To: Board of Supervisors
From: John Kopchik, Director, Conservation and Development
Report Title: Funding Agreement to Disburse Navy Mitigation Funds to Complete Final Design and Environmental Permitting for the Great California Delta Trail Gap Closure project in Martinez
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Public Works Director, or designee, to execute a funding agreement between the East Bay Regional Park District and Contra Costa County to disburse $201,580 in Navy Mitigation Funds to complete final design and environmental permitting for the Great California Delta Trail Gap Closure Project in Martinez.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No impact to the General Fund. (100% Navy Mitigation Fund)
BACKGROUND:
In the early 1990s, the United States Navy closed vehicular, pedestrian, and bicycle access on the Port Chicago Highway through the Concord Naval Weapons Station. To mitigate this closure, the Navy paid the County $5 million for transportation improvements in the Port Chicago, Clyde, and Bay Point areas. As of 2008, $4 million had not been spent. With accumulated interest, the fund had grown to $8.6 million. To make use of these funds, in June 2008, the Board of Supervisors adopted the Navy Mitigation Fund Expenditure Plan, which was amended in 2010 (Expenditure Plan - Exhibit A). The current balance of the fund (as of January 2024) is $5,042,311.
The Expenditure Plan identified a number of transportation improvement activities and projects, along with the amount to be allocated to each activity/project. One of these activities is "planning and environmental impact review for the Great California Delta Trail". This activity is defined as follows in the Expenditure Plan:
7) Planning and environmental impact review for Great California Delta Trail
Project involves planning and environmental review for the portions of the Great California Delta Trail within Contra Costa County (the ov...
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