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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS County
FROM: WATER COMMITTEE
DATE: April 3, 1984
SUBJECT: Water Committee Report:
Governor's Water Legislative Program
Specific Requests or Recommendations & Background & Justification
RECOMMENDATION
The Board of Supervisors, as Governing Board of the Contra Costa County Water Agency (CCCWA),
reaffirm its position that improved San Francisco Bay/Delta protection policies must precede
consideration of water transportation alternatives, in response to the Governor's recently
announced water legislative program.
BACKGROUND
On March 29, 1984, Governor Deukmejian revealed the Administration's proposal for dealing
with the water facilities portion of the Administration's legislative program. The proposals
are a series of separate bills authorizing the following:
1. Water Facilities
2. Delta Levee Reconstruction
3. Groundwater Recharge Financing Program
4. Sacramento Valley Water Planning
5. Allocation of Costs to Historic Diversions
6. Appropriations
7. Flood Control Code Clarifications
The proposed bills have the potential for being consistent with CCCWA policies as stated
in the "New Water Ethics for the 1980's" and the "Delta Water Transport Policy Statement",
but there are no guarantees that protections for the Bay, Delta, and areas of origin will
precede consideration of water transportation alternatives. The concept of "policy before
pldmbing" is the key component of the CCCWA's water policy.
The proposed bills do include "water banking" facilities strongly advocated by the CCCWA.
Continued on attachment: yes Signature:
Recommendation of County Administrator Recommendation of Board Committee
Approve Other:
Signature(s): Sunne Wright McPeak Tom Torlakson
Action of Board on: �, /9 q Approved as Recommended Other
Vote of Supervisors I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
Y Unanimous (Absent I ) AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE
Ayes: Noes: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON DATE SHOWN.
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Orig. Div.: Public Works (EC) J.R. OLSSON, COUNTY CLERK AND
cc: Governor Deukmejian (via EC)
County Administrator EX OFFICIO CLERK OF THE BOARD
Dir./Water Resources (EC) 000440
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