HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 10062015 - C.15RECOMMENDATION(S):
ADOPT Resolution No. 2015/370 declaring October 2015 as Creek and Channel Safety Awareness Month; and
ACCEPT the following status report from the Public Works Department and the Contra Costa County Flood Control
& Water Conservation District (FC District) on the Creek and Channel Safety Awareness Program (CCSAP); and
DIRECT the Public Works Department and the FC District to continue with implementation and the annual campaign
of a Countywide sustainable CCSAP, including a follow-up report to this Board in one year.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Annual notices, outreach, and maintenance of safety features for this year is estimated to cost $25,000 and will be
funded by Flood Control Zone 3B.
BACKGROUND:
On March 1, 2011, the Board of Supervisors directed the FC District to
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 10/06/2015 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
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: October 6, 2015
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc: David Twa, CAO, Thomas Geiger, County Counsel's Office, Sharon Hymes-Offord, Risk Management, Betsy Burkhart, CCTV, Steve Kowalewski,
Deputy Chief Engineer, Mike Carlson, Flood Control, Tim Jensen, Flood Control, Carrie Ricci, P.W. Administration, Catherine Windham, Flood Control
C. 15
To:Contra Costa County Flood Control District Board of Supervisors
From:Julia R. Bueren, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Date:October 6, 2015
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Creek and Channel Safety Awareness Month and its Associated Program, Countywide. (100% Flood Control District
Funds) Project No. 7520-6B8311
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
develop a sustainable and impactful outreach program to promote creek and channel safety throughout the
County, after the drowning of two high school students in the Walnut Creek channel. In response, the FC District
formed a CCSAP team that developed a strategy to achieve this goal.
On October 4, 2011, the Board declared October 2011 as the first Creek and Channel Safety Awareness Month,
accepted the status report from the FC District on the Creek and Channel Safety Awareness Program, approved
the implementation plan, and directed the FC District to continue with implementation and initiation of an annual
campaign of a sustainable Creek and Channel Safety Awareness Program, including a follow-up report to the
Board in one year.
Since then, the Board of Supervisors received and approved a status report on the Annual Creek and Channel
Safety Awareness Program, and declared October as Creek and Channel Safety Awareness Month in 2012, 2013,
and 2014. The Board of Supervisors also directed the FC District to continue with implementation and the annual
campaign of a Countywide sustainable Creek and Channel Safety Awareness Program, including a follow-up
report to this Board in one year.
This past year, we completed the annual outreach to schools in September and worked with Contra Costa County
Fire Protection District to implement rescue operation access improvements and purchase additional rescue
equipment. The equipment acquired for the Swiftwater Rescue Team included a power boat, a rescue raft, a
ladder, some ropes, and some harnesses.
The Chief Engineer, FC District, recommends that the Board declare October 2015 as Creek and Channel Safety
Awareness Month, accept the above report, and direct the Public Works Department and FC District to continue
with implementation and the annual campaign of a Countywide sustainable Creek and Channel Safety Awareness
Program, including a follow-up report to this Board in one year.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this Resolution is not adopted, members of the public may not receive important information about creek and
channel safety.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
The FC District will continue to work with the schools and youth-based groups within the County to educate
children about safety regarding creeks and flood control channels.
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution No. 2015/370