HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 08252015 - C.05RECOMMENDATION(S):
ADOPT Resolution No. 2015/310 approving an application to the California Natural Resources Agency to obtain a
grant for the Three Creeks Parkway Project under the California River Parkways Act of 2004, Brentwood area.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The total project amount is estimated at $4.5 million. The California Natural Resources Agency grant request is for
$500,000. American Rivers is providing $1 million, and the California Department of Water Resources Urban Stream
grant is providing $744,000. The Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District (FC District)
will provide funding of approximately $2,250,000 of Flood Control Zone 1 and DA 130 funds toward the project.
BACKGROUND:
The state’s River Parkways Act of 2004 created a grant program with an emphasis on acquisition, restoration,
protection, and the development of river parkways. American Rivers is ready to move forward with a project to
widen and enhance habitat values at this reach of Marsh Creek. The primary partners in this project are the City of
Brentwood, American Rivers, Friends
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY
ADMINISTRATOR
RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD
COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 08/25/2015 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
ABSENT: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: August 25, 2015
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc: S. Kowalewski, Deputy Chief Engineer, M. Carlson, Flood Control, P. Detjens, Flood Control, T. Jensen, Flood Control, C. Roner, Flood Control, C. Windham, Flood Control
C. 5
To:Contra Costa County Flood Control District Board of Supervisors
From:Julia R. Bueren, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Date:August 25, 2015
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Adopt Resolution Approving an Application for CA Natural Resources Agency Grant for the Three Creeks Parkway
Project. Project No. 7562-6D8490
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
of Marsh Creek Watershed, and the FC District.
The FC District and American Rivers’ 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
2800 linear feet from the Union Pacific Railroad to the Dainty Avenue Bridge. Current flood protection standards
will be met to bring the 1960’s channel design up to current standards. 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 USDA Soil 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.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Without the Board of Supervisors’ approval, the FC District will not be able to apply to the state for the River
Parkways grant and the project would not receive funding from this program.
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution No. 2015/310