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POST OFFICE BOX 244
BETHEL ISLAND, CA. 9451 1
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May 25 , 1993
Chairman Tom Torlakson
Contra Costa County
Board of Supervisors
951 Pine Street
Martinez , CA 94553
RE: Stormwater Utility Area fees
Dear Chairman Torlakson and board members :
This is to advise you that the Bethel Island Municipal
Improvement District , which has always been responsible for the
island's drainage and flood control is now participating in a
Delta-wide effort to control and monitor water quality.
We are a member of the Central Delta Water Agency which is
comprised of 35 reclamation districts .
Since, like the other members of this organization we are an
island with all storm and drainage waters collected and conveyed
to a central point for discharge, it is a simple matter to moni-
tor our discharges and to identify any problem which might exist .
As an island we cannot possibly contribute to any problems
which might develop elsewhere in the county.
The property owners on Bethel Island, through their taxes ,
have already paid for monitoring and compliance with State and
Federal standards . As the District has the responsibility for
local drainage and discharges and pays a per-acre fee to the
State Water Resources Control Board for Bay protection and toxic
cleanup, itis inappropriate to impose another bureaucracy
(Stormwater Utility Area) on Bethel Island parcel owners for
duplicative service. .
Therefore, we request that Bethel Island be eliminated from
the SUA. If fees are collected from parcel owners on Bethel
Island, the fees should go to the agency currently managing the
island's drainage system -- the Bethel Island Municipal Improve-
ment District .
Very truly yours ,
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Howard Holmes
President , Board of Directors
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