HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 09221992 - 1.16 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: J. MICHAEL WALFORD, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
DATE: September 22, 1992
SUBJECT: Management Agreement on Contra Costa County-Byron Airport Grazing
SPECIFIC RE,QUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S) &BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. Recommended Action:
AUTHORIZE the Public Works Director to request the Contra Costa Water District to consider
entering into a Management Agreement for grazing leases at the Contra Costa County-Byron
Airport.
II. Financial Impact:
To be paid by revenue from grazing leases and from the Airport Enterprise Fund.
III. Reasons for Recommendations and Background:
As part of the permitting process for the Contra Costa County-Byron Airport, the County has been
required to establish a San Joaquin kit fox preserve on an approximately 800-acre portion of airport
property. This area will have to be maintained for habitat value, including forage for the kit fox.
Kit fox do not survive in high grasses and so the land will continue to need to be grazed.
The Contra Costa Water District, as part of their Los Vaqueros project, is also being required to
acquire approximately 1000 acres for kit fox preserve as an addition to their watershed lands. That
area and the airport will be less than 2 miles distant. Since the CCWD has the staff resources in
place to manage their own preserve, it would appear to be cost effective to have both preserves
managed as an integral program.
The Board is requested to forward this report to the Board of Directors of the Contra Costa Water
District in an effort to initiate a dialogue on this issue.
Continued on Attachment: SIGNATURE:
_RECOMMENDA'T'ION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON -2- APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
O&UNANIMOUS (ABSENT )
AYES: NOES: I hereby certify Mat tnis is a true and correct copy �'
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: an action taken. and enteved on the minutes of the
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