HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 12162014 - C.08RECOMMENDATION(S):
ADOPT Resolution No. 2014/459 approving an application to the California Department of Water Resources (DWR)
to obtain Urban Streams Restoration Program grant funds under the Safe Drinking Water, Clean Water, Watershed
Protection, and Flood Protection Act of 2000 (Proposition 13) and the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and
Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006 (Proposition 84), Brentwood area. (49.5%
California Department of Water Resources Proposition 13 and 84 Funds, 49.5% developer funds, and 1% Flood
Control and Water Conservation District Funds)
FISCAL IMPACT:
The total project amount is estimated at $2,025,000. The DWR grant amount is for $1,000,000, and the adjacent
developer, Integral Communities, is providing $1,000,000 match. Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water
Conservation District (FC District) will provide staff time of up to $25,000 of Flood Control Zone 1 funds in
contribution toward the grant.
BACKGROUND:
The state’s Propositions 13 and 84, upon passage by the voters in 2000 and 2006, created a grant program with an
emphasis on flood management and creek restoration. The state’s current grant opportunity is for their Urban
Streams Restoration Program, which helps
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 12/16/2014 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: Tim Jensen (925)
313-2390
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: December 16, 2014
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Stacey M. Boyd, Deputy
cc: S. Kowalewski, Deputy Chief Engineer, M. Carlson, Flood Control, T. Jensen, Flood Control, C. Windham, Flood Control
C. 8
To:Contra Costa County Flood Control District Board of Supervisors
From:Julia R. Bueren, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Date:December 16, 2014
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Adopt Resolution Approving Application for CA Dept. of Water Resources Grant for Confluence Parkway
Restoration of Marsh Creek. Project #7521-6D8179
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
fund projects that incorporate natural processes into flood risk reduction. The Friends of Marsh Creek Watershed
and American Rivers are ready to move forward with a project to widen the flood control channel and enhance
habitat values at this reach of Marsh Creek. This project began over 10 years ago. The recent agreement with the
developer, Integral Communities, of the Confluence Parkway site in Brentwood to provide matching funds, as
well as the City’s conditions of approval, have allowed this project to move forward. The primary partners in this
project are the City of Brentwood, Integral Communities, American Rivers, Friends of Marsh Creek Watershed,
and the FC District.
The FC District and its partners vision is closely aligned with that of the state’s grant program. The project is
envisioned to widen the east side of Marsh Creek by 35 to 65 feet and install new riparian vegetation along 1200
linear feet from the Union Pacific Railroad to the confluence with Sand Creek. Current flood protection standards
will be met to bring the old 1960’s channel design up-to-date. In addition, the new development will provide a
3.25 acre linear park adjacent to the widened Marsh Creek that will incorporate East Bay Regional Park District’s
Marsh Creek Regional Trail.
The FC District owns and manages Marsh Creek, which was channelized by the Soils Conservation Service in the
1960s. American Rivers will serve as the project and fiscal lead, and the FC District will be the public agency
cosponsor, as required by the grant.
Staff recommends that the Board authorize the FC District to be a cosponsor of the state’s Urban Streams
Restoration Program grant for the Marsh Creek Enhancements at the Confluence Parkway Development site.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Without the Board of Supervisors’ approval, the FC District will not be able to apply to the State for the Urban
Streams Restoration Program grant and the project could not move forward.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Not applicable.
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution No. 2014/459