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FROM: Phil Batchelor, '
County Administrator Contra
DATE: July 2, 1987 Costa
SUBJECT: Coiry
OPPOSITION TO HYDROELECTRIC DEVELOPMENT ON MADERA COUNTY STREAMS
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
Take no position on the request of the Madera County Board of Supervisors
that Contra Costa County support Madera County' s Resolution opposing
hydroelectric development on Madera County streams of high scenic and
recreational value and calls on Congress to take those steps necessary to
confine its program to retrofits of existing installations rather than
building new dams on the Lewis Fork Creek at Corlieu Falls.
BACKGROUND:
On March 3, 1987, the board of Supervisors referred to the County
Administrator a Resolution from the Madera 'County Board of Supervisors
opposing federal plans for a hydroelectric plant on Lewis Fork Creek at
Corlieu Falls in Madera County. The, Madera County Resolution has been
reviewed by the Community Development Department. Their recommendation is
that support for the Madera County Resolution would be better sought from
the County Supervisors Association of California. They note that while
Contra Costa County supports "in stream" uses, this proposal is only one of
many and staff have no detailed, proposal to evaluate. Any such evaluation
would necessarily have to take into account the relative environmental
impacts of hydroelectric projects versus the presence of Pacific Gas and
Electric generating plants in this county, . "coke" plants and cogenerating
plants, among several other variables. The Director of Community
Development, therefore; recommends that no action be taken at this time on
Madera County' s Resolution and this office concurs with' this
recommendation.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT. YES
SIGNATURE:
- RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR `
RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
— APPROVE
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CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ASSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHDwN,
County Administrator JUL 14'1987
cc, Director of' Community Development ATTESTED
Madera County Board of Supervisors
CSAC PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
M38217-83 -,DEPUTY