TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Rollie Soria for Oscar Ortiz, Sheriff-Coroner
REPORT BY: Erin Corry, Staff Services Analyst II
SUBJECT: Resolution for Boating Safety Enforcement Aid Program FY 2025-2026
RECOMMENDATION
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Adopt a Resolution approving and authorizing the Sheriff's Office to apply for and accept a grant award from the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Boating Safety and Enforcement Financial Aid Program. (Fiscal Impact: $308,150 Revenue; General Fund; Budgeted; Discretionary)
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BACKGROUND
The primary focus of the Sheriff's Office efforts in boating safety and enforcement is on Lake Berryessa. The Lake is 30 square miles of waterways with marinas, resorts, and public use areas. The United States Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) manages the Lake, but has no enforcement authority and is not equipped to perform any boating safety enforcement.
Sheriff's Office duties at Lake Berryessa include, but are not limited to, enforcing all boating laws, state laws, county ordinances, boating safety inspections and instruction, vessel accident investigations, search and rescue, emergency medical transports from the water or inaccessible areas, special events and boat safety consultation to BOR and the resorts. Sheriff's Office patrols Lake Berryessa on a full-time basis with added coverage during spring and summer months. In addition to Lake Berryessa, Sheriff's Office also conducts checks of Lake Hennessy, a small municipal water supply approximately 2 square miles in size and provides frequent boating safety inspections to the 75 shoreline miles of Napa River.
One (1) Sergeant and three (3) Deputies are assigned full-time to Sheriff's Office Boat Patrol. During peak season periods, additional Deputies are assigned to Boat Patrol. Other expenses incurred are maintenance and fuel for patrol boats and equipment purchases. Sheriff's Boat Patrol activities are financed primarily by California Department of Parks and Recreations, Division of Boating ...
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