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C. 94

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Supervisor Piepho
Date:	December 13, 2011

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Adoption of Joint Resolution from the Delta Counties Coalition and Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 12/13/2011

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

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

Contact:

John Greitzer, 335-1201

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: December 13, 2011
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

ADOPT the Joint Resolution written and endorsed by the Delta Counties Coalition and the California Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley, as requested by the Delta Counties Coalition and recommended by Supervisor Piepho.

FISCAL IMPACT:

No fiscal impact.

BACKGROUND:

The Delta Counties Coalition is a five-county voluntary partnership including Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Solano, Sacramento and Yolo Counties. The California Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley is an eight-county voluntary partnership in the Central Valley, including Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Tulare Counties and their 62 cities.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

The two groups have spent the past two years developing a joint resolution that serves as a policy statement on needs and interests in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Final agreement was reached on the joint resolution in the fall of 2011. Both the Delta Counties Coalition and the California Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley have endorsed the joint resolution and have asked their member counties' Boards of Supervisors to adopt it as well.

The joint resolution is consistent with Contra Costa County's adopted Delta Water Platform. County staff and Supervisor Piepho participated directly in crafting the resolution.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

The joint resolution will not have full support of all five Delta Counties Coalition member counties.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

No impact.