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�'Oss BOARD OF SUPERVISORS,AS THE GOVERNING BOARD OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY
FLOOD CONTROL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT
FROM: MAURICE M. SHIUCHIEF ENGINEER
DATE: March 26, 2002
SUBJECT: AUTHORIZE THE PREPARATION OF A WARRANT FROM THE CONTRA COSTA
COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT TO THE
COUNTY OF MARIN IN THE AMOUNT OF$25,000.
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(s)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. Recommended Action:'
AUTHORIZE the Auditor to prepare a warrant"in the amount of$25,000 to the County of Marin for the
District's share of the regional programmatic biological assessment required for the issuance of Regional':
General Permit(RGP).'for Flood Control maintenance activities.
II. Financial Impact:
The cost to the District is $25,000;
Continued on Attachment:X SIGNATURE:
A,-RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
i.-APPROVE OTHER
IGN TURES :
ACTION OF BO ON March 26 s 2.002' APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED SSC OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
xx UNANIMOUS(ABSENT IV
AYES: NOES:
ABSENT: ABSTAIN:
hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy
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Orig.Div: Public Works(Flood Control)
Contact:. (Dew Eckerson)
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cc: CAO the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.. .....
County Counsel
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Don Freitas,CCCCWP
Tom Dalziel,CCCCWP
ATTESTED: March 26 2002'
JOHN SWEETEN, Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors and County Administrator
BY -- , Deputy
SUBJECT: AUTHORIZETHE PREPARATION OF A WARRANT FROM THE CONTRA COSTA
COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL AND WATER. CONSERVATION DISTRICT TO THE
COUNTY OF'MARIN IN THE AMOUNT OF$25,000.
DATE: March 26, 2002
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11I. Reasons for Recommendations and Backuround:
In 1993,the Board approved the Memorandum of Understanding for the Bay Area Stormwater Management
Agencies Association(BASMAA)to establish an organization of the nine Bay counties,at the staff level,to
share resources and information and to cooperate in other ways involving their common interests as
managers of storwater draining into San Francisco Bay. The District and the County Clean Water Program
have been active participants in BASMAA since its inception. The Operational Permits Committee of
BASMAA completed the preparation of a manual of Best Management Practices. This guide is used by our
maintenance forces in their daily work to minimize pollutants entering the waterways'as a result of their
activities.
Currently, the Operation Permits Committee is coordinating the development of a RGP from the San
Francisco Regional Water Quality Control Board and the U. S.Army Corps ofEngineers for Flood Control
maintenance activities''that have minimal environmental impacts.
In order to obtain the necessary regulatory agency approvals for the RGP, the National Marine Fisheries
Service, and the Fish and Wildlife Service require a biological assessment to be performed. A consultant
will be hired to complete a.,regional programmatic biological assessment and identify the maintenance
activities to be included in the permit. The Marin County Department of Public Works is managing this
activity for BASMAA and will oversee the consultant contract. The biological assessment will evaluate five
separate Bay Area jurisdictions including Alameda County,Contra Costa County,Sonoma County,City of
Vallejo, and the County of Marin. The total cost estimate for completing the biological assessment is
approximately$100,000 and $25,000 is the District's contribution.
IV. Consequences of Negative Action
The project may not proceed, and the District would not benefit from a RGP for completing many of our
low-impact Flood Control maintenance activities.