Contra Costa County Grand Jury
• 2015-2016
• Agency Response
Response to:
Delta Levees in Contra Costa County
Office of the Treasurer-Tax Collector Russell V. Watts Contra Costa County*
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Findings and Recommendations 3 findings
F16
In addition to permitting procedures and intermittent newsletters, there are other opportunities to educate the public, and especially residents of reclamation districts, about the hazards that can damage or impair the levees. Response: The respondent agrees with the finding.
No recommendations for this finding
F17
Explaining the hazards to levees by multiple means at appropriate times -- i.e., just before the start of storm season in the fall - can help to keep awareness at a heightened and effective level. Response: The respondent agrees with the finding.
No recommendations for this finding
F18
Efforts to educate and raise public awareness could be enhanced by cross- departmental and/or cross-agency cooperation such as including Flood Control safety bulletins with other seasonally appropriate, apt-to-be-read or mandatory mailings such as property tax bills or voter information packets. Response: The respondent agrees with the finding.
No recommendations for this finding
* This report's PDF did not contain easily extractable text and required Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for analysis. There may be minor errors in the extracted findings and recommendations due to OCR limitations with scanned documents.