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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: WATER COMMITTEE
DATE: MARCH 10,' 1986
SUBJECT.: H.R. 31.13 - COORDINATED OPERATIONS AGREEMENT LEGISLATION
Specific equest s or Recommendation(s) & Background ust ication
RECOMMENDED ACTION
AUTHORIZE Chair to ;sign a letter from the Board to the California Council for Environmental
& Economic Balance requesting continued support for H.R. 31.13 as approved by the House of
Representatives.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
None
REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND
H.R. 311.3 authorizes federal execution of the Coordinated Operations Agreement which would
require that the Central Valley Project be operated in coordination with the State Water
Project. The version of H.R. 3rI3 that was approved by the House of Representatives also
had a provision in it which requires the Central Valley Project to operate in accordance
with water quality' standards established by the State Water Resources Control Board. These
provisions were deleted from the bill in order to obtain Senate vote. The bill is scheduled
for conference committee where it is important that the provisions deleted by Senate be
amended into the final bill . The County supported H.R. 3113 as it was approved by the House.
The California Council for Environmental & Economic Balance has been leading the Ad Hoc
Water Group which reached a consensus on the Coordinated Operations Agreement. The Committee
for Water Policy Consensus participated in the Ad Hoc Water Group. I`t is appropriate for
the Board of Supervisors to encourage organizations to support efforts to see that the
language concerning federal operation of the Central Valley Project in compliance with
state standards, be re-included in any version of H.R. 3113 passed by Congress.
Continued on attachment: yes Signature:
Recommendation of County Administrator Recomm of Board Committee
Approve Other:
Signature(s): A
.Supervisor Sunne McPeak Supdryisor o ert Sc ro
Action -of Board on: yj fie, 19k� Approved as Recommended Other_'
Vote of Supervisors I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
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.: Community Development PHIL BATCHELUR, CLERK
cc: County Administrator OF JHE BOARD AND COUNTY
ADMINISTRATOR
By
DEPUTY CLER
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Phil Batchelor
The Board of Supervisors Contra Clerk of the Board
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County Administration Building Costa County Administrator
(415)372-2371
651 Pine St., Room 106
Martinez, California 94553 , County
Tom Powers,1st District
Nancy C.Fanden,2nd District
Robert I.Schroder,3rd District
Sunne Wright McPeak,4th District
Tom Torlakson,5th District
March 18, 1986
Peter J. Fearey, President
California Council for Environmental & Economic Balance
1512 14th Street
Sacramento, CA, 95814
Dear Mr. Fearey:
This letter is in regard to H.R. 3113, authored by Congressman George Miller,
which authorizes federal execution of the Coordinated Operations Agreement and
requires the Central Valley Project to be loperated in conformance with state
water quality standards. As you know, H.R. 3113 has been approved by the House
of Representatives, but key provisions of the bill were deleted in order to
obtain approval in the Senate. The bill is now scheduled for conference committee
where it is hoped that the deleted provisions concerning the requirement that the
Central Valley, Project be operated in conformance with state standards, will be
amended back into the bill .
As the Chair of the Ad Hoc Water Group which represented many diverse interests
which arrived ',at a consensus concerning the Coordinated Operations Agreement and
H. R. 3113, your continued support is critical . The Coordinated Operations
Agreement, byl itself, is not enough to protect the San Francisco Bay/Delta
estuary system. If those provisions are not restored to H.R. 3113, our County
will likely oppose the bill .
It is important to convey to Congress the importance of the consensus that was
developed around H.R. 3113. We hope to continue to work together with your
organization on California water issues.
Very truly yours,
om Powers
Chairman
Board of Supervisors
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cc: Congressman George Miller
Congressman Tony Coelho
Congressman Richard Lehman
Committeeifor Water Policy Consensus
Calif, Congressional Delegation/San Francisco Bay-Delta Region
Environmental Defense Fund
Sierra Club
State Water Contractors
League of Women Voters
Metropolitan Water District
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