FLOOD07018

• County: Statewide
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: Emergency Bank Stabilization Arroyo De La Guna
• Date: 3/1/1998
• Prepared For: California
• Prepared By: CWCB
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Documentation Report

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Agency Contact Name Telephone Number Comment
California Dept. of Joe Powell [phone] One-page emergency
Fish and Game permit application
required
U.S. Army Corps of Calvin Fong [phone] Emergency work
Engineers, Regulatory notification letter
Branch required for Section
404 of the Clean
Water Act
Zone 7 water and Joe Seto [phone] No permit required
flood control district ext. 408
U.S. Geological Robert Myer [phone] No permit required.
Survey Provided stream
gage information,
Alameda County Receptionist (510) ???- ???? No permit required
Government

Agency Contacts

A copy of the completed emergency application to the Department of Fish and Game and a copy
of the notification letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are included in Appendix A.

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VIII. FUTURE MITIGATION

Due to the recent Presidential Disaster Declaration for Alameda County and other counties in
California, the State will have access to millions of dollars worth of Hazard Mitigation Grant
Program (HMGP) funds. The total amount of HMGP funds available to the State is calculated
based on a percentage of the estimated total damages during the incident period of the declared
disaster. (The HMGP funds are usually 15% of the total ($) computed from the FEMA Damage
Survey Reports). For example, the State of Colorado received a disaster declaration in 1997 for
sever flooding in Fort Collins and other areas in eastern Colorado. The State is now eligible to
receive over 2 million dollars in HMGP funds to spend on much needed flood hazard mitigation
projects. It is highly recommended that landowners and concerned citizens contact their
local government officials (i.e. elected officials and staff of Alameda County), and request
that the County officially apply for HMGP funds for specific projects where mitigation is
needed. A comprehensive floodplain/streambank stabilization project on Arroyo De La
Guna could be a good candidate for HMGP funds. At the appropriate time, the County would
forward a notice-of-interest or a full application to the State Hazard Mitigation Officer. The
Region 9 office of FEMA, located in Sacramento(?), would be able to identify who the
Mitigation Officer is for California. The HMGP funds are available for every declared disaster,
and should be aggressively pursued by interested Counties and Municipalities.

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