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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05231989 - WC.3 WC3 a,, TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FROM: Water Committee Contra Supervisor Sunne McPeak Supervisor Tom Torlakson Costa DATE: May 23 , 1989 COU* SUBJECT: Port of Oakland Harbor Dredging, North Delta Water �• Management Program, Water Reclamation, Landscape Guidelines, Carquinez Dam Project SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(SI & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMPEENDATIONS 1. Authorize Chair to sign a letter to the Port of Oakland requesting a. meeting for collective review of supplemental data and test results for upland dredge disposal, as many days prior to draft supplemental EIR certification as is possible. 2. Authorize Chair to sign a letter to the Delta Advisory Planning Council regarding County position on the North Delta Water Management Program. 3 . Direct that the Community Development Department recommend use of reclaimed water for future landscaping the south side of the Benicia-Martinez Bridge as part of the CALTRANS planning process for the second span of the bridge. 4. Direct the Community Development Department to review the CWPC/ABAG water conservation landscape guidelines, recommend modifications to existing guidelines, and consider methods to improve application of regulations. 5. Direct the Community Development Department and Redevelopment Agency to report on how water conservation landscape regulations are being applied to the Pleasant Hill BART Redevelopment Area. 6. Request the Community Development Department to develop training sessions in conjunction with the Contra Costa Water District and East Bay Municipal Utility District for plan checking with regard to landscape guidelines. / . Authorize Chair to sign letter encouraging the Cities of Brentwood, Clayton, Concord and Pleasant Hill to adopt water conservation landscape guidelines. 8. Authorize Chair to sign letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission registering concern regarding the proposed Carquinez Dam project. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: X YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE THER --��� SIGNATURE(S): Supervisor Sunne Mc.Peak Supervisor Tom Torlakson ACTION OF BOARD ON MAY 2 3 1989 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS 1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE 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: Community Development (Orig. Dept - ) ATTESTED MAY 23 1989 PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR M382/7.-83 BY � ,DEPUTY KJ FINANCIAL IMPACT None. BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION 1 . The Water Committee has requested that a workshop be arranged by the Port of Oakland as a method to review recent results of tests, base data, monitoring plans and mitigation and contingency plans which were requested for proper evaluation of proposed upland disposal of dredge sediments. The Water Committee has further requested that the Port arrange this meeting as soon as possible to allow adequate time to examine and comment on this material prior to certification of the Supplemental Environmental Impact Report sometime between the 6th and 15th of June, 1989. Participants in this collective review would include Port staff, the Contra Costa Water Agency, Contra Costa Water District, Fish and Wildlife Committee, Senator Nejedly, and the Central valley Regional Water Quality Control Board. 2. In their letter of July 11, 1988, the Delta Advisory Planning Council (DAPC) requested the Board of Supervisors ' endorsement of the North Delta Water Management Plan. This plan would reduce flood potential and reduce reverse flows (with other resultant beneficial results) by increasing capacity of the Mokelumne River, improvements to levees, and installation of tide gates and cross channels. County staff has been watching this plan develop, and questions this and other programs planned for the South and West Delta areas. Therefore, the Water Committee recommends that a position at this time would be premature until after release and examination of the EIR%EIS on the project, and this should be communicated in a letter to DAPC. 3 . On March 14, 1989 the Board referred to the Water Committee the issue of possible use of reclaimed water for landscaping at the entrance to the Martinez-Benicia Bridge. The Water Committee endorses use of reclaimed water for beautification of the area at the entrance to the County at the south end of the Martinez-Benicia Bridge. The Water Committee would advise the Community Development Department to recommend this as part of the CALTRANS planning process for the second span of the bridge. 4. The Committee for Water Policy Consensus has developed a model set of water conservation landscaping regulations and is encouraging cities and counties to adopt guidelines. Contra Costa County has had landscaping guidelines since 1985. The Water Committee recommends that County landscape policy be updated to reflect the recent CWPC%ABAG water conservation landscape guidelines, and consider methods by which these guidelines could be implemented. The revised guidelines should be brought back to the Water Committee for recommendation to the Board. 5. The Water Committee wishes to ensure that water conservation landscaping is required for the Pleasant Hill BART Redevelopment Area, and requests that a report be submitted regarding landscaping plans for that area. The Water Committee would like to see this area used as an example of a successful water conserving landscape effort. 2. 6. Training sessions are recommended by the Water Committee as a method to ensure consistency in application of landscape regulations during the plan check process. All cities in the County except Brentwood, Clayton, Concord and Pleasant Hill have adopted some kind of water conservation landscaping regulations in response to a concerted effort by the Committee for Water Policy Consensus and water districts. 7. The Water Committee wishes to encourage the Cities of Brentwood, Clayton, Concord and Pleasant Hill to join the other cities of Contra Costa County in adoption of water conservation landscape guidelines. 8. The proposed Carquinez Dam Project, sponsored by Pacific Water and Power, Inc. , would consist of a 120-foot high. diversion dam across the Carquinez straits, and a 40 ,000-acre reservoir with a powerhouse and transmission line. objectives of the project would include the elimination of salt water intrusion into the Delta, and power generation. The Water Committee wishes to register major concerns with this proposal, including opposition to a barrier concept, the importance of flow action to the Bay-Delta estuary, destruction of existing marshlands, potential reservoir flood problems, and impact on fish and wildlife. jli5:wat2.brd 3 .