HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01011981 - 1981-909 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of
Clean Water Grant
Funding RESOLUTION NO. 81/909
WHEREAS Congress has eliminated Clean Water Grant Fund-
ing for Fiscal Year 1982 , and the Reagan Administration wants a
zero budget for 1982 to force changes in the Clean Water Grant
Program; and
WHEREAS this one-year freeze will affect over 400
projects in California, with the City of San Francisco among
those hardest hit; and
WHEREAS the County has invested substantial time and
resources to improve the water quality of San Francisco Bay and
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta; and
WHEREAS the delays in the Clean Water Grant Program will
increase the ultimate cost of the program because of inflation
and hinder efforts to remove pollutants from Contra Costa waters
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Contra Costa
County Board of Supervisors support the continuation of the Clean
Water Grant Program; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board urges Congress
and the Administration to provide interim financing for Fiscal
Year 1982 to those States that are ready to put funds to use,
while efforts to improve the program continue in Washington, D. C. ;
and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board inform its
Congressional Delegation of its support of the Clean Water
Grant Program and support for interim financing.
PASSED by the Board on August 18 , 1981 by the following
vote.
AYES : Supervisors Fanden, Schroder , Torlakson, McPeak
NOES : None
ABSENT : Supervisor Powers
Orig. Dept. : Public Works CERTIFIED COPY
Environmental Control I certify that &B to a full, true & correct copy of
the original document which Is on we in m`y office,
CC: and that it was passed & adopted by the Board of
Senator Alan Cranston Corrtra Costa County, California, on
Supervisors of County
Senator S. I. Hayakawa the date shown. ATrEST. J. R. OLSSON,
Congressman George Miller Cleat &,81-offlclo Clerk of said Board of Supervisors,
Congressman Ronald Dellums by Duty Clerk I AUG 18 1981
County Administrator
Supervisor Nancy C. Fanden
County Counsel
All Cities and Sanitary Districts in
Contra Costa County
RESOLUTION NO. 81/909