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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Supervisor Tom Torlakson
Contra
Costa
DATE: November 8, 1988 l.J'l. ur y
SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR REVIEW BY FEMA AND ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
OF FLOOD PLAIN STANDARDS
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
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RECONKMDED ACTION: (1) Direct the Community Development
Department. to contact FEMA and the Army Corps of Engineers to request
a review oftheir Flood Plain Standards for land use development and
building construction and the Draft Bethel Island Specific Plan.
(2) Furthermore, direct the Community Development Department to
schedule a meeting with these agencies to include Supervisor Tom
Torlakson and representatives from the Bethel Island Municipal
Improvement District, the Bethel Island Area Association, the Bethel
Island Specific Plan Advisory Committee, the Knightsen Town Council,
and the Oakley Municipal Advisory Council to discuss the information
gathered through this review process. The U.S. Geotechnical Survey
should be included in the meetings to get an update on their analysis
of subsidence and the progress of their subsidence study. ( 3) Schedule
a joint workshop on these matters with the East County Regional
Planning Commission.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: This review is timely and necessary
in light of the Congressional hearings in September, 1988, in San
Francisco, and the BCDC Report of (date) indicating that the Green
House effect may be causing a significant rise in sea levels. It is
also timely in light of the many requests for development contained in
the specific plan.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: �nIL' I /L CRY;"
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON November 29, 1988 . APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF T!-!E BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS
ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: Community Development ATTFGTED /98f
County Administrator Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of
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