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Reclamation District 2026 (Webb Tract)

RD 2026, 5,500 acres in size, is located in the northeastern corner of Contra Costa County. The tract has been determined to be critical to the health of the Delta. The District is under the ownership of a single landowner (Delta Wetlands Properties] and contains agricultural land uses and farming operations. No one lives on the island, and no growth is anticipated in the future. The District collects assessments on properties annually for maintenance and grant match funding. The District also participates annually in the Levee Subvention Program. Three Special Project Grants have been received since 2010 totaling $9,000,000. Of this, $4,711,616 has been spent as of December 2014. The District utilizes bank loans in the form of short-term "warrants" to finance the cash flow and District share until the projects are completed. In the 2009 MSR, the District reported that all 13 miles of levees met the HMP (Hazard Mitigation Plan) standard of one foot above the lOO-year floodplain. Since that time, the District has rehabilitated approximately 6.25 miles to PL 84-99 standards (PL 84-99 Authority. Federal Law which gives the Corps the legal authority to conduct emergency preparation, response, and recovery activities and to supplement local efforts in the repair of flood damage reduction projects that are damaged by floods). The District has also completed a 5-year capital improvement plan and received $9 million in grant funding from the DWR with a long-term goal of upgrading the entire levee system to PL 84-99 standards.