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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS : _ =. Contra
Costa
FROM: WATER COMMITTEE County
TOM TORLAKSON, CHAIR
SUPERVISOR SUNNE WRIGHT MCPEAK
DATE: -OCTOBER -6, 1992
SUBJECT: REPORT ON WATER AGENCY BUDGET; CONTRIBUTION TO COMMITTEE FOR WATER
POLICY CONSENSUS
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Accept status report on Water Agency budget for fiscal year
1992/93 .
2. Authorize contribution of $32 , 000 to the Committee for Water
Policy Consensus (CWPC) , for FY 1992/93.
FISCAL IMPACT
The FY 1992/93 Water Agency budget request was prepared to include
the 32 , 000 allocation to the CWPC.
BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS
1. The Water Agency budget was prepared for the July 17, 1992
Board budget session, then subsequently revised to accommodate
additional overhead costs not previously included in this
budget, as agreed upon between the Community Development
Department and the County Administrator. For the first time,
full Conservation Division administrative costs and
departmental/County overhead costs are being apportioned to
this budget. Some additional minor format changes were also
added by the Water Committee.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S) :
Supervisor Tom Torlakson, Chair Supervisor Sunne Wright McPeak
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN
AYES: NOES: ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON THE
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORRSSJ ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Contact: Roberta Goulart (510/646-2071) ATTESTED (J 6. 19 92,
cc: Community Development Dept. (CDD) PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF
County Administrator THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Auditor-Controller AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY , DEPUTY
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Report on Water Agency Budget;
Contribution to Committee for Water Consensus
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The revenues previously estimated as being available to this
budget section ($202 , 000 property tax and $30, 000 sewer
planning monies) fall short of -need by about -$92,-000. In
addition, this deficit will be increased by the diversion of
about $20, 000 to the State, resulting from recent budget
actions, (creating a deficit of $102, 000) . About $200, 000 is
available in reserve funds to accommodate this shortfall. In
addition, the budget is also reflecting $50, 000 in funds
loaned to the Sheriff Marine Patrol.
The Water Agency budget provides funding for staff and also
includes funds for the CWPC ($32, 000) , special litigation
reserve ($50,000) , travel and conference costs for supervisors
($15, 000) , and costs related to the Baldwin Ship Channel
($3, 000) .
2 . The CWPC was formed in 1983 after the Peripheral Canal
conflict, to identify and formulate a unified water policy for
Northern California. Since that time, overall goals include
the promotion of solutions to the water situation which are
economically feasible and environmentally sound. The CWPC has
been instrumental in facilitating agreement on such issues as
water conservation through communications with often-opposing
entities. The CWPC, with it's southern California
counterpart, is responsible for a historic "landmark"
agreement on urban water conservation. The Memorandum of
Understanding, signed throughout California, requires use of
best management practices conservation methodology. The CWPC
is also playing a key role in monitoring the Bay-Delta
hearings, resulting in substantial savings to the County in
staff time and attorneys' fees.
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