Burroughs Property, Oakley

Public/Private Partnership

The

city

of

Oakley,

wanting

to

raise

funds

for

capital

facilities

projects,

sought

help

in

maximizing

the

value

of

a

27.8-acre

surplus

property

in

preparation

for

sale

to

a

builder.

To

do

so,

WGV

entitled

the

property

for

residential

use

and

designed

the

program

to

complement

mapping

of

a

neighboring

parcel,

which

WGV

also

proposed

for

residential

development

on

behalf

of

its

owner.

Integrating

the

circulation

pattern

of

the

two

parcels

into

one

coherent

design

maximized

the

value

for

both

properties.

The

city

owned

parcel

now

has

114

mapped

units

and

WGV

brokered

its

sale

to

a

public

builder.
The

property

was

saddled

with

a

number

of

challenges,

including

its

location

within

a

flood

plain,

possibly

requiring

building

of

new

levees;

careful

analysis

of

the

property’s

topography

and

sitework

engineering

options

resulted

in

a

cheaper

alternative

–

the

import

of

new

fill

to

raise

the

site

elevation.

Also,

the

property

was

in

an

historic

landscape

area

and

required

annexation

into

the

Contra

Costa

Water

District;

this

necessitated

going

through

the

extensive

Inclusion

process

with

multiple

Federal

and

statewide

regulatory

agencies.

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