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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra
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SUPERVISOR TOM TORLAKSON, CHAIR Costa�' ,i4, :_
SUPERVISOR SUNNE WRIGHT MCPEAK °` "•=�°
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DATE: APRIL 23 , 1991
SUBJECT: SUPPORT OF CONTRA COSTA WATER DISTRICT EFFORTS FOR ADDITIONAL WATER
SUPPLIES, FISH AND WILDLIFE COMMITTEE REFERRAL-McAVOY MITIGATION
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Support and Endorse Contra Costa Water District efforts to
obtain additional water supplies via letters to Congressman
George Miller and Dennis Underwood, Commissioner, Bureau of
Reclamation.
2. Refer to the Fish and Wildlife Committee a request from the
San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission
(BCDC) for recommended sites for mitigation of the proposed
McAvoy Harbor expansion project.
BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS
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1. The Contra Costa Water District has applied for an additional
water allocation of approximately 10, 000 acre feet from the
Bureau of Reclamation. The Bureau is accepting applications
for additional allocations under a hardship provision, but is
anticipating use of March 1991 precipitation as carryover
storage. If approved, the additional allocation would
measurably reducecurrent rationing . requirements for CCWD
customers.
2 . BCDC has requested input from the Fish and Wildlife Committee
as to appropriate sites for mitigation of wetland filling
operations as part of the McAvoy Harbor expansion project.
With Board approval, the Fish and Wildlife Committee will meet
next week and discuss sites for wetlands enhancement, which
would then be forwarded to BCDC staff. The Farrell property
is one site under consideration, as it is adjacent to the
McAvoy Harbor area.
BCDC will consider approval of the McAvoy project (with
appropriate mitigation) during their meeting of May 15, 1991.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S) :
Supervisor,. Tom Torlakson, Chair supervisor Sunne Wright McPeak
ACTION OF BOARD ON April 23. 1991 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED x OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A
x UNANIMOUS (ABSENT I TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN
AYES: NOES: ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON THE
ABSENT: ' ABSTAIN: MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Orig: Community Development Department ATTESTED
cc: Congressman George Miller (via CDD) PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF
Bureau of Reclamation (via CDD) THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Fish & Wildlife Committee (via CDD) AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR .
SF Bay Conservation & Dev. Comm. (via CDD)
County Administrator BY , DEPUTY
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