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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Contra
FROM: Supervisor Tom Torlakson
Costa
DATE: March 18 , 1986 `-""'" '•1
SUBJECT:
DELTA LEVEE MAINTENANCE
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Refer to the Water Committee the issue of
levee maintenance in the Delta and request the legislative support of
our local delegation in addressing this issue as recommended below and
send a letter of urgent concern to the Governor.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: On Monday, March- 10, 1986, the Delta
Planning Advisory Council (DAPC) received a report on the extensive -
flood damage from the recent storms from the Department of Water
Resources.
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I expressed the frustration and impatience of the Delta Planning
Advisory Council over the fact that the State of California has done
very little to address the issue of levee maintenance in the Delta.
If the State of California had .begun implementation of the Delta
Emergency Task Force Report and DAPC' s suggestion of the establishment
of an intermediate program to provide an infusion of funds to Delta
levee maintenance, much of the $20 million to $30 million storm damage
to Delta levees could have been avoided.
I feel the "procrastination" and delays regarding Delta levee
maintenance represents extremely poor planning. The status quo is
ridiculous. An on-going maintenance program would be much more cost
effective than pouring millions of dollars into repairing levee breaks
and pumping out flooded farmlands.
I made a motion to vigorously reaffirm DAPC's previous request
that Governor Deukmejian and the State Legislature make the State of
California the lead agency in a comprehensive Delta levee plan
outlined by the Army Corps of Engineering and the Delta Emergency Task
Force of 1982.
On a more immediate basis, I moved that prompt action be taken to
establish an intermediate program on the order of $15 million per
year. $5 million should come from gas tax and highway revenues;with
the justification that great risks exist to Highway 160, Highway 12,
and Interstate 5 as well as to numerous county roads through the
Delta. The fact that Interstate 5 was closed by the recent storms
serves to emphasize this point. The other $10 million should come
from general revenues from the State or from t�he Tidelands Oil funds
appropriated for this purpose. I Mc
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ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: ATTESTED MAR 181986
ftil B&helw, Clerk
M282/7-82 By -may � . DEPUTY
Delta Levee Maintenance
March 18, 1986
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Furthermore, I recommended that DAPC at its next meeting explore
potential revenue sources to assist with building this fund such as a
user surcharge on water agencies that rely on delivery of water
through Delta channels and additional fees for fishing and boating
licenses.
The state agencies talk a lot about preservation of the Delta and
levee maintenance during crises such as in the recent storms, but
seem._ to accomplish very little during the year between crises.
Finally, I urged DAPC to communicate with Delta area legislative
representatives to organize a concerted plan of attack-on resolving
this problem.
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