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FROM: HARVEY E. BRAGDON —� l
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT- Costa
V County
DATE: March 11, 1997
SUBJECT: REPORT ON RELEASE OF PREVIOUSLY APPROVED FY 1996/97
KELLER CANYON MITIGATION FUNDS FOR DELTA SCIENCE CENTER
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS
DIRECT the Auditor-Controller to release Fiscal Year 1996/97 funds of $65,000 from the Keller Canyon
Open Space Mitigation Fund for the Delta Science Center. This program was authorized by the Board of
Supervisors as part of a two-year program on December 19, 1995.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no effect on the General Fund. The above allocations will utilize some of the previously allocated
funding from the Keller Canyon Open Space Mitigation fund.
REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION
The Board of Supervisors has supported the concept of a Delta Science Center for several years:
Envisioned as a world class educational interpretive science center in the Big Break area in east county,
the Center will focus on learning and appreciation for the environment, wetlands and water quality. The
proposed Center is supported by a number of agencies, and now has a non-profit Board of Directors guiding
Center development and fund-raising activities.
Funding for the Center is currently being handled by the East Bay Regional Park District's Alameda-Contra
Costa Regional Parks Foundation, c/o Delta Science Center, attention Rosemary Cameron, 2950 Peralta
Oaks Court, Oakland, CA 94605.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: _YES SIGNATURE-
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BO R OMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON March 11, 1997 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AND
AYES: NOES: CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AND
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Contact: Roberta Goulart (510) 335-1226 ATTESTED March 11, 1997
cc: Community Development Department PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE
County Administrator BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND
Auditor-Controller CO. NTY ADMINISTRATOR
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