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RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF BUTTE
RELATING TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES'
EARLY IMPLEMENTATION GRANT FUNDING PROGRAM - AS A FORMAL
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE CURRENT LEVEL OF FLOOD RISK
WITHIN THE COUNTY OF BUTTE
WHEREAS, in November 2006 the California voters approved the Safe Drinking Water,
Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006, and
the Disaster Freparedness and Flood Prevention Bond Act of 2006 (collectively "Proposition lE
and $4"); and
WHEREAS, the Federal Emergency Management Agency {FEMA) has determined that
portions of the Feather River west levee protecting portions of Sutter and Butte Counties no
longer provide 100-year flood protection; and
WHEREAS, the Sutter Butte Flood Control Agency (SBFCA}, of which the County of
Butte is a member, has developed a project of improvements that would rehabilitate the Feather
River west levee; and
WHEREAS, the State has included the Feather River West Levee Rehabilitation Project
in the State's 2010-11 as a Capital Outlay Expenditure Project; and
WHEREAS, as a condition of granting such support, the State has required that SBFCA
and each of its member agencies encompassing the project area adopt a resolution
acknowledging the present risk of flooding in the area and agreeing that any subsequent
resolution which proposes to revise the related risk of flooding for the project area requires the
written concurrence of the Department of Water Resources; and
WHEREAS, the County of Butte, as a member of SBFCA, desires to additionally
indicate its acknowledgment of tl~e deficiencies of the Feather River westside levees, and its
commitment to work with SBFCA in repair of said levees.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED the Board of Supervisors of the County of
Butte acknowledges that the existing levee system protecting the project area no longer provides
100-year flood protection; efforts are underway to improve this system; and that these efforts
could result in a re-evaluation of the level of flood protection provided to County of Butte. The
Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte agrees that a change in circumstances, or a re-
evaluation of risk, may change the acknowledged risk of flooding. In the event the County of
Butte proposes to adopt a new resolution stating that the risk of flooding for the project area,
such a change requires the written concurrence of the Department of Water Resources.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte
and their designee(s) are authorized to represent the County of Butte in dealings with the SBFCA
and Department of Water Resources in matters relating to the Feather River West Levee
Rehabilitation Program.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing RESOLUTION was duly introduced, passed
and adopted at a regular meeting to the Board of Supervisors, County of Butte, State of
California, held on the 24`x' day of May, 2011, by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Connelly, Wahl, Kirk, Yamaguchi, and Chair Zambert
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
NOT VOTING: None
Steve Lambe hair
Butte County ~ oard Of Supervisors
ATTEST:
Paul Hahn, Chief ministrative Off er
And Clerk of the oard of Supervis rs
By: