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To:	Contra Costa County Flood Control District Board of Supervisors
From:	Julia R. Bueren, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Date:	November 15, 2011

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Execute grant documents to secure grant funding with the California Department of Water Resources, North Richmond Area. Project No. 7505-6F8740

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 11/15/2011

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District II Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

ABSENT:

Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor

Contact:	Carl Roner (925) 313-2213
cc:	R. M. Avalon, Deputy Chief Engineer M. Carlson, Flood Control P. Detjens, Flood Control C. Roner, Flood Control C. Windham, Flood Control

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: November 15, 2011
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Chief Engineer, Flood Control and Water Conservation District, or designee, to execute all grant documents necessary to secure grant funding with the California Department of Water Resources, in an amount not to exceed $5,000,000, from State matching funds for Fiscal Year 2011/2012, for the remediation and repair of Wildcat and San Pablo Creek Levees, North Richmond Area. (90% California Department of Water Resources Local Levee Critical Repair Program Grant and 10% Flood Control Zone 7 funding)

FISCAL IMPACT:

Because North Richmond is designated a Severely Disadvantaged Community by the Department of Water Resources, the Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District (FC District) will only be required to provide 10% matching funding for the project. As grant awards are limited to $5,000,000, the FC District’s contribution (FC Zone 7) will not exceed $500,000. FC Zone 7 also will fund the staff cost to actually prepare the grant application, estimated to be approximately $15,000.

BACKGROUND:

The purpose of the proposed project is the remediation and repair of the levees along Wildcat and San Pablo Creeks in the North Richmond Area. These remediation and repair activities will allow the certification of the levees by a Professional Engineer. Certifications will be submitted to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to show that the levees meet the requirements of Section 65.10 of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) regulations. This grant, if received, will pay the majority of the costs associated with the remediation and repair of the levees required for the certification.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If repairs are not made and certifications are not provided to FEMA for the levees along Wildcat and San Pablo Creeks, the levees will lose their FEMA certification, the landward side of the levees will be declared floodprone, and property owners will be forced to purchase flood insurance.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

Not applicable.