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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS County
FROM: DENNIS M. BARRY, AICP
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
DATE: June 8, 2004
SUBJECT: Report c n Contra Costa County Watershed Atlas
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND,AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION
1) ACCEPT report on two awards received by the Contra Costa County Community
Development Department and Contra Costa Watershed Forum for the Contra Costa
County Watershed Atlas:
a. National Association of Environmental Professionals' National Environmental
Excellence Award for Education;
b, Northern Section of the California Chapter of the American Planning
Association's Outstanding Planning Award for Comprehensive Planning, Large
Jurisdiction.
2) ACCEPT copy of the Contra Costa County Watershed Atlas on Compact Disk, an
electronic presentation of the haat copy Atlas presented to the Board in December
2003.
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Contact: Abigail Fateman (925-335-1272) ATTESTED
cc: Community Development Department (CDD) JOHN SWEETEN,CL RK OF
County Administrator THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS
The Contra Costa County Watershed Atlas (Atlas) is a large format, full color, 150-page
book of maps, statistics and text about the 28 major watersheds in the County. Though
focused on the state of natural ecosystems on the watershed scale, the Atlas also provides
information about the human community and the county as an eco-region. The Atlas was
presented to the Board of Supervisors on December 9, 2003.
The Atlas was prepared by the Community Development Department in cooperation with
the Public Works Department and other members of the Contra Costa Watershed Forum.
Additional background on the Contra Costa Watershed Forum and the collaborative process
used to create the Atlas was provided in that report.
The Contra Costa County Community Development Department and the Contra Costa
Watershed Forum Watershed recently received two awards for the Contra Costa County
Watershed Atlas.
1. The National Association of Environmental Professionals honored the Community
Development Department and the Contra Costa Watershed Forum with a National
Environmental Excellence Award for Education Excellence.
2. The Northern Section of the California Chapter of the American Planning Association
honored the Community Development Department and the Contra Costa Watershed
Forum with an Outstanding Planning Award for Comprehensive Planning, Large
Jurisdiction. The Atlas now qualifies for the statewide pool of APA awards.
Community Development Staff have created an electronic version of the Atlas that is
available on compact disk (CD). The CD and printed Atlas can be purchased from the
Community Development department. A copy of the CD has been provided to each
Supervisor.
Attachments:
• Contra Costa County Watershed Atlas (Compact Disk)