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FROM: J. MICHAEL WALFORD, CHIEF ENGINEER
DATE: September 21, 1999
SUBJECT: Approve the Joint Funding Agreement, dated October 1, 1999 with the United States
Geological Survey for stream gaging for the period October 1, 1999 to October 31,
2000.
Project No.: 7505-6F8161
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
1. Recommended Action:
APPROVE the Joint Funding Agreement, dated October 1, 1999, with the United States
Geological Survey (USGS) for stream gaging for the period October 1, 1999 to October 31,
2000, and AUTHORIZE the Chief Engineer to make payment for the Flood Control District's
share of the cost.
11. Financial Impact:
The total cost of the stream gaging program for the period from October 1, 1999 to October
31, 2000 is $15,100. The Flood Control District's cost is $7,550 and USGS's cost is $7,550.
There will be no impact to the General Fund. The Program will be funded entirely by Flood
Control District fund 2505.
Continued on Attachment: X SIGNATURE:
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RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
September 21, 1999
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT None
AYES: NOES: I hereby certify that this is a true and correct
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of
MW:jlg the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
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Orig.Div.: Flood Control Engineering ATTESTED: September 21, 1999
Contact: M.Weston(313-2292) PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the Board
c: Auditor-Controller of Supervisors and County Administrator
PW Accounting By C�4&,-J Deputy
S-UBJECT: Joint Funding Agreement with the United States Geological Survey
No.: 7505-6F8161
DATE: September 21, 1999
PAGE: 2
111. Reasons for Recommendations and Background:
Since 1962, the USGS and the Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation
District have been sharing the operation and maintenance cost of the stream gage on San Ramon
Creek at San Ramon under the USGS's Cooperative Water Resources Investigation Program.
Long term, continuous records of stream flow are essential to the calibration and verification of
watershed runoff data used by the District's Engineering Division for the design of all drainage
improvements in the County.
The continuous record collected at this site is also recognized for its unchanged upstream land
use over the past 37 years. As a result of this consistency, other agencies also use this stream
flow record to calibrate rainfall-runoff models. The Joint Funding Agreement language is the same
as the previous JFA dated October 1, 1996.
IV. Consequences of Negative Action:
Non approval of the agreement would result in the loss of opportunity to obtain shared data used
to predict storm runoff and to design flood control improvements.