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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - December 17, 1986 (90)CITY SIL MMOC DBcEmBER 17, 1986 SUPPOI� i' REQUESTED FOR DELTA LEVEE MAINTENANCE Following receipt of a letter from Mr. Thomas M. Zukerman advising of a grass roots effort to stimulate the CC-28 California Legislature to pass legislation providing for additional non-local support for Delta levee maintenance, Council determined that this should be done on an individual basis rather than by Council action. TO, THE CITY COUNCIL FROM: THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE COUNCIL COMMUNICATION DATE: NO. December 17. 1986 SUBJECT. SIVE DELTA LEVEE REEIABILITATION PROGRAM RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council adopt Resolution No. 86-186 - Resoluton Supporting Comprehensive Delta Levee Rehabilitation Program (See Exhibit B attached) Attached i- a copy of a letter (See Exhibit A attached) received by Mayor Reid from Thomas h. Zuckerman advising of a grass roots effort to stimulate the ' California Legislature to pass legislation providing for additional non -local support for Delta levee maintenance. The organization behind this effort is the Coalition To Save Our Delta. The Coalition has already secured over fourteen thousand signatures on petitions and will continue to seek signatures right up to the introduction of legislation in the next segsion of the Legislature. Mr. Zukerman asked that the Lodi City council support this worthwhile effort. A sample resolution of support is enclosed for Council consideration. COUNCOM3/TXTA.02D AAC". itS "Lrju City Clerk The Honorable Fred Reid Mayor, City of Lodi City Hall P. 0. Box 3006 f' Lodi, CA 95241-1910 RE: Comprehensive Delta Levee Rehabilitation Program Dear Mayor Reid: As you may be aware from 'previous publicity, a grass roots effort to stimulate the California Legislature to pass legislation providing for additional non -local support for Delta levee maintenance has launched a petition -gathering campaign. The organization behind this effort is the Coalition To Save Our Delta. Supervisor Sunne McPeak of Contra Costa County is the principal organizer, along with many other citizens and groups in Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Sacramento, Yolo and Solano Counties who are interested in protecting the Delta against flooding. The Coalition has already secured over fourteen thousand signatures on petitions, the form of which is identical to that enclosed. The petition -gathering campaign will continue right up to the introduction of legislation in the next session of the Legislature. Exhibit A r FFELDMAN, WALDMAN & KLINE BURRY J WALOMAN A PRO1CS.IONAL C000Oh'Oh fIL. ✓:.Ut' � ALLEN [.KLINE JCSiC 1CLOMAI. LC LANG R, sE LNA.,JR. _ ATTORNEYS AT LAW MATTHEW P. MITGN ELL - MARC SPERRT BUILDING I'IlA `f t 0 / 24 ► IL-( • n 1� OONAIC M. KANC MICMACL L. KORSMOL2 146-148 WEST WESER AVENUE L .rCCIA. TRIAL COVwSEL V LAW"ENCE P. SILVER RIGMARD L.JAEO[R STOCKTON.CALI►ORI'IA 99202 / wiit6ch ALICE CH HOWARD Ni. WcxL[w NCI IM. 290-4223 `� THOMAS M.2uCKCRMAN J[rrRCT W. !Honor► TIE 660 210 4221 CITY CLERK M.TRIGIA !. MAR ZAPNA1L 209.465-6516 I CITY lir KENNETH W.JONES O90R09 V. HARTMANN TKULPMONC(20S) 943-2004 Ntc " CL K. WItse eKHA"DT MICMACL K. SCTCR November 19, 1986 �. - Gc"Al0 A. *"cRWIN "OS["T K.w"11`11: PAuL J. DION V[RN S.SOTHWcLI SAN /wANCISC0 Orr10E RENNCTN A./"t[O JOSE►M c."ASCH•CMASOTPATRIC E. LOCKART 223 MONTGOMCRT STREET _ c"RID 41 GHRtST/M[ 1wN r"ANCI/CO.CALtIO"NIA 3410 oOoM NDA "OStRT C. GOODMAN (41S) Sal-Izoo MA MTM^ J. SMAVcR M. SRCT70LA0lTON[ .iAM [! M. r1NlERG NICK A. SOODROOKA! CINDY M. CAROVLLO _ LOS ANGCLK* OrrICC STEVEN L.V[TTCL STEVEN K. DENESCIN 404 NORTH ROxSU"r DRIVE.SUITC 000 LAURA ORAD SCVC"LT M1Llt. CAurORNIA SO210 ' MARGARET A.MVOMCS - (N -N .1y.3131 The Honorable Fred Reid Mayor, City of Lodi City Hall P. 0. Box 3006 f' Lodi, CA 95241-1910 RE: Comprehensive Delta Levee Rehabilitation Program Dear Mayor Reid: As you may be aware from 'previous publicity, a grass roots effort to stimulate the California Legislature to pass legislation providing for additional non -local support for Delta levee maintenance has launched a petition -gathering campaign. The organization behind this effort is the Coalition To Save Our Delta. Supervisor Sunne McPeak of Contra Costa County is the principal organizer, along with many other citizens and groups in Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Sacramento, Yolo and Solano Counties who are interested in protecting the Delta against flooding. The Coalition has already secured over fourteen thousand signatures on petitions, the form of which is identical to that enclosed. The petition -gathering campaign will continue right up to the introduction of legislation in the next session of the Legislature. FELDMAN. WALDMAN & KLINE The Honorable Fred Reid A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION November 19, 1986 Page 2 The Coalition is also embarking upon a program to gain as much organizational support as possible and is currently soliciting supporting resolutions from governmental and private organizations. I am enclosing a copy of a sample resolution which is being circulated for this purpose in the hope that the Lodi City Council will support this worthwhile effort. This letter is a little terse and you may very well need more information. I would be happy to meet with you or appear before an appropriate committee of the City Council, or the Council itself, for that purpose if you so desire. I am in hopes that the City of Lodi will be able to join with the County Boards of Supervisors, other City Councils, districts and non-public organizations which are bonding together in this long overdue effort. Yours very truly, TH MAS M. ZUCK A TMZ:csf Enclosures ,-O�N f -*4 �l��lE Z'HE �EI.T I� We, the undersigned, support a comprehensive, ongoing Delta levee rehabilitation and maintenance program. pelta levee failures are increasing in spite of the Increased maintenance efforts of local interests. Failure of Deft& levees is expensive, endangers water supplies, water quality, and destroys agricultural, commercial, and recreational values of the Dells. The Delta is of statewide importance and merits federal. state. and local support in order to provide for an accelerated preventive maintenance program for Delta levees. We recognize that the Defta is a unique resource for a variety of reasons, including: 40 percent of the runoff in California drains to the Delta, and 60 percent of the diverted water used in California passes through the Delta. Delta levees provide vital protection for water quality and flood control. The Delta provides recreational opportunities and is important for fish and wildlife. The Delta supports agriculture and water -related commerce. The Delta contains highways, railroads, ship channels, pipelines, and power lines. We urge the State Legislature and the United States Congress to act aggressively to save the Delta through increased funding for an accelerated preventive maintenance program for pelta levees. (You don't need to be a registered voter or a California resident in order to sign this petition.) Signature: Signature: Print name: Print name: Print address: Print address Print city: Zip Code: Print city: Zip Code: Signature. Signature: Print name. Print name: Print address: Print address Print city: Zip code:, Print city: Zip code: Signature: Signature: Print name., Print name: Print address: Print address Print city: Zip code: Print city: Zip code: Signature: Signature: Print name: Print name: Print address: Print address Print city: Zip code: Print City: Zip code: Signature: Signature: Print name: Print name: Print address: Print address Print city: Zip code: Print city. Zip code: $p—p—a t, tnn (:pA1•t,hn Ip 5— 0", 1— V-- P-- C---, , uP' F—, Ct S. t, CA 94!-n • 1415, "2 6633 ry Exhibit B RESOLUTION NO. 86-186 • a : f • ••r r• WHEREAS, 40 percent of the runoff in California drains to the Delta and 60 percent of the State's diverted water for municipal, industrial, and agricultural uses passes through the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta, and maintaining the integrity of Delta levees is critical for maintaining water quality, water transport capability, and flood control; and WHEREAS, the Delta is important for recreational uses including boating, fishing, sight seeing, and hunting, and the Delta is an important habitat for fish and wildlife; and WIEREAS, the Delta is an important agricultural producing area for California and supports extensive water -related cc meerce; and WHEIMS, the Delta contains highways, railways, ship channels, pipelines, and power lines; and WHEREAS, Delta levees are continuing to deteriorate despite increased maintenance efforts by local districts; and WHEREAS, for the period 1980 to 1985, Federal agencies paid $67 million, State agencies paid $29 million, and local agencies paid $5.8 million for emergency disaster relief in the Delta -- total cost (1980-85) = $101,800,00 or an average of $20,360,000 per year for emergency disaster relief in the Delta -- and many of these costs could have been avoided if an adequate program existed for ongoing maintenance and rehabilitation of Delta levees; and WHEREAS, existing programs for State funding of Delta levee maIrtiwonce of $2 million per year is inadequate; and WHEREAS, the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1982 completed a draft feasibility study report for a comprehensive Delta levee rehabilitation program which is currently awaiting review; and MMMAS, the & ergency Delta Task Force in 1983 recommended a comprehensive Delta levee rehabilitation program where all beneficiaries pay for comprehensive Delta levee rehabilitation programs; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Lodi supports an accelerated, ongoing, cogM .: -_ve Delta levee rehabilitation program consistent with the Energen --y Delta Task Force report where the beneficiaries pay for improvements; and 'AWN BE IT FURTHM RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Lodi supports an immediate State/local program of Delta levee maintenance to be credited toward a future Federal program which increases the amount of funds available to rehabilitate and maintain Delta levees; and BE IT F[WHM F60MVED that the City Council of the City of Lodi will work cooperatively with other agencies and organizations to implement a comprehensive Delta levee rehabilitation program which will save taxpayers money in the long term by providing a preventive maintenance program for levees rather than pouring millions into disaster relief; and BE IT FURMM RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Lodi does hereby designate the City Manager as the liaison for this program. Dated: December 17, 1986 I hereby certify that Resolution No. 86-186 was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Lodi in a Regular Meeting held December 17, 1986 by the following vote: Ayes: Counall Members - Noes : Council Members - Absent: Council Members - Attest: Alice M. Reimche City Clerk CITY COUNCIL FRED M. REID. Mayor EVELYN Rt OLSON Mayor Pro Tempore DAVID M. HINCHMAN JAMES W. PINKERTON. Jr. JOHN R, (Randy) SNIDER CITY OF LODI CITY HALL. 221 WEST PINE STREET CALL BOX 3006 LODI, CALIFORNIA 95241-1910 (209) 334-5634 April 1, 1987 Sunne Wright McPeak, Supervisor Contra Costa County, and Co -Chair, Coalition to Save Our Delta 1485 Elea Court Suite 1353 Concord, CA 94520 Dear Supervisor McPleak: THOMAS A PETERSON City Manager ALICE M. REIMCHE City Clerk RONALD M. STEIN City Attorney We are in receipt of your letter dated March 10, 1987 requesting the Lodi City Council's support and participation in the Coalition to Save Our Delta. Please be advised that this matter was brought before the Council at its meeting of Deoember 17, 1986 following receipt of a like request from Mr. Tt=as M. Zukerman. At that time the Council determined that this should be done on an individual basis rather than by Council action. Should you have further questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to call this office. By Alice M. Reimche City Clerk •�a ►�s� � r s CC -6 CC -27(c) C17Y cUAv M 'r�_ti DDCDEBER 17, 1986 Council was apprised that the Recreation and Parks Commission has recacmended the renmAng of the current Lawrence Park Baseball Field to "Ibny Zupo Field". The suggestion to rename this facility was presented by Mr. John Nilmeyer to the Recreation and Parks Commission at its Novanber meeting. Mr. Nilmeyer based this proposal on Mr. Zupo's 41 years as manager of the local Gild Wine baseball team. His involvement with hundreds of young adults, who have played for him and have been helped and influenced by him in having the opportunity to play at the semi -pro level, has been significant. He has supported the local B.O.B.S. for 26 years by membership and assistance with the youth baseball programs, as well as having been an active member of the Lodi Sports Hall of Fame Committee, both as a "Hall of Famer" himself and a committee manber. Tb give some background on the original name of the park, the Lawrence family donated the land for the Grape Bowl, Lawrence Park proper, and the Armory Park facilities, and the park was named after them. In this regard, we contacted a member of the Lawrence family, Moe Gritsch (whom we knew fr m Recreation Department activities), and requested this name change. We also asked if this would present arY conflicts or concerns to the family. Mrs. Gritsch, whose sons played for Tony Zupo, was elated over the idea and indicated that she definitely would approve the action. It was felt by the Chairman of the Recreation Commission and Parks and Recreation Director that this approval should be put in writing, and Mrs. Gritsch ocuPlied with this request with a letter which we received for the Oamnission meeting of December 2. With the Lawrence family's full support and the knowledge Of Mr. Zupo's contributions, this proposal was presented to the Commission and met with 1008 approval. Mr. Nilmeyer was in the audience and addressed the Council regarding his suggestion. On motion of Council Member Pinkerton, Snider second, Council renamed the current Lawrence Park Baseball Field to "Tony Zupo Field" per Pacreaticn and Parks Cession recotmesndation and Department Head concurrence. �lhrther Council directed Staff to have an appropriate plaque or sign placed at the site at the earliest possible tins.