Arman Nazemi

The findings will be presented at the Nov. 25 and Dec. 16 meetings of the San Benito County Board of Supervisors, said Arman Nazemi, assistant director of public works.
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Establishing CSAs in unincorporated parts of counties is a standard practice, Nazemi said.
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Public works staff do not know where money to pay for CSA funds that ran negative came from, Nazemi said.
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Public works staff do not know if the CSA would receive service if the fee increase failed, Nazemi said.

Arman Nazemi - Assistant Director of Public Works

e-mail: armann@sbcpw.com

Dated at Hollister, California, June 8, 2005 Arman Nazemi, Assistant Director of Public Works, San Benito County PUBLISH: JUNE 14, 2005 H11508448

County officials recently finished a $460,000 safety improvement project at that intersection by installing left turn lanes so both the northbound and southbound traffic can turn left onto Fallon Road, said Arman Nazemi, assistant director of the San Benito County Public Works Department.

Due to environmental and financial concerns, restoration has been delayed, said Arman Nazemi of the Public Works Department.

Nazemi presented the Board with four options concerning the crossing over the river at Hospital Road: to abandon the crossing, to construct a seasonal low water crossing over the river, to construct a permanent low water crossing or to construct a new bridge.

The destruction of the crossing heightened the dependence on the only other accessible east-west connection at Union Road, Nazemi said.

With housing developments completed over the last several years on the west side of the San Benito River, Union Road has been increasingly impacted by the additional traffic created from the developments, he said.

"It is important to highlight the public safety aspect of this... During the wet season, the Union Road bridge is the only east-west connection serving developments along the west side of the San Benito River," Nazemi said."This means Union Road provides the only bridge/river crossing for police, fire and other emergency services."

Nazemi presented an in-depth discussion on the advantages and disadvantages of all four options that were presented before the Board, summarily stating that it was the Public Work's recommendation that the board choose the final option - the construction of a new bridge.

Construction of a bridge would incur the least cost to the county's General Fund because of a written commitment they have with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Office of Emergency Services (OES) to reimburse the county for 100 percent of all construction costs, he said.

"Construction of a new bridge will generate very low maintenance costs," Nazemi said."The general fund will still escape significant funding obligations years after the project is completed."

A new bridge would also meet current seismic codes and other structural and environmental requirements, he said.

But the Sept. 26 trip by Valdivia, Supervisor Pat Loe, and Assistant Public Works Director Arman Nazemi came as a surprise to some COG board members, who were uncomfortable with Validivia speaking on their behalf when they had not signed off on the mission.
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Nazemi, who plans to attend the meeting in Sacramento, said he is certain that the VTA's flyover design will increase traffic in San Benito County because it will create an easy route for truckers who want to avoid bottlenecks common on westbound 152.

"They take the path of least resistance," he said, adding that large trucks are the primary cause for road deterioration.Nazemi said he hopes that the meeting will be a step toward forming a partnership with Caltrans District 5, which includes San Benito County, and District 4, which includes Santa Clara, to work jointly to expedite road projects in San Benito County.