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IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Opposing )
Proposed Legislation AB 1710 , ) RESOLUTION NO. 87/306
Relating to Export of Delta )
Water )
WHEREAS water is California' s most precious and sought-
after natural resource; and
WHEREAS California' s water resources must be managed in
an environmentally safe and economically sound manner in which some
regions of the State are not unfairly benefited to the detriment of
other regions; and
WHEREAS AB 1710 (Costa) addresses, in part, some of the
negative impacts of the current water transport system but,
nevertheless, is intended to increase the supply of Delta water
exported south without providing adequate protections for the San
Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta estuary; and
WHEREAS Contra Costa County believes there should be no
increase in the current annual level of export out of the Delta
until the following protections and safeguards have been enacted
and are in place:
1. Statutory protection for the San Francisco Bay-Delta
estuary;
2. Issuance of new water quality standards for the Bay
and Delta by the State Water Resources Control Board;
3. Initiation of an adequate, comprehensive program to
reconstruct and maintain Delta levees;
4. Negotiation of contractual obligations for the
restoration of the fisheries; and
5. Implementation of water banking.
NOW THEREFORE IT IS RESOLVED that the Contra Costa
County Board of Supervisors URGES Speaker of the Assembly Willie
Brown, Jr. and Assemblyman John Vasconcellos, Chairman of the
Assembly Committee on Ways & Means, to withhold action on AB 1710
as passed by the Assembly Committee on Water, Parks & Wildlife on
May 6, 1987.
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that the Contra Costa County
Board of Supervisors URGES the leadership and members of the
California Legislature to support a continuation of the consensus
process to resolve California' s water problems.
PASSED on May 19, 1987 by unanimous vote of the
Board members present.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and
correct copy of an order entered on the minutes of said Board of
Supervisors on the date aforesaid.
Witness my hand and the Seal of the
Board of Supervisors affixed this
19th day of May , 1987
PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors and County Administrator
By: d&.4 Deputy Clerk
RESOLUTION NO. 87/306