#270-1301), Phase II Project and AUTHORIZE the Public Works Director, or designee, to advertise the Project. Pleasant Hill area. (County Project No. WH387B / WO#5592, DCD-CP#15-40) (District IV)


DETERMINE the Project is a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Categorical Exemption Class 1(c), pursuant to Article 19, Section 15301 of the CEQA Guidelines, and

RECOMMENDATION(S): (CONT'D)

DIRECT the Director of Conservation and Development to file a Notice of Exemption with the County Clerk, and

AUTHORIZE the Public Works Director to arrange for payment of a $25 fee to Conservation and Development for processing, and a $50 fee to the County Clerk for filing the Notice of Exemption.

FISCAL IMPACT:

100% East Bay Regional Park District Measure WW funds.

BACKGROUND:

The purpose of the Project is to install landscape improvements (approximately 1,400 linear feet) along a section of the Iron Horse Corridor at Hookston Station, between Hookston Road and Mayhew Way in the Pleasant Hill area.

The Project consists of installing irrigation piping systems, tree and shrubbery plantings, and other landscaping improvements. The Project also includes installing approximately 1,000 linear feet of asphalt concrete on an existing earthen path that roughly parallels this section of the Iron Horse Trail for alternative pedestrian use. Pedestrians will be able to use the alternative pedestrian paved path, allowing bicycles to utilize the adjacent Iron Horse Trail.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION: