On Tuesday, the Brentwood City Council is being asked to review a potential RFP for a basketball program within the City of Brentwood.
If approved, a basketball program would be funded by a grant through the general fund.
The move comes after the City Council awarded Grace Arms of Antioch a $25k one-time payment for operation of its basketball program. However, to date, Grace Arms of Antioch has been unable to secure a location and as a result no funding has been distributed for the program.
City Council requested the following requirements be included as part of the RFP, with points given for:
- Number of Brentwood residents
- Number of players served
- Location (Brentwood preferred)
- Access to public transportation
- Ability to offer opportunities to individuals with disabilities
- Other services offered, including mentorship
- Age range of target audience
- A detailed outreach plan
City staff recommends the City Council receive, review, and discuss this item, and provide feedback of the draft RFP. City Staff will finalize an RFP based upon the discussion of the City Council and release the RFP before the end of the year.
Other Items on the Agenda:
Discussion and Direction on Proposed Amendments to the Priority Area One (PA-1) Specific Plan
According to the staff report, staff is recommending potential changes to PA-1 that would adapt to the current market conditions—in an effort to spur economic development.
Although development has been occurring in the area since the plan’s adoption seven years ago (e.g., Blossoms at Brentwood Multi-Family Development, Costco, etc.), the regional market conditions have changed significantly over this period. Furthermore, staff from both the City Manager’s Office and the Community Development Department are reaching a conclusion that the current zoning is not in line with both local and regional market conditions and is impacting future development opportunities in the area, especially as it relates to new construction versus reuse of existing commercial and industrial buildings across the San Francisco Bay Area.
Two particularly telling factors highlighting the changing conditions involve recent challenges experienced by BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) and market insight from California mixed-use developers. BART and other regional transit agencies have been experiencing significant financial challenges since COVID and with many workers now employed on a hybrid or remote basis, transit ridership is down significantly. Therefore, the opportunity to extend BART to Brentwood is not foreseeable over the next several decades. In addition, developers have indicated to staff that the vertical mixed-use concept envisioned for the Transit Village / Mixed Use (TV/MU) area in the Specific Plan has posed many challenges in surrounding areas and is not financially viable in the current market. In most areas of the San Francisco Bay Area, including Walnut Creek, which has two BART stations (including the Pleasant Hill Station), developments with vertical mixed-use buildings have continued to see high vacancies of commercial ground floor space. Throughout the state, the only way these projects have remained economically feasible in certain areas is through higher residential rents in the downtown core near BART or major urban centers, which unfortunately, Brentwood does not have. Staff have met with several mixed-use developers from both Northern and Southern California with the same feedback; vertical mixed-use is not viable, especially in suburban markets like Brentwood.
If you go
Brentwood City Council Meeting
City Council Chambers
150 City Park Way, Brentwood, CA 94513
Full Agenda – click here
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