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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 06071988 - FC.3 FC# 3 T� BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FROM: Finance Committee Cwtra Costa DATE*. May 23 , 1988 SUBJECT: Baldwin Ship Channel ' „r SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS 1. Request the Community Development Department and. County Counsel to study various suitable governmental mechanisms to provide financing for future segments of the Ship Channel Project which would allow the private sector beneficiaries to fund the local share of channel costs. 2. Request the Community Development Department to develop a map showing various segments of the Ship Channel Project. 3 . Request staff to report back on these matters to the Finance Committee in January of 1989 . FINANCIAL IMPACT Staff costs for providing this information is minimal. Funding for the ship channel project will be from the private sector beneficiaries of the channel project. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa and Solano Counties received a letter from Paul Hughey, Executive Director of COLAB, dated April 11, 1988 , on the status of the John Baldwin Ship Channel project. This report was referred to the Finance Com- mittee. In the past, Contra Costa County has agreed to give 'general assurances, acting as a local agency sponsor, for the John Baldwin and Stockton Ship Channels. In acting as a local spon- sor, the County has indicated that any financial obligations and assurances that may come to the County as a sponsor would be passed on to the benefiting private sector interests. Part of the ship Channel has already been constructed. Additional seg- ments are anticipated in the near future. CONTINUEDX ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE R 9T _7 SIGNATURE(S): -Supervisor Powers 7Supervis Fanden ACTION OF BOARD ON June 7. 1988 APPROVED AS RE MMENDED X OTHER X Also, REFERRED matter to the Fish and Wildlife Study Committee. VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT i 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 Develop. ATTESTED ATT County Administrator County Counsel PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF Paul Hughey, COLAB (via CDD) SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR Dave Okita, CDD BY M382/7-83 ,DEPUTY t 1. The project costs are shared between the federal government and local sponsors. With revised cost sharing policies on the part of federal government, the local share will be substantial for the ;Larger segments of the ship channel. It is necessary to examine various suitable governmental mechanisms, such as as- sessment districts or other special districts, to fund the local share for these projects. It is appropriate at this time that staff start to research various options. We have requested the Community Development Department to report back in January of 1989 to the Finance Committee on this matter. DBO: jn 147:baldwin.brd