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THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Adopted this Resolution on February 26, 2002 by the following vote:
AYES: SUPERVISOR UILKEMA, GERBER, DeSAULNIER, GLOVER, & GIOIA
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE RESOLUTION NO.2002/97
SUBJECT: Authorization to execute Contract No.4600001732 for$50,000 with the State
Department of Water Resources for the Contra.Costa County Watershed Atlas and Creek
Restoration Strategy project.
WHEREAS, the Contra Costa County Community Development Department helps to
coordinate the Contra Costa Watershed Forum, an open partnership of public agencies
and private organization working on creek and watershed issues; and
WHEREAS, the Contra Costa Watershed Forum has identified the need for developing
a countywide report and reference document on the locations and characteristics of
creek and watersheds in the County, a document which would be called the Contra
Costa County Watershed Atlas and Creek Restoration Strategy; and
WHEREAS, the Watershed Forum has also recommended a coordinated effort to map
the physical attributes of creeks using hand held Global Positioning System units and
Geographic Information System software; and
WHEREAS, the map information collected in this way would allow the County and
others to know things about creeks such as the canopy cover, the conditions of the
creek banks, and the location of inputs to the creeks, basic information that would be
very useful for managing the health of our creeks; and
WHEREAS, volunteer labor would be used to collect the data, providing the volunteers
with an educational experience, providing the effort with a low cost source of labor, and
helping to strengthen public involvement in assessment and stewardship of the
County's natural resources; and
WHEREAS, the map information obtained would be a component of the Contra Costa
County Watershed Atlas and Creek Restoration Strategy ; and
WHEREAS, the State Department of Water Resources has approved a $50,000 grant
under the CALFED Watershed Program for the Contra Costa County Watershed Atlas and
Creek Restoration Strategy project; and
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copyof an
action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of
Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: • Lca,u4 _
JOHN SWEETEN, Clerk oft Board of Supervisors
and County Administrator
By4 Z Deputy
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RESOLUTION NO. 2002/ 97
WHEREAS, the grant will be used to implement this project in cooperation with the
Watershed Forum;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Contra Costa County Board of
Supervisors, that the agreement with the State Department of Water Resources for the
Contra Costa County Walnut Creek Watershed Restoration Project has been
CONSIDERED and is hereby APPROVED and the Chair of the Board of Supervisors
hereby authorizes the Community Development Director to EXECUTE said agreement
on behalf of the County.
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brag.Dept.:Community Development
Contact:John Kopchlk(925-335-1227)
Cc: Dan Weirmiel,CALED Bay-Delta Program
Watershed Forum
RESOLUTION NO. 2002/