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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
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FROM: WATER COMMITTEE
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SUPERVISOR TOM TORLAKSON, CHAIR o•., '" -
SUPERVISOR SUNNE McPEAK ,.,
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DATE: FEBRUARY 5, 1991
SUBJECT: WATER RELATED ISSUES
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Authorize the Community Development Department to send letters
to reclamation districts requesting their input on funding
provisions to facilitate relocation of structures encroached
upon levees.
2 . Request the Growth Management and Economic Development Agency to
explore the feasibility of making Bethel Island a Redevelopment
area, and report to the Water Committee.
3 . Request the Community Development Department to review .. and
respond to all comments regarding the proposed public access
policy, revise policy accordingly, and report back to the Water
Committee.
4. Direct the County Administrator Office to forward proposed
legislation for funding;to reestablish the Sheriff Marine Patrol
to the County Legislative. Delegation and to communities within
the Delta area.
5.1 Authorize the Community Development Department to submit
comments on the Delta Wetlands project with direction from the
Water Committee.
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RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER .
SIGNATURE(S): / 94� .
Supervisor Tom Torlakson, Chair Supervisor Sunne Wright McPeak
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED x.. OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN
AYES: NOES: ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON THE
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Orig: Community Development Dept. (CDD) ATTESTED FEB 5 1991
cc: County Administrator PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF
County Counsel THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Public Works Department AND COU TY ADMINISTRATOR
Sheriff-Coroner
Building Inspection Department BY , DEPUTY
Growth Management& Economic
Development Agency
County Legislative Delegation (via CDD)
County Redevelopment Agency
West Pittsburg Area Management Committee
(via Redevelopment Agency)
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6a. Authorize Chair to sign letters to relevant agencies indicating
County concern with dumped debris at. McAvoy harbor, and lack of
agency intervention.
6b. Direct Public Works, Building Inspection, Community
Development, the Fish and Wildlife Committee, and the West
Pittsburg Management Area Committee to review any applications
for development .within the McAvoy Harbor area.
FISCAL IMPACT
None.
BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS
1. SB-34, the Delta Flood ,Protection Act, provides for funding to
develop and implement flood control projects on the eight
western Delta islands,. which are critical to water quality.
Levee improvement or rehabilitation efforts will require
modification to the existing levees' to a large degree. Many
structures on Bethel Island and several structures on Hotchkiss
Tract were built on levees, which interferes with levee
stability detection, and future levee improvements. The
Department of Water Resources has determined that in order to
build levees to safe standards, encroached structures will need
to be moved.
The Water Committee has recommended that the respective
reclamation districts research potential funding sources by
which to accomplish relocation of these structures. Currently,
no funding source is identified to aid in costs of relocation.
2 . A preliminary assessment was done at one time by the County
Redevelopment Agency to determine if the Bethel Island area
could be categorized as a redevelopment area. Some questions
arose as to the feasibility of such an action, (due to
financial considerations and open space requirements) , and this
possibility met with unfavorable community reaction at that
time. The Water Committee requests that a full feasibility
report be prepared, as the tax increment from redevelopment
would be an important funding source for this community.
3 . The issue of a (proposed) public access policy for the County
has been somewhat controversial. Reclamation Districts and
landowners in the Delta area have many serious concerns
regarding public access as it affects their property,
liability, levee stability and maintenance, funding and other
issues. Many comments, letters and a petition were received by
the Water Committee during their January 28, 1991 meeting. The
Water Committee recommends that policy be revised, resubmitted
to the Water Committee at a later date, and comments be
answered by staff.
4 . In September, 1989 the Sheriff Marine Patrol was cut by
approximately 80% due to County budgetary constraints. In an
effort to obtain additional funding for this important
function, the Board directed the County Administrator Office to
pursue legislation to increase the boater registration fee by
$7 to reestablish a Marine Patrol contingent. The Water
Committee requests that the County Administrator send draft
legislation to the entire County Legislative Delegation, and to
cities and counties in the Delta area in order to enlist
support for this legislation.
5. The .Water Committee has recognized several important- issues
which will need to be addressed regarding the proposed Delta
Wetlands Project. The Fish and Wildlife Committee also has
concerns, and had requested that this issue not appear on the
Water Committee agenda until the February, 1991 meeting. The
Water Committee meeting is tentatively scheduled for February
25, '1991, which will enable comments to be submitted to State
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and Federal .agencies prior to the February 28, 1991 deadline
for comment submittal.
6. Several public agencies have been notified over a year ago that
the McAvoy harbor area has been used as a dumping ground. Very
little progress has been made since that time to clean up
rotting barges and debris at the Harbor. Debris clogs a
channel that was created (and deeded ` to the State Lands
Commission) as a_' mitigation measure for impacts caused by
harbor dredging. The channel was designed to increase flow to
a marsh surrounding McAvoy harbor.
The Water Committee recommends that letters be sent to the Bay
Conservation and Development Commission, the Army Corps of
Engineers, the East Bay Regional Park District, and the State
Lands Commission indicating County concern, and requesting that
corrective. action be .taken. In addition, the Water Committee
recommends that any County permit actions for McAvoy harbor be
scrutinized by the above-mentioned County departments and
committees prior to approval.
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