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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS `'`: ..' .... Contra
FROM: '• \\
Jeffrey V. Smith, Supervisor District II Costa
9,. County
DATE: 19 9 3 i,��Kr.`
July 27 � •
SUBJECT: Adopt resolution for staff to participate in the e'stablishinent
of the Carquinez Strait Plan and Preservation Trust
SPECIFIC REOUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)8 BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1 . Authorize County staff to negotiate a collaborative planning
effort for establishing a Carquinez Strait Resource Plan and work
to establish a Carquinez Preservation Trust.
2 . Approve the attached resolution to support the concept of the
Carquinez Strait Study.
BACKGROUND:
For the past two months,County staff along with Solano County, the
cities of Benicia, Vallejo, Martinez, Hercules, Pinole, East Bay
Regional Park District and the State Lands Commission have been
meeting to discuss the possibility of developing a plan for the
Carquinez Strait. The plan would include the integration of current
facilities with the provision for additional public access, visitor
serving facilities, trails , the preservation of wildlife habitat
and historical features along with other uses as recognized by the
planning group.
The State Lands Commission has also recommended the development of
a preservation trust. This trust would be used to implement the
plan by using mitigation funds received from fees collected on
projects developed on the Carquinez Straits .
The results of this negotiation will come to the Board for
approval . This resolution expresses the County' s intent to
participate in the negotiation process .
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: JL YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOA C EE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON .27 Z g 23 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
_&NANIMOUS(ABSENT - I AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS O THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: Board Members ATTESTED
County Administrator PHIL BAT ELOR,CLURK OF THE BOARD OF
Community Development , Jim Cutler SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY ,DEPUTY
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IN THE MATTER OF ] RESOLUTION NO. 93/470
The County pursuing ]
the development of a ]
Carquinez Strait Plan ]
and Preservation Trust ]
WHEREAS, the State Lands Commission has brought together various
public agencies bordering the Carquinez Straits to discuss the
possibility of the development of a Carquinez Strait Resource Plan;
and
WHEREAS, the public agencies agree that such a collaborative
planning effort would be desirable; and
WHEREAS, the State Lands Commission has also suggested that the
establishment of a Carquinez Preservation Trust to receive
mitigation funds required by various permit approvals;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA
hereby agrees to meet with other agencies bordering on the
Carquinez Strait to pursue an agreement to develop the
collaborative planning effort, and work toward the establishment of
a Trust or similar organization to receive mitigation funds .
INTRODUCED BY
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��jErftg�_�. SMITH
risor, District II
Witness my hand and the seal
of the Board of Supervisors
affixed this twenty-seventh day
of July, 1993 .
Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors and
County Administrator.
By
RESOLUTION NO. 93/470