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Attachments: Lake Oroville Water Project December 2018.pdf; OES Request for Permanent Work
Camp Fire.pdf
Correspondence.
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Subject: Request to Governor for DWR Settlement and FEMA Request for approval of Permanent Work
Good Morning Board Members:
As requested,the attached letter to Governor Brown is going out this morning.We have requested the Governor's
assistance in compelling DWR to reach an equitable settlement for the Lake Oroville Water Project.
A second letter is attached asking CaIOES to request that FEMA approve "Permanent Work" in the Camp Fire disaster
declaration. Permanent Work would provide assistance to repair buildings, infrastructure and equipment damaged or
destroyed by the fires.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Kevin
KEVIN TAGGART
PRINCIPAL MANAGEMENT ANALYST
ButteCounty
Butte County Administration
25 County Center Drive, Suite 200, Oroville, CA 95965
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December 7, 2018
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The Honorable Jerry Brown
Governor, State of California
State Capitol, Suite 1173
Sacramento, CA 95814
RE: Lake Oroville Water Project Settlement
Dear Governor Brown:
On behalf of the Butte County Board of Supervisors and the residents of Butte County, I
am writing to respectfully request your assistance in reaching an equitable settlement
between the Department of Water Resources (DWR) and the County of Butte.
Since its completion 50 years ago, the Lake Oroville Water Project has provided billions
of dollars in low-cost power and water benefits for Southern California while paying no
local taxes for land removed from the Butte County tax rolls. The County also provides
government services at a cost of more than $9.5 million per year to serve this highly
successful hydro project run by DWR, yet receives no compensation for this provision of
law enforcement, fire protection, roads, traffic control, and other services. The February
2017 Lake Oroville Spillway Emergency, which required the evacuation of nearly 200,000
downstream residents, cost the County millions in emergency response and damage to
locally maintained roadways.
Development and operation of the Project has cost Butte County hundreds of millions of
dollars in tax revenue and has kept the County on the brink of insolvency for years. Now,
after years of reducing services to residents in order to continue subsidizing the Project,
Butte County residents are faced with a lengthy recovery from the 2018 Camp Fire
disaster, the most destructive wildfire in the history of the State. The Camp Fire destroyed
most of the Town of Paradise as well as many neighboring unincorporated communities.
Lost revenues as a result of this devastating fire could result in further service reductions
across the County that our residents can ill afford.
The Butte County Board of Supervisors urgently requests your assistance in reaching an
equitable settlement with DWR to provide adequate compensation for hosting the project
and reimbursement for the services provided. Your assistance in relieving the financial
burden imposed on the residents of Butte County by the Lake Oroville Water Project
would be sincerely appreciated. It is unfair to require one of the State's poorest counties
and its residents to continue subsidizing this highly successful and profitable water
project, particularly in light of the ever-increasing demand for services by a community
that has faced more than its fair share of disasters in the last few years.
Respectfully,
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Steve Lambert, Chair
Butte County Board of Supervisors
cc: Members, Board of Supervisors
The Honorable Jim Nielsen, Member California State Senate
The Honorable James Gallagher, Member California State Assembly
The Honorable Brian Dahle, Member California State Assembly
Paul Yoder, Shaw, Yoder, Antwih, Inc.
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December 7, 2018
Mr. Mark Ghilarducci
Director, Office of Emergency Services
3650 Schriever Avenue
Mather, California 95655-4203
RE: FEMA 4407-DR-CA 2018 Camp Fire
Categories C-G Permanent Work
Dear Mr. Ghilarducci:
On behalf of the Butte County Board of Supervisors and the residents of Butte County, I am writing to
request your assistance with regard to the Major Disaster Declaration for the 2018 Camp Fire in Butte
County (FEMA 4407-DR-CA). To date, the federally declared disaster has not included Permanent Work
(aka Categories C-G)to repair and replace public infrastructure damaged or destroyed by this event. Please
request this assistance from FEMA on behalf of Butte County and the Town of Paradise as the additional
funding will be crucial in the recovery effort here.We appreciate your efforts to date in assisting the agencies
affected by this event and the inclusion of Permanent Work in the California Disaster Assistance Act funding
committed to the response and recovery from this devastating wildfire.
It would also be very helpful if CDAA and FEMA declarations could be expanded to include commercial
properties in the Debris Removal programs being designed now. Including commercial properties in the
program will allow a more coordinated response and ultimately speed the recovery of Butte County and the
Town of Paradise.
Thank you for your continued support and that of all CaIOES staff, so many of whom have been working
closely with County staff on the Camp Fire response and recovery effort from the very beginning.
Respectfully,
Steve Lambert, hair
Butte County Board of Supervisors
cc:
Members, Board of Supervisors Jim Nielsen, California State Senate
Paul Yoder, Shaw, Yoder, Antwih, Inc. James Gallagher, California State Assembly
Kristi More, The Ferguson Group Brian Dahle, California State Assembly
Doug LaMalfa, US House of Representatives John Garamendi, US House of Representatives
Diane Feinstein, US Senate Kamala Harris, US Senate