To: Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District
From: Warren Lai, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Report Title: Creek and Channel Safety Awareness Month and its Associated Program, Countywide.
Recommendation: Recommendation of the County Administrator
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RECOMMENDATIONS:
ADOPT Resolution declaring October 2026 as Creek and Channel Safety Awareness Month; and
ACCEPT the following status report from the Public Works Department and the Contra Costa County (County) Flood Control and Water Conservation District (FCD) on the Creek and Channel Safety Awareness Program (CCSAP); and
DIRECT the Public Works Department and the FCD to continue with implementation and the annual campaign of a Countywide sustainable CCSAP, including a follow-up report to this Board in one year.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Annual notices, outreach, and maintenance of safety features for this year is estimated to cost $50,000 and will be funded by Flood Control Zone 3B. Project No. 7520-6B8311
BACKGROUND:
On March 1, 2011, the Board of Supervisors directed the FCD to develop a sustainable and impactful outreach program to promote creek and channel safety throughout the County, after the drowning of two high school students in the Walnut Creek channel. In response, the FCD formed a CCSAP team that developed a strategy to achieve this goal.
On October 4, 2011, the Board declared October 2011 as the first Creek and Channel Safety Awareness Month, accepted the status report from the FCD on the CCSAP, approved the implementation plan, and directed the FCD to continue with implementation and initiation of an annual campaign of a sustainable CCSAP, including a follow-up report to the Board in one year.
Every year since then, the Board of Supervisors has received and accepted a status report on the Annual CCSAP and declared October as Creek and Channel Safety Awareness Month.
The FCD refreshes warning stencils and signs in our facilities, and ensures gates and fences are secured a...
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