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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Costa
FROM: WATER COMMITTEE County
DATE: APRIL 16, 1985
SUBJECT: WATER COMMITTEE REPORT
Specific Requests or Recommendations & Background & Justification
RECOMMENDED ACTION
1. State the County's position on the East Bay Municipal Utility District/Contra Costa
Water District Joint Study of Water Supply & Water Quality Needs, as follows:
- EBMUD should share surplus water with the CCWD.
- The two districts should develop plans for joint management of water supplies.
- The Board supports the concept of cities in Contra Costa County, who have riparian
rights to water quality and water quantity, exercising these rights to improve water
quality.
2. Authorize the Chairwoman to sign a letter to Senator Alan Cranston requesting a
modification to his proposal for a commission to address the San Joaquin Valley
agricultural drainage problem also address the drainage problem Valley-wide, not just
at the Kesterson National Wildlife Refuge.
3. Authorize the Chairwoman to sign a letter to Assemblyman Steve Peace asking questions
and offering suggestions to his bill (AB 955) concerning an emergency plan for Delta
levees.
4. Direct staff to follow up on letters sent to State and Federal Agencies concerning a
request for elevation surveys in the Delta, and related studies concerning subsidence
in the Delta.
5. Direct staff from the Planning, Building Inspection, and Public Works Departments to
meet with representatives of EBMUD and CCWD to discuss the feasibility of a County
water conservation ordinances and ancillary procedures to implement such an
ordinance(s).
FINANCIAL IMPACT
None.
Continued on attachment: X yes Signature:
Recommendation of County Administrator XX Recommendation of Board Committee
Approve Other:
Signature(s):
Tom Torlakson Sunne Wright McPeak
Action of Board on: April 16, 1985 Approved as Recommended x Other x
AMENDED Item2 to include in the letter to Senator Cranston the request to address
the problem of the entire San Joaquin River.
Vote of Supervisors I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
x Unanimous (Absent — ) AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE
Ayes: Noes: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON DATE SHOWN.
Absent: Abstain:
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Orig. Div.: Public Works (EC) PIFIL , BATCHELOR, CLERK
cc: ' Public Works Director OF THE BOARD AND COUNTY
County Administrator ADMINISTRATOR
E.Bay Municipal Utility Distr.(via EC)
Contra Costa Water District (via EC)
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Building Inspection UDEPUTY CLERK
Concerned Citizens for Improved Qual.Water(via EC)