Contra Costa County has a population of over one million residents as of the 2010 US Census. It has nineteen cities and is one of the state's counties in the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Area. The county is the ninth most populous in California and the fastest-growing county in the Bay Area with a growth rate of 10.6% since the 2000 census. Notably, Contra Costa County is one of the five counties in California's Delta.  
  
The Delta provides goods and services that are important to Statewide and regional interests. Twenty-two million Californians are supplied drinking water from the fresh water Delta, so it is imperative that the Delta region is prepared to provide interoperability for the large coverage area it represents. Since the Delta's emergency communications infrastructure is operated by a combination of State and local agencies the placement and enhancement of infrastructure would improve communications during wide-spread flooding or other natural disasters. The ability to respond quickly to these events would support protection of the State's water supply, reduce risk to people and property, and help with future flood protection.  
  
These Grant funds will be used to develop and implement a Delta region specific lnteroperability Communications Plan that supports communication between emergency response agencies including, but not limited to, local maintaining agencies, cities, operational areas, state and federal agencies. This plan includes the purchase and installation of microwave link equipment at Contra Costa County's Oakley Site and Sacramento County's new Isleton Site to provide the digital connection link between Delta counties participating in this grant application (Sacramento, San Joaquin,  
and Contra Costa) to make up the southern Delta radio system.  
  
The proposed agreement would have an effective date as of the last date of the required signatures of the parties and shall remain in effect for three years from the date of execution and is between Contra Costa County and the State of California Department of Water Resources.  
  

If this agreement is not approved, the County will not receive funds to develop and implement a Delta region specific lnteroperability Communications Plan that supports communication between emergency response agencies including, but not limited to, local maintaining agencies, cities, operational areas, state and federal agencies.

Not Applicable