HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05231989 - S.2 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Adopted this Order on May 23 , 1989 , by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Powers, Fanden, McPeak, Torlakson
NOES: None
ABSENT: Supervisor Schroder
ABSTAIN: None
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SUBJECT: Wetlands Identification Task Force
Supervisor Nancy Fanden commented on the need to iden-
tify property in the County that could be developed into new
wetlands to satisfy the Regional Water Quality Control Board' s
requirements relative to the proposed 24 acre Acme Fill expansion.
She recommended that the site of the Yuba City bus accident be one
of the sites considered.
Supervisor Sunne McPeak commented on the need to have a
plan for new or restored wetlands to present to the Regional Water
Quality Control Board at the meeting in July. She noted that the
Save the Bay Association, the Audubon Society and the Sierra Club
would be receptive to a workable mitigation program, and recom-
mended that a Task Force be established to develop such a program.
Board members being in agreement, IT IS ORDERED that the
following actions are APPROVED:
1. DIRECTED Public Works Director and Community Development
Director to identify property that can be developed into
new wetlands to be used as mitigation for the 24 acre
Acme Fill expansion;
2. DIRECTED that the site of the Yuba City bus accident be
one of the sites for consideration, to be restored to a
healthy wetland area as a memorial to the children who
lost their lives; and
3. DIRECTED that the County Administrator, Public Works
Director and Community Development Director develop a
Task Force to work with the environmental organizations,
the County Fish and Wildlife Study Committee and the
Regional Water Quality Control Board on the identifica-
tion and development of new wetlands.
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of
cc: Public Works Director an action taken Pnd entered on the minutes of the
Community Development Director Board of Supervisor on the date shown.
County Administrator ATTESTED: /!F 92
PHIL BATCH OR,clerk of the Board
of Supervisors and County Administrator
By
.[Qa-4,, YWWWAI�� .Deputy