HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 01122010 - C.33RECOMMENDATION(S):
ADOPT the City of Pinole's (City) adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Pinole Creek Demonstration
Project (Project) to address issuance of necessary Flood Control Permits to the City in compliance with the California
Environmental Quality Act (the custodian of which is the Department of Conservation and Development located at
651 Pine Street, Martinez); and
DIRECT the Director of the Department of Conservation and Development to file a Notice of Determination; and
AUTHORIZE the Chief Engineer to arrange for payment of a $25 fee to the Department of Conservation and
Development for processing, and a $50 fee to the County Clerk for filing the Notice of Determination; and
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Chief Engineer to execute a License Agreement between the Contra Costa County
Flood Control and Water Conservation District (FC District) and the City for joint use of FC District property and
construction of flood control improvements as part of the City’s Project.
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD
COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 01/12/2010 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYES 5 NOES ____
ABSENT ____ ABSTAIN ____
RECUSE ____
Contact: Greg Connaughton (925)
313-2271
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the
minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: January 12, 2010
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: EMY L. SHARP, Deputy
cc: Karen Laws, Real Property, Wanda Quever, Finance, Catherine Windham, Flood Control, Sylvia Alcantar, Department of Conservation and
Development
C. 33
To:Flood Control District Board of Supv
From:Julia R. Bueren, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Date:January 12, 2010
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:City of Pinole Mitigated Negative Declaration and License Agreement, Pinole area. (Flood Control Zone 9 Funds) Project
#7532-6D8497, SCH #2007112100
FISCAL IMPACT:
The FC District’s cost for construction of flood control improvements is estimated to be $300,000. The City’s joint
use of FC District property is expected to be cost neutral.
BACKGROUND:
The FC District cooperated with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the 1960’s to construct improvements on
Pinole Creek to increase its flood carrying capacity between Interstate Highway 80 and San Pablo Bay. Several years
ago, the City, the FC District and the Friends of Pinole Creek led a community based planning process to develop a
vision for the Pinole Creek watershed. As a result of the visioning process, the City adopted a master plan for
restoration of Pinole Creek: the “Pinole Creek Greenway Restoration Plan.” In 2007, the City received a $2.6 million
River Parkways grant from the State Water Resources Control Board for environmental restoration and recreational
enhancement of a portion of Pinole Creek.
The FC District supports the creek restoration as a demonstration project to generate public interest in approving a
municipal finance measure to further creek restoration and to fund perpetual maintenance of the creek.
On November 26, 2007, the City published a notice of a proposed adoption of a Mitigated Negative Declaration for
the Pinole Creek Demonstration Project. On January 15, 2008, the City of Pinole City Council adopted the Mitigated
Negative Declaration.
Contra Costa County intends to adopt the City’s previously adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration to address
necessary FC District Permit issuances to the City in support of the demonstration project, and to update the existing
license agreement between the City and the FC District that currently allows recreational uses in the creek corridor to
also allow for construction related activities in the creek corridor. The issuance of Flood Control Permit (FCP) 635-09
to the City will allow the City to excavate approximately 6,000 cubic yards of soil materials; remove and replace the
Bay Trail Bridge and pedestrian bridge downstream of the Union Pacific railroad crossing; implement trail
improvements and landscaping; and construct a floodwall (sheet piles or concrete block walls) and drainage work.
The FC District’s FCP will require the City to obtain all necessary regulatory clearances and permits from the
resource agencies, prior to implementation of their improvements. All construction activities that occur within the
license agreement area will have associated CEQA coverage by the City to address project-specific potential impacts.
The subject License Agreement establishes the City and FC District responsibilities for the construction project and
for long-term maintenance of improvements on the FC District’s property.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The Pinole Creek Greenway Restoration Project will not be constructed and the FC District will lose an opportunity
to garner the support of Pinole citizens for long-term funding of maintenance for Pinole Creek.