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TO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Water Committee Ck ltra
Costa
DATE: February 1, 1988
SUBJECT: SB34, Delta Export Pumping, Congressional Hearing on Toxics
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION
1. Support SB34- Delta Levees, authorize letters to be sent to
State officials expressing the County' s support, authorize
testimony at Assembly hearing.
2. Authorize a letter to the Director of the Department of
Water Resource requesting information of Delta water export
pumping schedules and efforts to reduce impact on fisheries.
3 . Authorize Water Committee to present testimony on behalf of
the County at a Congressional hearing on toxics at military
bases in the Bay Area.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
None.
REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND
1, SB34, sponsored by Senator Boatwright, provides additional
funding for Delta levee protection and. rehabilitation. This
bill is essentially the same as SB182 , introduced last year
by Senator Boatwright, that was endorsed by the Board. An
additional $2 � million annually, for a total of $12 million
annually, has been added to the bill to fund the program.
The Water Committee recommends support for this bill, which
was initially introduced by Senator Boatwright on behalf of
the Coalition! to Save Our Delta, which was initiated by
Contra Costa County. it is appropriate that letters indi-
cating the Board' s support be sent to the Director of the
Department of ; Water Resources, the Governor, the Speaker of
the Assembly, ! the President Pro-Tem of the Senate, and the
Chair of the ;Assembly Ways and Means Committee. The Board
should also authorize the Water Committee to present testi-
mony on behalf of the Board in support of the bill at-, appro
priate legislative hearings. The Coalition to Save Our
Delta will be ; kept informed of the progress of the bill.
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CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: _ YES SIGNATURE:
- RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVETHER Jam`1W,
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SIGNATURE(S): Supervisor McPeak Ott Supervisor Torlakson
ACTION OF BOARD ON Feb ruarX 9 . 1988 8 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT II AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES:- NOES. AND ENTERED' ON TFC MINUTES OF THE. BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Orig. Dept. Comm. Develop.
cc: County Administrator ATTESTED February 9 , 1988 _
PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'
M38217-83 BY 'DEPUTY
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Z . Contra Costa !County has constantly expressed its concern
about water export pumping from the Delta, in particular its
impacts on fisheries. For striped bass, Spring is a criti-
cal time period for migration of striped bass eggs and
larvae. The County has previously asked the Department of
Water Resources to adjust the schedule of water export pump-
ing during this time period to reduce impacts on striped
bass. It is !, appropriate again to ask the Department of
Water Resources how they intend to minimize fishery losses
during this critical spring period.
3 . A Congressional hearing in the Bay Area has been scheduled
by Congressman George Miller to discuss the impact on water
quality of hazardous waste disposed at military facilities
throughout the Bay Area. The tentative date of the hearing
is February 26 . It is appropriate that the Water Committee
present testimony expressing concern on this potential
source of contamination of the Bay and the Delta.
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