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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 04191988 - WC.1 a TO- BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FROM: Water Committee x Contra C )sta DATE'. April 14, 1988 Co 1�'"�1/ SUBJECT: Resolutions to Adopt San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary �"� �`1 Protections and Proclaim the Week of April 24 , 1988 , as "San Francisco Estuary Awareness Week" SPECIFIC REQUESTS) OR RECOMMENDATIONS) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS: 1. Pass resolution to adopt San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary protections. L. Pass resolution to proclaim the week of April 24 , 1988 , as - "San Francisco Estuary Awareness Week. " FINANCIAL IMPACT: None. BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS: At its April 11, 1988 , meeting the Water Committee reaffirmed its continued support for efforts to establish complete and adequate water quality standards that will protect all beneficial uses of the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary system. The Water Committee felt that the adoption of these two resolutions will show addi- tional support to the State Water Resources Control Board by the County and .increase public awareness about the need for greater protections of the Bay-Delta estuarial system. EW/jn . 145:water.brd CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S): Supervisor. McPe4k Supervisor Torlakson ACTION OF BOARD ON April- -; lAPPROVED AS RECOMMENDED _X OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS 1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT _'� AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. CC: orig. Dept. Community Devel. ATTESTED - April 19 , 1988 PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BY M382/7-83 ,DEPUTY 3 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Adopted this Order on April 19 , 1988 , by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors Powers , Fanden, McPeak, Torlakson, Schroder NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- SUBJECT: Resolution to Adopt San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary Protections RESOLUTION NO. 88j 219 The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors RESOLVES THAT: 1. The State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) has convened the Bay-Delta hearings, a three-year, three-phase proceeding designed to - set new water quality standards for the San Francisco Bay - Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta Estuary. 2. Over the next three years the SWRCB will review evidence and set water quality standards for the Bay-Delta Estuary to protect such beneficial uses as drinking water, agriculture, industry, recreation and fish and wildlife. :3 . These historic Bay-Delta hearings will have far-reaching implications for the entire Bay-Delta region and the State of California. 4. The U.S. Congress recognized the San Francisco Bay-Delta as an estuary of national significance and added it to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency' s (EPA) National Estuary Program. 5. Governor Duekmejian has designated the State of California to be a partner with the EPA in the San Francisco Estuary Project, a five-year effort to address the Bay' s and Delta' s most critical problems through a Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan to restore the chemical, physical and biological integrity of the Estuary. 6. The San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary is the largest inland estuarine system on the West Coast of North and South Ameri- ca, home to more than 100 species of fish and an estimated 800,000 waterfowl and shore birds and is a major stop-over on the migratory Pacific Flyway. % . The Delta provides drinking water to two-thirds of Califor- nia` s population, representing 40 percent of all drinking water consumed statewide. 8. The 12-county Bay-Delta region is home to more than seven million Californians, and its economy is dependent upon the quality of the environment and health of this estuarine resource. RESOLUTION NO. 88%219 PAGE 2 9. The Bay-Delta Estuary is under increasing stress due to increased diversions and exports of freshwater out of the Delta to many parts of the State, resulting in exports or diversions estimated at 6O percent of the Bay' s historic annual inflow and up to tis percent of its springtime fresh- water inflow. 10 . Diking and filling of nearly all the Bay-Delta Estuary' s historic tidal marshes; increased discharge of pollutants from _point to non-point sources; and increased waterway modification, including dredging; also have affected the Bay-Delta Estuary. 11 . These practices, including diversions and exports, have caused adverse impacts to the Bay-Delta Estuary, including increased salinity of Delta drinking water supplies; an 80 percent decline in the striped bass population since the 1950 ' s; decreases in salmon available for sport and commer- cial fishing; reduction in the Bay' s flushing and circula- tion capacity causing longer residence time for pollutants in the Bay; and loss of critical fish and wildlife habitat. 12. The SWRCB has an historic opportunity to address these adverse impacts and protect the Estuary' s vital public trust resources through the Board' s decision on water quality standards for the Bay-Delta Estuary. 13 . Each city, county and concerned citizen in the Bay-Delta region has a unique opportunity to express support for improved protections for the magnificent resource that is the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary. 14 . The County of Contra Costa supports complete and adequate water quality standards that protect all beneficial uses of the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary. 15. The County of Contra Costa urges the State Water Resources Control Board to adopt water quality standards that assure the protection of the Estuary before increased diversion or exports are considered. 16 . Suitable copies of this resolution shall be transmitted to the State Water Resources Control Board and to appropriate state and federal legislators. I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an Wien taken and enter-ti on the minutes of the Board of Supervi.ors on the date shown. ATTESTED: _April 19, 1988 Mil.BATCHELOR,Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and County Administrator By Deputy DBO: jn 144:baydelta.res Orig. Dept: Community Development cc: Committee for Water Policy Consensus (via CDD) State Water Resources Control Board (via CDD) RESOLUTION NO. 88/219 f . THE HOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Adopted this Order on April 19 , 1988 by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors Powers , Fanden, McPeak, Torlakson, Schroder NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- SUBJECT: Resolution to Proclaim the Week of April 24 , 1988, as "San Francisco Estuary Awareness Week" RESOLUTION NO. 88j 218 The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors RESOLVES THAT: 1. The San Francisco Bay-Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta Estuary is a national treasure and a significant international resource and its environmental, economic and cultural impor- tance extends tar beyond its waters and the communities that line its shores. 2. The Congress has enacted, in the Water Quality Act of 1987 , the National Estuary Program which designates the San Fran- cisco Bay a priority estuary of national significance. 3 . _ The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the State of California have signed an agreement to convene a Management Conference and have designated the Estuary to be a part of the National Estuary Program. 4. The State Water Resources Control Board .and affected Region- al Boards are now engaged in a hearing process by which salinity controls, flow requirements and water quality standards will be adopted for the Bay and Delta. 5 . Local jurisdictions, scientists, environmentalists, business leaders, and other interested citizens : are: participants in the San Francisco Estuary Project. . 6. The Estuary -supplies drinking water to more than sixteen million Northern and Southern Californians and is home to six million people. / . The Estuary provides an essential habitat for unique plants, fish and wildlife, and its wetlands are crucial to the many hundreds of thousands of waterfowl and shorebirds that live in the area or migrate through it on the Pacitic Flyway. 8. Water from the Estuary is' made available for agricultural irrigation, municipal and industrial uses throughout much of the Central Valley and Southern California. 9. As one of the world' s greatest harbors, the Estuary' s ports and industries provide jobs, a tax base and an important link to world trade. 10. The Bay and the Delta provide swimming, water skiing, hunting, fishing clam digging, sailing, windsurfing and other recreational opportunities. RESOLUTION NO. 88%218 PAGE 2 11. Our use and abuse of its beauty together with the continued population growth and development in its watershed have taken a toll on the health of the Estuary. 12. This Board PROCLAIMS the week of April 24, 1988 , "San Francisco Bay and Delta Estuary Awareness Week" to reaffirm its commitment to protect this vital resource. I hereby certify that this Is a true and correct Copy of an.action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown. ATTESTED: April 19 , 1988 PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the Board Of Supervisor and County Administrator Z By Deputy DBO: jn 144 :aware.res Orig. Dept: Community Development cc: San Francisco Estuary Project (via CDD) Committee for Water Policy Consensus (via CDD) RESOLUTION NO. 88/ 218