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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS _ County
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FROM: Dennis M. Barry, AICP C9D
Community Development Director
DATE: April 29, 2005
SUBJECT: REPORT ON FEDERAL FUNDING FOR SHIP CHANNEL MAINTENANCE AND
NAVIGATION PROJECTS
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION
APPROVE attached Resolution supporting federal funding for Ship Channel Maintenance
and Navigation Projects.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact to the County from the abovementioned action.
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VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
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Contact: Roberta Goulart (925) 335-1226) ATTESTED /�-
cc: Community Development Department (CDD) JOHN SWEETEN CLERK OF
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS
In February 2005, the County Board of Supervisors approved a Federal Legislative
Platform (for federal FY 2006),which included federal funding requests for several channel
maintenance and navigation projects.
Recently, Congressman Pombo requested that the navigation-related funding requests be
included in a Resolution-style format.
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THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
PASSED by the following vote of the Board of Supervisors on this 26 day of April 2005
AYES: Gioia,Piepho.,DeSaulnier,Glover and Uilkerna
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
RESOLUTION NO. 2005/246
Subject: Federal Funding for Ship Channel Maintenance and Navigation Projects
WHEREAS,sections of the San Francisco to Stockton Ship Channel are located in Contra
Costa County and vicinity;
WHEREAS, Contra Costa County acts as Local Sponsor in concert with the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers for maintenance of the Pinole Shoal and Suisun Bay Channel/New
York Slough Channel sections;
WHEREAS, Contra Costa County shares local sponsorship with the Port of Stockton on
theproposed San Francisco-Stockton (Baldwin and Stockton Channels) Deepening
Project;
WHEREAS, the San Francisco-Stockton Ship Channel serves as a major vessel traffic
arterial benefiting numerous industries within the County, industries in the larger area and
the Ports of Stockton and Sacramento;
WHEREAS,there are significant negative economic consequences to industry operational
efficiency when the channels are not dredged to authorized depths;
WHEREAS, the San Francisco-Stockton Ship Channel serves five major oil refineries in
this area;
WHEREAS, there are serious negative economic consequences to the nation when
inadequate channel depth restricts oil tanker access and consequently refining operations
on the west coast;
WHEREAS, keeping a channel at authorized depth has important safety considerations
such as decreased risk of vessel groundings and subsequent oil (or other product) spills-,
WHEREAS, dredged materials are reused when possible for the public benefit, in levee
rehabilitation and wetlands creation projects;
WHEREAS, Contra Costa County advocates for federal funding to keep these channels
maintained to authorized depths, requesting $5.132 million for Suisun Bay Channel
maintenance, $3.32 million for Pinole Shoal maintenance, $1.3 million for SF-Stockton
Deepening Project, and $1 million for Delta LTMS (Pinole Shoal CA Management) for
federal fiscal year 2006;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors
supports funding for continued annual channel maintenance, potential deepening and
consideration of beneficial reuse in the Delta.
RESOLUTION NO. 2005/246