Pleasant Hill BART Charrette
Summary of Key Issues - Tensions and Tradeoffs
Presented at Community Workshop 2/27/01
Project Parameters
Financially
Sound
Project Boundaries
Parking Requirements
- BART
and New Uses
Iron Horse Trail
and Utilities
Create a Great Place
Long-term Lease Only--No
For-Sale
Uses and Benefits
Real Village
Useful Public Open
Spaces
Night Safety
Walk to Shops
Better Bus, Bike,
Walk Access
Managed Parking
Community Place
What We Need
BART: Replace parking, generate operating revenue, improve
access by all modes, increase reverse-peak ridership.
COUNTY: Alternative to sprawl, stronger tax base, mix of housing
SWIM CLUB: Save the Pool!
WALDEN NEIGHBORS: Minimize traffic, create a village, local
retail only, maximize housing (especially for-sale), concern about scale
of bridge
Tensions and Trade-Offs
Why here?
- No Growth = No
Affordable Housing, Longer Commutes to Delta, more Congestion
- Sprawl Growth =
More Auto Trips and Longer Auto Trips = More Congestion
- Smart Growth/TOD
= Fewer Auto Trips and Shorter Distances. Some Congestion, But Less than
Sprawl and More Confined
Tensions and Trade-Offs
Housing/Office/Retail
Mix
-Housing: Less Traffic,
Better Nighttime Safety, Less Revenue, More Transit Use
-Office: More Traffic,
More Revenue, Daytime Activity, Reverse Peak Transit
-Retail: Needs Both
to Survive if Locally Serving
-Mix: Critical to
Make a Great Place
Tensions and Trade-Offs
Public vs. Private
Ownership
-Neighbors favor
for-sale Homes
-BART wants control
of Land, revenue Stream + Capture of Increased Value
Tensions and Trade-Offs
Transparent Process
-Previous Plans did
not fully meet Community Desires
-Risk: Process can
be messy
-Critical to success
of project like this
Tensions and Trade-Offs
Parking
-Must Replace Original
BART Parking
-Must Accommodate
New Uses
-Mixed Opinions about
851 Trail Spaces
-Tension: More Parking
= More Traffic
-Our Goal: Space
Available at all times for shoppers, visitors and BART riders
-Parking Management
-Construction Phasing
Tensions and Trade-Offs
Congestion
- Treat Blvd is
Route of Regional SignificanceSome Congestion Expected, but Limit to Maintain
Quality of Life and Economic Vitality
Tensions and Trade-Offs
Swim Club
-Treasured Community
Resource in Need of Reinvestment
- Opportunity for
more Intensive Use
Tensions and Trade-Offs
Financial Reality
- Great Public Benefits Cost Money
Tensions and Trade-Offs
Regional Transit
vs. Neighborhood Retail
Jobs/Housing Balance
vs. Housing will stress systems
Pay for Parking
vs. BART free parking
Economics (Retail)
Massive Parking Structure
vs. Smaller Parking Structure
Simplicity (tax,
operations)/Efficiency Character
Groundlease Friendly
Uses vs. Uses that Stakeholders want
to see on site (office, rental housing, retail)
(Sale housing)
Financial/Functional
vs. “Placemaking”
Demands of site
Uses that complement
vs. Uses that Pencil:
Office
Peak parking/traffic
Uses that compliment
BART service vs. Residential (Worst ???)
