HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 10042004 - 71-826 114 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
_ OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY,, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Emergency Repair }
Work R auired at Franks Tract ,tate ) RESOLUTION NU3ER 7l/8 6
Recreation Area (Island Area) . )
WHEREAS the seriously eroded condition of the levee for
Franks Bract State Recreation Area adjoining False River has come
to the attention of the Board of Supervisors; and
WHEREAS it has been reported that the condition is such
that the levee is not adequate to protect the island from flooding
during' expected high tides, or winter storms, since there are at
Least two sections at which the levee is composed of a narrow sand
dire without any protective rack riprap, and which have only a
freeboard of approximately two feet above water level; and R
hEREAS the Hoard has consistently supported the concept of
,m �ntaining Franks Tract island area as a public facility for the
e4joyment of nature and other recreational uses compatible with the
natural environment; and therefore the Board (l) views with alarm,
the incipient loss of the facility by flooding due to inadequate
protection and maintenance of the levees, and (2) believes that the
cost of reclaiming the island area in case of flooding will far
exceed the cost of maintaining the levees adequately to prevent
possible flooding, although it realizes that the ,State of California
beDartment of Parks and Recreation has exerted every effort availa-
ble within their budget limitations to provide protection for
Franks Tract;
0W THEREFORE IT IS BY THE HOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF HE
COUz4TY OF CONTRA COSTA, CALIF0RJIA RESOLVED that the State Legisla-
ture and the Department of Parks and Recreation are strongly urged
to take immediate steps to provide the financing and to make sub-
stantial repairs to the levees around Franks Tract island area to
protect the island area from flooding,
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 30th day of November, 1971 by the
following vote of the Hoard:
AYES: Sun_ ervisors A. M. Dias, J. E. Moriarty,
W. A . Boggess, E. A. Linscheid, J. P. Kenny .
NOES: done.
ABSENT: None.
RESOLU21ON vUMIBEi 71/826