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FROM: Harvey E. Bragdon, Cwtra
Director of Community Development vv���� �1`
Costa
DATE: April 21 , 1988 C^' �y}�'
SUBJECT: John F. Baldwin Ship Channel - West Richmond Channel �"`�/
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Authorize the Chair to send a letter to the Corps of Engineers
supporting the dredging of the West Richmond channel from
Southhampton shoal northerly to about 1 ,000 feet north of the
Richmond-San Rafael bridge and stating that any salt water
intrusion from the ship channel must be fully mitigated.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Contra Costa County, by Resolution 2156 (August 6, 1963 ) , agreed
to give general assurances as the local sponsor for the John F.
Baldwin and Stockton ship channels. Subsequently the Stockton
ship channel (Point Edith, east of Avon, to Stockton) sponsorship
has been assumed by the Port of Stockton. John F. Baldwin ship
channel, which begins outside the Golden Gate and extends to
Point Edith, remains a Contra Costa County sponsored project.
In recent years, Contra Costa County has continued to express
support for the John F. Baldwin ship channel project, and at the
same time has indicated that any financial obligations and assur-
ances that may come to the County as sponsor would, by necessity,
be passed on to the benefiting shipping companies and agencies.
REASONS FOR THE RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND
The letter that the County is to submit is merely to reaffirm the
County' s long-term interests concerning the channel. The San
Francisco Corps of Engineers ) office has submitted their project
report to the Corps of Engineer Division and is awaiting Division
approval for the release of the project report to the County and
others. We have been informed that the project as proposed pro-
vides for a channel that will be 38 feet deep, plus a 3-foot
overdredge for maintenance purposes. The channel work will be
commenced at deep water in the vicinity of Southhampton shoal and
proceed northerly under the Richmond-San Rafael bridge to a point
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE'
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR REC MENV
ION O BO D COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON -MAY 3 1988 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED )4� OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT y 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:
MAY 3 1999
orig. Dept. Community Devel. ATTESTED -
PHIL BATCHELOR. CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY
M382/7-83 ,DEPUTY
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about 1, 000 feet north of the bridge. The estimated cost of this
minor project is less than $400,000. The Corps proposes to
include this work with the annual contract that the Corps exe-
cutes for channel maintenance and miscellaneous work in the Bay.
The project will involve approximately 30 , 000 cubic yards of
dredge material that will be disposed of either at the Corps '
disposal area south of Alcatraz Island or further out to sea.
The Corps of Engineers has an approved project for the entire
John F. Baldwin ship channel. The Corps has been studying the
shipping situation from the Southhampton shoals to Point Edith.
Accordingly the Corps of Engineers staff has meeting with local
representatives from the County and the shipping. and industrial
firms along our waterfront.
The project is the first that has resulted from the on-going
study that the Corps has been conducting, dealing with the ship-
ping demands north of the Richmond-San Rafael bridge. This minor
project does not require the County of Contra Costa to execute a
cooperative agreement with the United States of America, because
there are no local cost or participation anticipated. As studies
continue and future segments of the project are readied for exe-
cution if local costs are involved, the County will be called
upon to execute a cooperative agreement and to provide the local
financing., In the recent meetings with local shipping companies,
the staff has indicated that any future demands of the County for
financial participation will have to be met by shipping firms
e.g. , Shell, Exxon, Tosco, etc.
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