HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 03091982 - 82/270THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF !CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Adopted this Order on March 9, 1982 , by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Powers, Fahden, Schroder, Torlakson, McPeak ~ ~
None .1_,,. , \ I NOES:
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
SUBJECT:
Indicate County Position on the Wi ldcat-
San Pablo Creeks Project and Request
California Water Commission Support of
FY 1982-83 Federal Appropriation for Same,
Richmond Area.
Project No. 7505-6F8186
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RESOLUTION NO. 82/ 270
WHEREAS the Ca 1 if orn i a Water Cammi ss ion has requested that this Board indicate
its position with regard to the Corps of Engineers Wildcat-San Pablo Creeks Flood
Control Project; and
WHEREAS the Public Works Direcor has developed an alternate plan of improvements
for said creeks which reduces the required amount of right of way, the impact
on local residents, the total project cost, and the local cost share of the non-
federal costs; and
WHEREAS the Public Works Director has completed, in draft form, a study
report on said alternate plan which discusses the engineering and environmental
aspects and proposes a method for funding the local share of the non-federal
costs; and
WHEREAS the construction of said alternate plan will provide flood-free
land necessary for the i mprovement of the social and economic welfare and quality
of life for the residents of the area; and
WHEREAS the Public Works Department staff has met with representatives
of the State Department of Fish and Game and incorporated mutually satisfactory
mitigation measures in the project; an d
WHEREAS numerous public meetings have been held in the community to discuss
said alternate plan and receive comments; and
WHEREAS the community has expressed an overwhelming support for said alternate
plan; and
WHEREAS, to this date, 52% of the property owners within the assessment
district proposed to be formed to provide the local share of the non-federal
costs have indicated their support by signed petitions for said formation.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that this Board, as the Board of Supervisors
of Contra Costa Canty and as the governing body of the Contra Costa County Flood
Control and Water Conservation District, hereby AFFIRMS its support for the Wildcat-
San Pablo Creeks Flood Control Project and REQUESTS the California Water Commission
to recommend to Congress a federal appropriation of $100,000 for Fiscal Year
1982-83 for engineering work by the Corps of Engineers on said project.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Supervisor Tom Powers is AUTHORIZED to present
the Board 1 s position to the California Water Commission at its meeting of March
11, 1982.
Orig. Dept.: Public Works Department
cc: County Administrator
Public Works Director
Flood Control
California Water Commi ssion
P.O. Box 388
Sacramento, CA 9480 2
RESOLUTION NO.
I hertby certify that this la a tru••nd oorrectcopyot
an action taken and entered on tl11 mlnulN ot the
Board of Supervisor, on the dat• Shown.
ATTEStED: MAR 9 1982
J.R. OLSSON, COUNTY CLERK
and ex officio Clerk of the Board
By cf Ly,y/,.-<,.) 11 f , Deputy
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