HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01011981 - 1981-1034 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of )
)
Approving Continuing Planning and }
Engineering Work on Walnut Creek )
Basin Investigation Projects and ) RESOLUTION NO. 81/ 1034
Requesting California Water Commi- )
sion Support on FY 1982-83 Federal )
Appropriation for Same, Central )
County )
WHEREAS Mr. Scott E. Franklin, Chairman of the California hater
Commission has requested that the Board of Supervisors, as the governing
body of the Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation
District, formally submit a proposal outlining the extent of local planning
and engineering to be performed in completing the Corps of Engineers' Walnut
Creek Basin Investigation; and
WHEREAS the Walnut Creek Basin Investigation provides for the study
of Mt. Diablo Creek, Grayson Creek, Murderers Creek, Walnut Boulevard Drain,
Las Trampas. Creek, Tice Creek, Sans Crainte Creek, San Ramon Creep Green
Valley Creek and Sycamore Creek to determine the feasibility of federal
participation in the construction of drainage improvements for these water-
ways; and
WHEREAS the improvement of said water ways, where economically feasi-
ble and publically acceptable solutions can be found, would be in the best
interest of the community; and
WHEREAS this Board by Resolutions 81/253 and 81/275, dated March 3, 1981
and March 10, 1981 respectively, has indicated its support for the Corps of
Engineers' Walnut Creek Basin Investigation; and
WHEREAS the District over the past five years has expended funds to
complete studies on several of the creeks included in the scope of the
Walnut Creek Basin Investigation; and
WHEREAS the Public Works Director has recommended that over the next
two years additional planning and engineering work should be performed to com-
plete studies on those creeks having the most probability of yielding an
economical , publically acceptable solution and that the California Water Commis-
sion should be requested to support a federal appropriation of $100,000 in
Fiscal Year 1982-83 for engineering work by the Corps of Engineers on the
Walnut Creek Basin Investigation; and
WHEREAS the Public Works Director has reported that the preparation
of the necessary studies at the local level at district cost is a positive
expression of interest in completion of the Walnut Creek Basin Investigation
and that the estimated local cost to complete the remaining work is between
$150,000 and $250,000.
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NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that this Beard hereby APPROVES con-
tinuing the punning and engineering work being performed by the District
and REQUESTS the California Water Commission to recommend to Congress a
federal appropriation of $100,000 in Fiscal Year 1982-83 for engineering
work by the Corps of Engineers on the Walnut Creek Basin Investigation.
PASSED by the Board on September 8, 1981 by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Fanden, McPeak, Torlakson, Powers
NOES: None
ABSENT: Supervisor Schroder
C ER'TIFIED COPY
I certify that this is a full, true & correct copy of
the original document which is on file in niy office,
and that it was passed & adopted by the Board of
Supervisors of Contra Costa. County, California, on
the date shown, ATTEST: J, Ft, OLSSOIv, County
Clerk &ex-officio Clerk of said Board of Supervisors,
ty Deputy Clerk, 9
SEP 8
81
Originator: Public Works Dept.
Flood Control Planning & Design
cc: County Administrator
Public Works Director
Flood Control
California Water Commission via P.W.
P.O. Box 388
Sacramento, CA 94802
Auditor-Controller
PW Acctg
RESOLUTION NO. 81/1034