RECOMMENDATION(S): (CONT'D)
DIRECT the Director of the Department of Conservation and Development (DCD) to file a Notice of Exemption with the County Clerk, and
AUTHORIZE the Interim Public Works Director, or designee, to arrange for payment of the $50 fee to the County Clerk for filing the Notice of Exemption, and a $25 fee to DCD for processing the Notice of Exemption.
APPROVE the Notice of Intention to Sell Property, identified as Department of Water Resources (DWR) Parcel No. CF-07-04, consisting of approximately 26.76 acres of Marsh Creek, in relation to the Dutch Slough Tidal Marsh Restoration Project in Oakley, California, for the sum of $59,500, pursuant to Government Code Section 25365 and FCD Act, Section 31 (Project No. WL72RP FS11-00120)
DECLARE that this Board will meet on January 9, 2018, at 9:30 a.m. or thereafter, in the Board’s Chambers, County Administration Building, 651 Pine Street, Martinez, California, to consummate the conveyance.
DIRECT the Real Estate Division of the Public Works Department to publish the NOI in the East Bay Times pursuant to Government Code Section 6061
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% funded by Reclamation District 2137.
BACKGROUND:
On February 14, 1968, the District acquired the real property identified as the Marsh Creek Channel in Oakley, California, described in Exhibit “A” attached hereto, for flood control purposes. Currently, the State of California, through the Department of Water Resources is implementing the Dutch Slough Tidal Marsh Restoration Project (Project), which entails wetland and upland restoration and public access to the 1,178 acre Dutch Slough property owned by DWR. The Project seeks to restore habitat for native fishes and other aquatic and wetland species. (SCH#2006042009)
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
DWR will not have sufficient land rights to construct the Project.