To: Board of Supervisors
From: Warren Lai, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Report Title: Resolution of Necessity Hearing for the I-80 San Pablo Dam Road Interchange Improvement – Phase 2 project, San Pablo area
Recommendation: Recommendation of the County Administrator
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RECOMMENDATIONS:
OPEN the public hearing and ask if any notified property owners wish to be heard as to the four items specified in Section B below, CLOSE Public Hearing.
Upon completion and closing of the hearing, MAKE the findings and determinations listed under Section B below and ADOPT the attached Resolution of Necessity to acquire the required property by eminent domain. Project No.: 0660-6X4173/EA 0413000404.
FISCAL IMPACT:
In eminent domain actions the judgment will be the price paid for the property and may include court costs which are regarded as a roughly calculable expense of property acquisition and prejudgment interest. Costs of acquisition in this case are 100% reimbursable from Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA). (SCH NO.: 2009082009)
BACKGROUND:
A. Proposed Project:
The Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA), in cooperation with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), proposes to reconstruct the Interstate 80 (I-80)/San Pablo Dam Road (SPDR) Interchange – Phase 2, which is in the City of San Pablo and borders the City of Richmond. The purpose of the Project is to improve overall safety, traffic operations, and bicycle/pedestrian access at the interchange. The Project will reduce traffic congestion, optimize traffic flows at interchange ramps, improve pedestrian and bicycle access and safety, and standardize the vertical clearance of the overcrossing.
The existing I-80/SPDR Interchange has several nonstandard features that contribute to traffic congestion and the inefficiency of the interchange operations, including short weaving sections between the ramps within the Project limits. The Phase 2 project scope of work includes the realig...
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