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THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Adopted this Order on March 20, 2001 by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Gioia, Gerber, DeSaulnier, Glover and Uilkema
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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SUBJECT: Recognize the Wildcat and San Pablo Creeks Watershed Council.
WHEREAS, the Wildcat-San Pablo Creeks Design Team was established by the Board of
Supervisors of Contra Costa County in 1985 to resolve controversies concerning flood damage
reduction improvements to Wildcat and San Pablo Creeks, and
WHEREAS, the Wildcat-San Pablo Creeks Design Team has provided a statewide model for
cooperative watershed problem solving by pioneering the concept of consensus planning and
collaboration among agencies and citizen groups to solve technical, management, monitoring and
fiinding issues for the watershed, and
WHEREAS, the Wildcat-San Pablo Creeks Design Team contains all the components of a
broadly construed watershed council by including among its members officials of federal, state,
county and city agencies, and officials of special districts and school districts, and property owners,
residents, businesses and industrial representatives, social, youth, environmental, community interest
and welfare citizen's organizations, and
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an
action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of
Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: March 20, 2001
JOHN SWEETEN, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and
County Admi.nistrator
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RESOLUTION NO. 2001/116
SUBJECT: Recognize the Wildcat and San Pablo Creeks Watershed Council.
DATE: March 20, 2001
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WHEREAS, the Wildcat-San Pablo Creeks Design Team has remained active and
productive since its inception fourteen years ago and in the absence of other coordinating entities,
has historically addressed the concerns of the whole Wildcat Creek and San Pablo Creek watersheds,
and
WHEREAS, the Wildcat-San Pablo Creeks Design Team has addressed watershed concerns of
flood damage reduction, water quality, trail development and management, environmental
education, erosion and sedimentation concerns, wetland restoration and protection, and pollution
and toxic waste clean-up, and
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County
APPROVES renaming the Wildcat-San Pablo Creeks Design Team, the Wildcat-San Pablo Creeks
Watershed Council and RECOGNIZES the Council as the coordinating body for any agency,
district, property owner, resident, business, industry or citizen's organization to develop watershed
plans, design and implement watershed related plans and projects, raise funds for such plans and
projects and resolve a broad array of watershed issues. These issues shall include but not necessarily
be exclusive to: flood damage reduction, erosion control, watershed and stream channel
revegetation, stormwater management, reduction of polluted runoff, fisheries restoration, public
parks, recreation, trails, water pollution, toxics clean-up and environmental and public education.
This coordinating body, so named the Wildcat-San Pablo Creek Watershed Council, shall make
recommendations to Contra Costa County, cities, districts, councils, or organizations, as appropriate,
for the development, funding and/or implementation of said plans and or projects, coordination and
educational activities. Nothing in this resolution supercedes the responsibilities, powers,jurisdiction
or autonomy of the County, cities, local agencies, districts, citizen groups, state or federal agencies
which participate in this coordinating and recommending council or otherwise have authority in the
watershed, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Community Development Department and the
County Public Works Department, which co-chair and provide staff assistance to the Wildcat-San
Pablo Creeks Design Team, will continue in these capacities for the Wildcat-San Pablo Creeks
Watershed Council, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the newly formed Wildcat-San Pablo Creeks Watershed
Council make an effort to expand its membership to include unrepresented upper watershed interests
which currently may not be involved in the Design Team.
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