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FROM: WATER COMMITTEE JP COUnty
Supervisor Tom Powers (Chair)
Supervisor Jeff Smith
DATE: August 2, 1994 f
SUBJECT: Report on Water Agency Program Budget; San Francisco-To-Stockton Ship Channel project.
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Adopt Water Agency Fiscal Year 1994/95 program budget.
2. Authorize Chair to sign a letter of support for the third phase of the San Francisco-to Stockton
Ship Channel project.
REASON FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND
1. The Water Committee reviewed the following program budget at their meeting on July 25, 1994,
and recommends it for adoption. Discussion at the meeting focused on the relative priority of the
projects, specifically, that initiation or continuation of some projects are contingent upon other sources
of funding. Therefore, staff levels of participation in these areas may vary as a result.
2. Contra Costa County has been the local sponsor for, and has supported this project for many years.
The third phase project involves the deepening of the ship channel from Richmond to Avon, in the
shallower areas, to 45 feet. The County has been actively engaged in working with the Corps and a
number of other agencies and industries on background testing and discussion to enable environmental
documentation to be prepared in late 1994, and to go to the public for review in mid 1995. Issues
requiring the most attention include potential salinity increase and disposal of dredged materials.
Disposal alternatives include deep ocean and upland, including levee rehabilitation and wetlands
creation.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
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OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Contact: Roberta Goulart (510) 646-2071 ATTESTED at4A.41d oZ 9y
cc: Community Development Department PHIL B CHELOR, CLERK OF THE
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Board Order
Report on Water Agency Program Budget;
San Francisco-To-Stockton Ship Channel
August 2, 1994
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WATER AGENCY
PROPOSED SUMMARY FY 1994-95 PROGRAM BUDGET
CONSERVATION PROGRAMS DIVISION
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Item Expenditures Revenues
County Staff - 2310 $118,800 $188,000 Estimated
Agency
Property Tax
County Staff Travel/Conference - $3,000
$500 - 2301; $2,500 - 2303
BoS Travel/Conference - 2303 $15,000
BoS Staff Time - 2310 $5,000
Board Water Projects/Consulting $39,200
Fees - 2310
County Counsel - 2310 $ 7,000
$188,000 $188,000
1. Total Revenue reflects the following:
Water Agency project estimated special district revenue $188,000
Total estimated Water Agency Revenue for FY 94/95 $188,000
NOTE: Budget reflects a conservative projection, the budget has been optimistically
projected as high as $198,100. Should funds be received in excess of $188,000, they will
be utilized for Board authorized water projects.
2. Staff breakdown is as follows:
Salary and Fringes (for 1 permanent full-time planner) $71,800
Department Overhead (Secretary) $12,000
$83,800
1 part-time planner or contract employee $35,000
Total Staff Costs: $118,800
NOTE: Permanent staff and related overhead does not reflect costs as outlined in the
July, 1991 Management Service Institute (MSI) Cost of Services Study
(recognized through County Ordinance 91-40).
3. NOTE: The budget shall reflect a total of $50,000 loaned to the Sheriff-Coroner in
1991. (Not included in above budget; considered a receivable for future years.)
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Lieutenant Colonel Michael J. Walsh
Department of the Army
Corps of Engineers
San Francisco District
211 Main Street
San Francisco, California 94105
RE: San Francisco-to-Stockton (Baldwin) Ship Channel Deepening
Project
Dear Lt. Colonel Walsh: ,
Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors welcomes you to the San
Francisco Bay area, and we look forward to working with you 'on the
Phase III San Francisco-to-Stockton Ship Channel deepening project.
The Board continues to support this project and is the local
sponsor.
The 1965 authorization of the overall San Francisco-to-Stockton
project resulted in deepening of the San Francisco Bar, Richmond
Long Wharf, and Stockton Channel . After many years of relative
inactivity it is encouraging to see the project' s third and final
phase (dredging of approximately 9 million cubic yards of channel
sediment from Richmond to Avon) move forward.
Use of larger vessels, coupled with increases in the number of
vessels entering the Bay and Delta area, underscore the importance-
of deepening the channel 's final section to 45 feet. Channel
deepening would allow larger vessels more flexibility to move up
the channel, and would reduce lightering (transfer of cargo to
smaller vessels) .
The President' s budget includes $700,000 for Corps work on this
project in 1995 for engineering, design, and environmental review.
Challenges in the near future will include drafting and public
review of the Environmental Impact Statement/Report, which will
cover salinity impacts and resultant mitigation, as well as the
range of disposal possibilities (deep ocean to upland and wetland
creation) .
The Board looks forward to the construction of the project,
scheduled to begin in 1997 and its completion by 1999 .
Roberta Goulart of our staff, the County coordinator for this
project, can be reached at (510) 646-2071 to answer questions .
We look forward to working with you on an expeditious conclusion to
this very important deepening effort.
Sincerely,
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Tom Powers,
Chair, Board of Supervisors