HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 09112012 - C.10RECOMMENDATION(S):
A. AUTHORIZE the Chief Engineer, Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District (Flood
Control District), or designee, to participate with other partners in the San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement
Fund “Flood Control 2.0” Grant Program for the period beginning October 1, 2013 through December 31, 2016.
B. AUTHORIZE the Flood Control District to contribute staff time in support of the grant in the amount of $70,000.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Staff support of this grant will be funded 100% by Flood Control District Zone 3B funds (Fund 252000). The
estimated cost from FY 2013 through FY 2016 is $70,000.
BACKGROUND:
The Flood Control District wishes to participate in an innovative project that will study sediment-choked flood
control facilities — including Lower Walnut Creek — and will develop innovative approaches to bring
environmental benefits and cost savings to this
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 09/11/2012 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Paul Detjens (925)
313-2394
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: September 11, 2012
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: STACEY M. BOYD, Deputy
cc: David Twa, County Administrator, Julia R. Bueren, Chief Engineer, R. Mitch Avalon, Deputy Chief Engineer, Mike Carlson, Flood Control, Paul
Detjens, Flood Control, Catherine Windham, Flood Control
C. 10
To:Contra Costa County Flood Control District Board of Supervisors
From:Julia R. Bueren, Public Works
Date:September 11, 2012
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:AUTHORIZE Flood Control District participation in San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund “Flood
Control 2.0” Grant Program, Martinez area.
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
type of flood protection programs. Other partners in this project are the San Francisco Estuary Institute, the Marin
County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, the San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority, The San
Francisco Bay Joint Venture, and the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission. Lower Walnut
Creek would be one of the three bay area streams studied in this project.
This “Flood Control 2.0” project would investigate ways to transform costly trapped sediment in local flood control
channels from a liability into a resource. The project assembles an interdisciplinary team that links regional science
expertise with local flood control agencies and will develop innovative solutions to the sediment problems that plague
local creeks at their mouth. Lower Walnut Creek is an excellent match for this program, because it has nearly
1,000,000 cubic yards of accumulated sediment, and removal of that sediment near the mouth is extremely costly
because of the mitigation required for the dredging impacts. The presence of rare and endangered species at the
mouth of Lower Walnut Creek further complicates any dredging approach.
This “Flood Control 2.0” project will help map out a new and more sustainable path forward, and the lessons learned
can hopefully be used in other channels around the Bay Area.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If the recommended action is not followed, the Flood Control District will not participate in this grant, and $50,000 in
state grant funds awarded to participants and specifically allocated to Lower Walnut Creek Watershed will be
forfeited.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Not applicable.