HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 02191985 - T.2 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY , CALIFORNIA
Adopted this Order on February 19, 1985 , by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Powers , Schroder , Torlakson, Fanden
NOES: None
ABSENT': Supervisor McPeak
ABSTAIN: None RESOLUTION NO . 85/87
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SUBJECT: Directing County Planning Director and Chief Engineer of
the Contra Costa 'County Flood Control and Water Conservation District
to assist and support community efforts to secure additional funding
for creek enhancement and recreational facility work for the Wildcat-
San Pablo Creeks Project , Project No. 7505-6F8186.
WHEREAS this Board as the Board of Supervisors of Contra
Costa County and as the Governing Board of the Contra Costa County
Flood Control and Water Conservation District has ADOPTED by
Resolution 85/86 recommendations of the Wildcat/San Pablo Creeks
Citizens Advisory Committee and the Chief Engineer to request the
Army Corps of Engineers to implement the "Selected Plan" for Phase I
portions of Wildcat and San Pablo Creeks; and
WHEREAS this Board in said resolution DIRECTED the County
Planning Director and the Chief Engineer of the District to explore ,
in cooperation with the community, all avenues for the attainment of
additional funding for creek enhancement and recreational facility
elements; and
WHEREAS this Board recognizes the need for such funding,
urges all project-related public agencies to participate in funding
such desirable enhancement and recreational amenities , including but
not limited to local share costs for land and damages , relocations
and future maintenance , associated with flood control projects com-
ponents including: set-back levees , low-flow meander channel con-
sistent with the Army Corps of Engineers' set-back levee alternative
approach , and gabion wall structures in order to maximize the use of
the stream meander courses; preserve existing riparian vegetation;
prevent adverse impacts on Rare and Endangered Species; restoration
of the tidal circulation on the marshes; lower sediment maintenance
costs; develop regional trails in cooperation with the East Bay
Regional Park District; to utilize the state-of-the-art safety
measures to maximize the safety of children, particularly in the
area of Verde School; and to maximize the opportunity for developing
a local education and environmental program for the community of
North Richmond with, the objective to minimize the use and adverse
impacts of concrete structures;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that this Board , as the Board
of Supervisors of Contra Costa County and as the Governing Board of
the Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District
hereby DIRECTS the County Planning Director and Chief Engineer to
actively assist and support community efforts to secure additional
funding for these components by providing such assistance as
requirements for data and completion of grant applications as
necessary.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Board hereby REQUESTS the
local State and Federal legislators to report to this Board upon the
assurances that funding for these flood control components are
available .
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in the event that funds have
been raised for these flood control components this Board REQUESTS
that the Army Corps of Engineers report to this Board, .in public
session, with a proposal for how these components can be integrated
Into their flood control plan.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Wildcat/San Pablo Creeks
Citizens Advisory Committee of the Contra Costa County Board of
Supervisors is REQUESTED to work with the agencies involved in
accomplishing these goals and to report to the Board quarterly on
progress .
I hereby aerdfy that this Is a true and-orrect copy of
an action taken and entered on ft/mInctes of tha
Board of Supervi rs on the date shown.
ATTESTED: 9 9 f-.S'
PHIL BATCHELOR. Ierk of the Board
Of Supervisor and County Administrator
By Oepufy
cc: Public Works Director
Director of Planning
County Administrator
Corps of Engineers via PW
Local & State Legislators via PW
Wildcat/San Pablo Creeks
Citizens Advisory Committee via PW
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THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Adopted this Order on February 19, 1985 by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Powers, Schroder, Torlakson and Fanden
NOES: None
ABSENT: Supervisor McPeak
ABSTAIN: None
RESOLUTION NO. 85/ 86
SUBJECT: Adopting the Corps of Engineers' Selected Plan for Phase I
Wildcat-San Pablo Creeks Project and . Requesting FY , 1986 Construction,
Richmond-San Pablo Area, Project No. 7505-6F8186.
WHEREAS the flooding in the lower reaches of Wildcat and San Pablo
Creeks has been a recurring problem to the community and severely impacts
the economic welfare and quality of life for the residents of the area; and
WHEREAS the Chief Engineer has recommended that this Board adopt
the Corps of Engineers' Selected Plan as the plan of improvement for the
Phase I portion of Wildcat and San Pablo Creeks and that as much as
possible the environmental and visual impacts of a conventional earth
trapezoidal channel with levees should be reduced by selective widening
and varying of the channel conf figuration; and
WHEREAS the City of San Pablo and the Chief Engineer recommend
that additional alternatives be investigated for the Phase II portion of
Wildcat and San Pablo Creeks; and
WHEREAS this Board on May 17, 1983 in Resolution No. 83/716
indicated its support for the project and its willingness to meet the new
35% minimum non-federal cost-sharing guidelines subject to the conditions
stated in said resolution; and
WHEREAS the District has accumulated sufficient funds to meet
its share of the non-federal costs for the Corps of Engineers' Selected
Plan for the Phase I reach on both Wildcat and San Pablo Creeks; and
WHEREAS this Board on December 18, 1984 created a Flood Control
Advisory Committee to review the Corps of Engineers' Selected Plan and the
Modified Plan proposed by the Urban Creeks Council and to hold community
meetings to receive local input; and
WHEREAS the Flood Control Advisory Committee has held six public
meetings in the community and nine of the eleven committee members recommend
that the Corps of Engineers' Selected Plan for Phase I be implemented,
that the plan should include creek enhancement and recreational facilities
subject to the availability of outside funding for implementation and
maintenance of said features, and that under no condition should the
inclusion of these enhancements or the acquisition of funds for these
enhancements delay or prevent the timely and orderly progression of events
necessary to begin construction of the Corps of Engineers' Selected Plan i
in fiscal year 1986.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that this Board, as the Board of
Supervisors of Contra Costa County and as Lhe Governing Board of t`c
Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, hereby
ADOPTS the recommendations of the Flood Control Advisory Committee and the
Chief Engineer and REQUESTS the Army Corps of Engineers to implement the
Selected Plan for the Phase I portions of Wildcat and San Pablo Creeks and
to postpone improvements for the Phase II portion pending further study by
staff and the City of San Pablo.;
RESOLUTION NO. 85/ 86
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Planning Director and the
Chief Engineer of the District are DIRECTED to work with the community in
exploring all avenues for additional funding for .creek enhancement and
recreational facility work.
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that this Board hereby REQUESTS the
support of Senator Alan Cranston, Senator Pete Wilson and Congressman
George Miller in securing funding for construction of the Selected Plan
improvements for Phase I in fiscal year 1986.
IfmbyccrP.fyt!:atthis isatrue endcorr.ctcopy of
an action taker:are.entered on Lie minutes of tho
Board of Super0=3-n the dge e". wn.
ATTESTED: FE B 19 1985
PHIL 19ATCH-ELOR,Clerk of tho Board
of Supentsors and County AdreminIctrator
By ..._� �...._.D"uty
Orig. Dept. Supervisor Tom Powers
cc: Senator Alan Cranston
Senator Pete Wilson
Congressman George Miller
County Administrator
County Counsel
County Planning Director
Chief Engineer
California Water Commission
P.O. Box 388
Sacramento, CA 94802
RE.wildsanpab.t2
RESOLUTION NO. 85/86
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
DATE: February 19, 1985
MATTER OF RECORD
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SUBJECT: Wildcat/San Pablo Creeks Flood Control Project
The Board held a public hearing this date on the proposed
Wildcat/San Pablo Creeks Flood Control Project .
The following persons appeared before the Board and urged
adoption of the Corps of Engineers' Selected Plan for Phase 1 as
recommended by the County Planning Director and Chief Engineer:
Lina Hall (Chair of the Wildcat/San Pablo Creeks CAC)
509 Brookside Drive
Richmond , CA
Jessie Hutson
33 Silver Avenue
Richmond , CA
Lucretia Edwards (Also urged Board consideration
237 Bishop Avenue of the "Modified Plan" )
Richmond , CA
Della Mae Bell
420 Gertrude Avenue
Richmond , CA
Irene Heard
1616 Giaramita Street
Richmond , CA
Norris Odom
349 Market Avenue
Richmond , CA
Beulah Langston
1636 3rd Street
Richmond , CA
Amos Adams , Jr.
1734 Truman Street
Richmond , CA
William R . Brown
2602 Shane Drive
Richmond , CA
Comments were read into the record from the following persons
supporting the Corps of Engineers' Selected Plan:
Gussie L . Johnson
North Richmond , CA
Mae Deal Hartman James
1874 3rd Street
San Pablo , CA
Lloyd G . Madden
1621 2nd Street
North Richmond , CA
Boaston Woodson
504 Market Street
Richmond , CA
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The following persons appeared before the Board and spoke in
support of the "Wildcat Creek Modified Flood Control Plan" sponsored
by local organizations:
Richard Oba
5640 Sacramento Avenue
Richmond , CA
Melanie Denninger (Representing State
1330 Broadway, Suite 1100 Coastal Conservancy)
Oakland , CA 94612
Michael Warner
5960 Park Avenue
Richmond , CA
Barbara Vincent (Representing Save San Francisco
2500 Lowell Avenue Bay Association)
Richmond ,CA 94804
Thomas Huntington (Representing Friends
Fort Mason Center of the River)
San Francisco , CA 94123
Alan LaPointe
5880 Park Avenue
Richmond , CA
Philip B. Williams , Ph.D , P .E .
Pier 33 North, the Embarcadero
San Francisco , CA 94111
Ann Riley
2335 Roosevelt Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94703
Robert E . Doyle (Representing EBRPD)
11500 Skyline Blvd .
Oakland , CA
Booker Holton (Representing North Richmond
Richmond , CA Neighborhoods Council )
Lillie Mae Jones (Representing Richmond Neighborhood
6th Street Coordinating Council )
Richmond , CA
Theresa Talley-Wilkerson
330 25th Street
Richmond , CA
Donald Hirabayashi (Representing Grizzly
2927 California Street Peak Flyfishers )
Oakland , CA
Mr . Dale Sanders , 1158 Temple Drive , Pacheco , representing
the Contra Costa County Greenbelt Congress , also appeared and pre-
sented the Board with a Draft Report on the Management of Water ,
Wetland , and Riparian Vegetative Resources by California Local
Governments .
ec: County Administrator
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