TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Rollie Soria for Oscar Ortiz, Sheriff-Coroner
REPORT BY: Erin Corry, Staff Services Analyst II
SUBJECT: Boating Safety & Enforcement Equipment Grant & Budget Amendment
RECOMMENDATION
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Approve the Boating Safety Miscellaneous Equipment Grant for Fiscal Year 2024-25, associated Budget Amendment, and authorize the Sheriff to approve all grant related documents. (Fiscal Impact: $51,934 Expense and Revenue; General Fund; Not Budgeted; Discretionary)
[4/5 vote required]
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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 or 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.
Boat No. 9 (Capital Asset No. 100757) is one of the Sheriff's Office preferred patrol vessels for day-to-day operations on Lake Berryessa due to its high maneuverability, large working platform, and open cabin design. However, Boat No. 9 is only outfitted with a basic chart plotter and transducer, which does not allow it to be safely utilized during nighttime or l...
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