To: Board of Supervisors
From: Warren Lai, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Report Title: APPROVE the FCZ 3B Grayson Creek Bank Erosion Repair Project
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE the FCZ 3B Grayson Creek Bank Erosion Repair Project (Project) and AUTHORIZE the Chief Engineer, or designee, to advertise the Project, Pleasant Hill area. [County Project No. 0672-6B9M08, DCD-CP#25-13] (District IV).
DETERMINE that this activity is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines 15301(d).
DIRECT the Director of Department of Conservation and Development (DCD), or designee, to cause a CEQA Notice of Exemption (NOE) to be filed with the County Clerk and State Clearinghouse, and
AUTHORIZE the Chief Engineer, or designee, to arrange for payment of a $50 fee to the County Clerk for filing the NOE.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Estimated Project cost: $706,300 (100% Flood Control Zone 3B Funds).
BACKGROUND:
The purpose of this project is to restore a gravel maintenance road and creek channel along the west bank of Grayson Creek between Golf Club Road and Viking Drive in the Pleasant Hill area that were damaged during the 2023 winter storm events. The repair will consist of removing the eroded bank material, backfilling with rock slope protection and engineered fill, and reconstructing the gravel maintenance road.
The project is exempt from CEQA because it consists of repairing damaged portions of an existing flood control facility to meet current standards of public health and safety involving no expansion of existing use pursuant to Section 15301 of the CEQA Guidelines.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Delay in approving the project may result in a delay of design, construction, and may jeopardize funding. Erosion will worsen at the project site which might damage nearby properties.