HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 11181986 - 2.6 'TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: HARVEY E. BRAGDON, DIRECTOR, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
DATE: OCTOBER 27, 1986
SUBJECT: ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR DELTA LEVEE PROGRAM
Specific Request(s) or Recommendation(s) & Background & Justification
RECOMMENDED ACTION
ADOPT resolution supporting comprehensive Delta Levee Rehabilitation
Program.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
No direct cost to County government. Staff participation is funded through
Contra Costa County Water Agency budget which contains adequate funds for
County staff participation.
REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND
On June 17, 1986, the Board approved a report from the Water Committee
authorizing a coordinated campaign to develop a Delta Levee Maintenance and
Rehabilitation Program. The County, along with other groups including the
Contra Costa Water District, East Bay Municipal Utility District, Delta
Advisory Planning Council, Committee for Water Policy Consensus, and
Congressman George Miller ' s office, have formed an organization called the
Coalition to Save the Delta. A petition drive was started to show broad
based public support for a Delta Levee Program and legislation is now being
developed to be introduced in the State legislature to implement an interim
Delta Levee Rehabilitation Program pending a future comprehensive Federal
Delta Levee Rehabilitation Program.
As part of the show of support for the Delta levees, the Coalition is
seeking resolutions of support from public and private agencies. Since
Contra Costa County has been a leader in the Coalition to Save the Delta,
it is appropriate for the County to adopt the attached resolption.
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Continued on attachment: _yes Signature: 1
Recommend of County Administrator c mme Board Committee
Approve Other:
Signature(s)
Action of Board on: November 18, 1986 Approved as Recommended x Other
Vote of Supervisors I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
x Unanimous i Absent AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE
Ayes Noes BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON DATE SHOWN.
Absent Abstainyy,
L3 :AdptReso.tll Attested Abstain / J /j /986
Orig.Div. : Community Development PHIL BATCHELOR,
cc: County Administrator CLERK OF THE BOARD, AND
Coalition to Save the Delta COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
(via CDD)
By
DEPUTY CLERK
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Adopted this Order on November 18, 1986 by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Fanden, Schroder, Torlakson, McPeak
NOES: None
ABSENT: Supervisor Powers
ABSTAIN: None
SUBJECT: j
RESOLUTION NO. 86/ 681
SUPPORTING COMPREHENSIVE DELTA LEVEE)
REHABILITATION PROGRAM )
WHEREAS, 40 percent of the runoff in California drains to the Delta and 60
percent of the State ' s diverted water for municipal, industrial, and
agricultural uses passes through the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta, and
maintaining the integrity of Delta levees is critical for maintaining water
quality, water transport capability, and flood control; and
WHEREAS, the Delta is important for recreational uses including boating,
fishing, sight seeing, and hunting, and the Delta is an important habitat
for fish and wildlife; and
WHEREAS, the Delta is an important agricultural producing area for Califor-
nia and supports extensive water-related commerce; and
WHEREAS, the Delta contains highways, railways, ship channels, pipelines,
and power lines; and
WHEREAS, Delta levees are continuing to deteriorate despite increased
maintenance efforts by local districts; and
WHEREAS, for the period 1980 to 1985, Federal agencies paid $67 million,
State agencies paid $29 million, and local agencies paid $5 . 8 million for
emergency disaster relief in the Delta -- total cost ( 1980-85) _
$101, 800 ,000 or an average of $20, 360,000 per year for emergency disaster
relief in the Delta -- and many of these costs could have been avoided if
an adequate program existed for ongoing maintenance and rehabilitation of
Delta levees; and
WHEREAS, existing programs for State funding of Delta levee maintenance of
$2 million per year is inadequate; and
WHEREAS, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1982 completed a draft feasi-
bility study report for a comprehensive Delta levee rehabilitation program
which is currently awaiting review; and
WHEREAS, the Emergency Delta Task Force in 1983 recommended a comprehensive
Delta levee rehabilitation program where all beneficiaries pay for compre-
hensive Delta levee rehabilitation programs;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that Contra Costa County supports an accel-
erated, ongoing, comprehensive Delta levee rehabilitation program consis-
tent with the Emergency Delta Task Force report where the beneficiaries pay
for improvements; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Contra Costa County supports an immediate
State/local program of Delta levee maintenance to be credited toward a
future Federal program which increases the amount of funds available to
rehabilitate and maintain Delta levees; and
SUPPORTING COMPREHENSIVE DELTA LEVEE
REHABILITATION PROGRAM -2- November 11, 1986
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Contra Costa County will work cooperatively
with other agencies and organizations to implement a comprehensive Delta
levee rehabilitation program which will save taxpayers money in the long
term by providing a preventive maintenance program for levees rather than
pouring millions into disaster relief.
DBOcl 27oct86
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cc: Community Development Director
Coalition to Save the Delta (via CDD)
County Administrator 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:
PHIL BATCHELOR, r' rk of th,a Board
o upervisars and County Adm.mistrator
By Z Deputy
RESOLUTION NO. 86/681