HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 02152011 - C.45RECOMMENDATION(S):
AUTHORIZE a transfer of funds from the Contra Costa County Water Agency to the Port
of Stockton in the amount of $84,379.41 for the local share of the San Francisco-Stockton
Ship Channel Deepening Project.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no net fiscal impact to the County. The funds being transferred to the Port were
reimbursed to the Contra Costa County Water Agency by the U.S. Corps of Engineers as
part of the local share of the San Francisco-Stockton Ship Channel Deepening Project in
prior years, and cannot be used for any other purpose. The Water Agency is transferring
these funds to the Port because the Port is the current non-Federal sponsor for this project.
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 02/15/2011 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I
Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District II
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
ABSENT:Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Contact: Roberta Goulart,
925-335-1226
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: February 15, 2011
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc:
C.45
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Catherine Kutsuris, Conservation & Development Director
Date:February 15, 2011
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Transfer of Funds from Contra Costa Water Agency to Port of Stockton
BACKGROUND:
The Contra Costa County Water Agency was the local sponsor for portions of the San
Francisco-Stockton Ship Channel Deepening Project (Project) from the late 1980’s through the 1990’s.
In 1999, the Phase 3 project was put on hold until additional computer models could be developed to
better determine and understand the effects of salinity intrusion into the Delta with deepening. The
project was restarted in the mid 2000s with the Port of Stockton (Port) as local sponsor for the
project, with assistance from the Water Agency. The Water Agency and the Port have a long history
of working together on various phases of this project, and have a Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) for
operations and maintenance of the Suisun Bay Channel section, and the Port provides assistance on
funding advocacy for the Pinole Shoal Channel section of the project.
In August 2009, the Corps of Engineers, in closing out the books on the early phase of the Project,
refunded to Contra Costa County $84,379.41 in unused funds which had been contributed in prior
years for the non-federal share of the Project. Although the Port of Stockton is the current local
sponsor for the project, the County was obligated to receive the reimbursement from the Corps of
Engineers because it was the local sponsor in prior years when these funds were dedicated for the
project. Industry beneficiaries and the Port had provided this initial funding.
After the County has transferred the reimbursed local funds to the Port of Stockton (pursuant to the
proposed Board order), the Port is expected to use the funds to provide the local share necessary to
meet Project needs today. The Port had requested that the County hold the funds until they were
needed to meet the current local share of the Project, and has recently requested these funds for that
purpose.
The Board’s authorization will allow the Auditor’s office to provide $84,379.41 of reimbursed local
share of funds, currently held in the Water Agency account, to the Port as the current local sponsor.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The Port of Stockton, as the current non-federal sponsor, would not receive certain funds
which were reimbursed to Contra Costa County Water Agency by the U.S. Corps of
Engineers for the local cost-share of the San Francisco-Stockton Ship Channel Deepening
Project; the Project will be delayed without these funds.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Not applicable