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HomeMy WebLinkAboutEmail from Matteo Crow - Proposition 3 (Water Bond) Menchaca, Clarissa From: Clerk of the Board Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2018 9:56 AM To: BOS Cc: Menchaca, Clarissa Subject: FW; Prop 3 (water bond) Attachments: Butte County Sample Resolution.docx; Sacramento Valley benefits.docx; Endorsement List 812.docx Please see the request below and attached documentation. Ashieu N. ,.Sv6P1er Assistant Clerk of the Board Butte County Administration 25 Count Center Drive Suite 200 Oroville CA 95965 T: 530.552.3300 I F: 530.538.7120 Twitter j Facebook I YouTube I Pinterest From: Matted Crow<matteocrow.waterbond@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday,August 14, 2018 9:30 AM To: Clerk of the Board <clerkoftheboard@buttecounty.net> Subject: Prop 3 (water bond) Good morning Ashley, My name is Matted Crow and I'm working on Prop 3, one of the statewide initiatives that Rural County Representatives of California has endorsed. I wanted to reach out to ask if you could agendize the proposition for endorsement by the Butte County Board of Supervisors. The proposition has been agendized by the Colusa, Glenn, and Yuba boards in the coming weeks, and has been funded by Sacramento Valley groups such as the Northern California Water Association, California Rice Commission, Ducks Unlimited, and Cal Waterfowl. Moreover, the measure includes $6 million for the Sutter- Butte flood control agency and an additional $15 million to be managed by the agency. RCRC is doing outreach to their respective members but I wanted to get the process going as we will be starting our outreach campaign in September and so are getting down to the deadline on legislative endorsements such as counties. CSAC's AENR and executive committees have both voted to support, but the measure still needs to be approved by the full board. The measure includes significant benefits for both the rural and agricultural areas of Butte County, and some of your supervisors may be familiar with it already through other organizations. I've attached a sample resolution, a summary of the benefits to the Sacramento Valley, and our current endorsement list. Please let me know anything else I can do to facilitate, otherwise, I can follow up with you shortly. Many thanks, 1 Matteo Crow Campaign Coordinator Proposition 3, Water Supply and Water Quality Initiative (831)-521-2116 inatteocrow.waterbond@gmuil.corn 144)11.Water/70nd.org @CAWaterBond Paid for by Californians fOr Srtfe Drinking Water and a Clean and Reliable Water Supply. Committee major'loading from Ducks Unlimited, California Wildlift Foundation/California Wildlife Foundation Vesta Fund, California !Valet:J(6W Association, FPPC 14: 1397965 2 ***SAMPLE RESOLUTION*** Resolution of the County of Butte in support of Proposition 3, the "Water Supply and Water Quality Act of 2018" WHEREAS,the Water Supply and Water Quality Act of 2018 has qualified for the November California Statewide ballot as Proposition 3; and WHEREAS, Butte County, like many other counties across the state seeks to improve the reliability and sustainability of its water supply; and WHEREAS, in many instances the water challenges faced by Butte County are of regional and statewide interest; and WHEREAS, Proposition 3 includes important funding for SGMA implementation, groundwater/brackish desalination, stormwater treatment,wastewater recycling, watershed restoration, water conservation, infrastructure repair, in addition to other funds of importance to our county and other local agencies. WHEREAS, Proposition 3 includes $6 million for the Sutter-Butte Flood Control Agency, WHEREAS, these grant funds would result in significant cost savings for cities and ratepayers, healthier watersheds, and improvements in both water supply and quality for urban and rural areas. Now, Therefore, It be resolved that the Board of Supervisors of Butte County endorses Proposition 3, and urges residents of Butte County to vote for the measure in November. Ayes: Noes: Abstain: Absent: SACRAMENTO VALLEY BENEFITS OF THE NOVEMBER WATER BOND INITIATIVE The Water bond will appear on the November, 2018 statewide California ballot. Information about the water bond can be found at www.waterbond.org. The Sacramento Valley will be a major beneficiary of the bond. Allocations specific to Northern Sacramento Valley Repair of Oroville Dam: $200 million Sediment removal from Feather River below Oroville Dam: $15 million Restoration of Oroville Wildlife Area: $6 million Restoration of Feather River habitat: $7 million Restoration of Spring Run Salmon: $100 million Butte County Emergency communications equipment: $1 million Sacramento Valley agencies will be highly competitive for Safe Drinking Water and Wastewater disposal for disadvantaged communities: $750 million Central Valley Flood Plan implementation,including improvement of existing Sacramento Valley Dams such as Bullards Bar: $200 million Sierra Nevada Conservancy watershed improvement and fire recovery: $250 million CalFire watershed improvement and fire recovery: $50 million River Parkways: $70 million(many Sacramento Valley rivers eligible) Oak woodlands conservation: $50 million Rangeland and Grasslands Conservation: $20 million Resource Conservation Districts and agricultural land preservation: $60 million Non-motorized river and lake access: $20 million Control of invasive water using weeds,such as Yellow Starthistle: $100 million Salmon restoration, including flood plain restoration: $833 million Sustainable Groundwater Management Act implementation: $640 million. (This is critical in future management of groundwater in the Sacramento Valley) Waterfowl habitat restoration: $280 million Official Endorsement List for the Water Supply and Water Quality Act of 2018 Senator Dianne Feinstein Fiona Ma,candidate for state Treasurer John Cox, Republican Candidate for Governor Tony Thurmond, candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction (member of the Assembly) Conservation Groups • American Farmland Trust, California • American River Conservancy • American River Parkway Foundation • American Woodland Conservancy • Amigos de Bolsa Chica • Anza-Borrego Desert Natural History Association • Anza Borrego Foundation • Arroyo Seco Foundation • Arroyos and Foothills Conservancy • Bear-Yuba Land Trust • California Association of Local Conservation Corps • California Invasive Plant Council • California Native Plant Society • California Trout • California Urban Streams Partnership • California Waterfowl Association • California Watershed Network • California Wildlife Foundation/California Oaks Fund • Carmel River Watershed Conservancy • Carrizo Plain Conservancy • Catalina Islands Conservancy • CLEAN South Bay • Climate Resolve • Community Conservation Solutions • Conservation Corps of Long Beach • Delta Waterfowl • Dry Creek Conservancy • Ducks Unlimited • Eastern Sierra Land Trust • Endangered Habitats League • Freshwater Trust • Friends of Adobe Creek • Friends of Alhambra Creek (Martinez) • Friends of the Los Angeles River • Friends of Novato Creek • Friends of Orinda Creeks • Friends of San Leandro Creek • Friends of the Napa River • Friends of the Santa Clara River • Friends of Wild Cherry Canyon • Glendora Community Conservancy • Greenspace - The Cambria Land Trust • Inland Empire Waterkeeper • Lake Tahoe Bicycle Coalition • Landpaths • Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County • Lower Putah Creek Coordinating Committee • Marin Agricultural Land Trust • Mattole Salmon Group • National Wildlife Federation • National Wildlife Refuge Association • National Wild Turkey Foundation • Natural Heritage Institute • Nor-Cal Guides &Sportsmens Association • Northcoast Regional Land Trust • Noyo Headlands Urban Design Group, Fort Bragg • Orange County Coastkeeper • Orange County Conservation Corps • Pheasants Forever • Placer Land Trust • Planning and Conservation League • Putah Creek Council • Quail Forever 2 • Sacramento River Watershed Program • Sacramento Urban Creeks Council • Salmonid Restoration Federation • San Gabriel Mountains Regional Conservancy • Sanctuary Forest • Santa Barbara Urban Creeks Council • Santa Clara River Conservancy • Save our Shores • Save the Bay (formerly Save San Francisco Bay Association) • Save the Waves • Sequoia Riverlands Trust • Sierra County Land Trust • Sierra Foothill Conservancy • Sierra Fund • Sierra Nevada Alliance • Sonoma Ecology Center • Sustainable Conservation • Sutter-Buttes Regional Land Trust • Tahoe Fund • Tomales Bay Watershed Council Foundation • Transition Habitat Conservancy • TreePeople • Truckee Donner Land Trust • Tubb Canyon Desert Conservancy • Tuolumne River Preservation Trust • Valley Foothill Watershed Collaborative • Wildcat San Pablo Creeks Watershed Council • Wildcoast • Worth a Dam Agricultural organizations • Agricultural Council of California • California Agricultural Aircraft Association • California Association of Pest Control Advisers • California Citrus Mutual 3 • California Cotton Ginners and Growers Association • California Dairies, Inc. • California Farm Bureau Federation • California Fresh Fruit Association • American Pistachio Growers • California Rangeland Trust • California Rice Commission • California Rice Industry Association • Fresno County Farm Bureau • Kern County Farm Bureau • National Latino Farmers&Ranchers Trade Association • Tejon Ranch • Tulare County Farm Bureau • Western Growers Resource Conservation Districts • California Association of Resource Conservation Districts • Contra Costa Resource Conservation District • Fall River Resource Conservation District • Honey Lake Resource Conservation District • Marin Resources Conservation District • Mariposa County Resource Conservation District • Northwest Kern Resource Conservation District • Pit Resource Conservation District • San Mateo County Resource Conservation District • Sierra Resource Conservation District • Sonoma County Resource Conservation District • Suisun Resource Conservation District Environmental Justice Organizations • California Greenworks • Center for Sustainable Neighborhoods • Central Valley Farmworkers Foundation • Community Water Center • Grassroots Ecology 4 • Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability • LEAP Institute, a Latino focused Equity, Economic, Environmental and Climate Justice organization based in Fresno and Huron, CA. • Urban Releaf • Urban Tilth • The Watershed Project Social Justice Organizations Community for a New California Action Fund Community Housing Improvement Systems and Planning Association, Inc. (CHISPA) Self-Help Enterprises Silicon Valley Community Foundation Water agencies and organizations • Alameda County Water District • Arvin Edison Water Storage District • Association of California Water Agencies • Bear Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency • Beaumont-Cherry Valley Water District • Big Bear City Community Services District • Big Bear Municipal Water District • Borrego Water District • Calaveras County Water District • CalDesal • California American Water Company • California Mutual Utilies Association • California Water Alliance • California Water Association • Calleguas Municipal Water District • Casitas Municipal Water District • City of Big Bear Lake, Department of Power and Water • Coachella Valley Water District • Colusa Groundwater Authority • Contra Costa Water District 5 • Delano-Earlimart Irrigation District • Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District • Fresno Irrigation District • Friant Water Authority • Glenn Groundwater Authority • Imperial Irrigation District • Irvine Ranch Water District • Kaweah Delta Water Conservation District • Kern-Tulare Water District • Kings Basin Water Authority Integrated Regional Water Management Group. • Las Virgenes Municipal Water District • Lindmore Irrigation District • Lindsay-Strathmore Irrigation District • Madera Irrigation District • Marina Coast Water District • Metropolitan Water District of Southern California • Monterey Peninsula Water Management District • Mountain Counties Water Resources Association • Napa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District • Northern California Water Association • Orange Cove Irrigation District • Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency • Palmdale Water District • Petaluma Valley Groundwater Sustainability Agency • Porterville Irrigation District • Port Hueneme Water Agency • Sacramento Area Flood Control Authority • Salton Sea Authority • San Diego County Water Authority • San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District • San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors Water Authority • Santa Rosa Plain Groundwater Sustainability Agency • Saucelito Irrigation District • Scotts Valley Water District • Shandon-San Juan Water District 6 • Solano County Water Agency • Solano Irrigation District • Sonoma County Water Agency • Sonoma Valley Groundwater Sustainability Agency • Soquel Creek Water District • South Valley Water Association • Southern California Water Coalition • State Water Contractors • Tulare Irrigation District • Tuolumne Utilities District • United Water Conservation District • Upper Ventura River Groundwater Sustainability Agency • Valley of the Moon Water District • Water Association of Kern County • Watereuse • West Basin Municipal Water District • Wheeler Ridge/Maricopa Water Storage District • Yolo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District • Yuba County Water Agency Labor - California Labor Federation • Contra Costa Building and Construction Trades Council Individuals • Linda Adams,former Director, California Department of Water Resources • Luis Alejo, Chair, Monterey County Board of Supervisors • Phil Angelides,former State Treasurer • Edwin Camp • Michael Frantz, Director, Turlock Irrigation District • Brigadier General Gerald Galloway, United States Army (Retired) • Ron Gastelum, Former CEO and GM of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California 7 • Brian Jordan, Vice President, Tetra Tech • Fred Keeley, former Speaker Pro Tern, California State Assembly • Yoriko Kishimoto, Former Mayor of Palo Alto and Board Member, Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District • Bryce and Jill Lundberg • Amy Meyer • Richard Morrison,former Senior Vice President and head of Environmental Policies and Programs for Bank of America. (retired.) • Peter B Moyle, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of California, Davis • Mel Nutter, former chair, California Coastal Commission • Tosha Punches, Watershed Educator, Central Coast Salmon Enhancement • Ann L. Riley, Ph.D. • R.Zachary Wasserman,Chair,San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission* *For identification purposes only. • Dyan Whyte, water quality scientist ( Past Assistant Executive Officer of the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board) Local Government • California Special Districts Association • Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District • Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority Cities • League of California Cities • Dinuba • Exeter • Farmersville • Firebaugh • Huron • Kingsburg • Livingston • Ojai • Orange Cove • Parlier • San Francisco 8 • San Joaquin • Selma • Truckee Counties • Rural County Representatives of California (formerly Regional Council of Rural Counties) • Contra Costa • Fresno • Imperial • Monterey • Plumas • San Francisco • Tulare Local elected officials Vinnie Bacon, Vice Mayor, City of Fremont John Coleman, member, Board of Directors, East Bay Municipal Utility District Bruce Gibson, San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisor John Gioia,Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors Susan Gorin, Sonoma County Board of Supervisors Susan Lien Longville, President, San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District/Chair, Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority Linda Maio, Berkeley City Council Jim Oddie, Alameda City Council Aaron Peskin,San Francisco Board of Supervisors Dave Pine,President, San Mateo County Board of Supervisors Dennis Rodoni, Marin County Board of Supervisors Greg Scharff, Council Member,City of Palo Alto Kate Sears, Marin County Board of Supervisors Malia Vella, Alameda City Council Civic California Forward Sonoma County Democratic Party 9 Business • American Council of Engineering Companies- California • Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce • Bay Area Council • Bay Planning Coalition • Biz Fed Los Angeles County • California Building Industry Association • California Business Properties Association • California Chamber of Commerce • DM Camp &Sons • East Bay Leadership Council • ESA (Environmental Science Associates) • Fresno Chamber of Commerce • Greater Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce • Kern Machinery Inc • Madera Chamber of Commerce • Oxnard Chamber of Commerce • Sierra Business Council • Silicon Valley Leadership Group • Tahoe Mountain Sports • Valley Industry and Commerce Association • Visalia Chamber of Commerce • Western Power Products, Inc. • Northern California Water Association Water Bond Support (November 2017), and members: Anderson-Cottonwood Irrigation District B&B Ranch Brophy Water District Browns Valley Irrigation District City of Colusa City of Redding Crain Orchards, Inc. Danna & Danna Inc. Edwards Ranch 10 Feather Water District Fedora Farms G&K Farms,LLC. Garden Highway Mutual Water Co. Garner, Garner &Stoy Glenn Colusa Irrigation District Hallwood Irrigation District Henle Family Limited Partnership Hershey Land Row Crop, LLC. J.A. Driver Joint Water Districts Board Biggs-West Gridley Water District Butte Water District Richvale Irrigation District Sutter Extension Water District Knaggs Ranch Larry Pires Farms Lindauer River Ranch, Inc. Llano Seco Rancho M&T Ranch Maxwell Irrigation District Meridian Farms Water Co. Natomas Mutual Water Co. North Yuba County Water District Oji Brothers Farms, Inc. Pacific Farms &Orchards Pacific Gold Agriculture Paul Bertagna Pelger Mutual Water Company Pleasant Grove-Verona Mutual Water Co. Plumas Mutual Water Co. Princeton-Codora-Glenn Irrigation Dist. Provident Irrigation District R. Gorrill Ranch Enterprises Ramirez Water District Reclamation District 1004 11 Reclamation District 108 Reclamation District 2035 Richter Brothers, Inc. Rising Eagle Ranch River Garden Farms Riverview Land &Equipment, Inc. South Sutter Water District South Yuba Water District Sutter Bypass-Butte Slough WUA Sutter Mutual Water Company Sycamore Trust Taylor Brothers Farms Tehama Angus Ranch, Inc. Thermalito Irrigation District Tudor Mutual Water Co. Tuttle Ranches Western Canal Water District William P. Locket Yolo County Flood Control &WCD Yuba County Water Agency Members of Congress Jim Costa John Garamendi David Valadao Member of the State Legislature Senator Jerry Hill Senator Nancy Skinner Assemblymember Phil Ting Senator Scott Wiener 12