BIMID LEVEE
MAINTENANCE NOTICE

Posted or served on July 17, 2024

PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT: The Bethel Island Municipal Improvement District (“BIMID”) will be doing the following levee maintenance and/or repair work: [RIPRAP] on the levee between [3724 Stone Rd.] and [3170 Stone Rd.] beginning on or about [August 5, 2024].

IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO:

  • TURN OFF ALL SPRINKLERS ON THE LEVEE TOP AND WATER SIDE SLOPE SEVEN (7) DAYS BEFORE THE WORK BEGINS.
  • REMOVE ALL PERSONAL ITEMS FROM LEVEE INCLUDING HOSES, SPRINKLERS, VEHICLES, LAWN FURNITURE, PLANTER BOXES AND CONTAINER PLANTS BEFORE THE WORK BEGINS.
  • KEEP PETS OFF OF THE LEVEE INCLUDING THE LANDSIDE SLOPE DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF ANY WORK.
  • TRIM TREES BACK FROM LEVEE CROWN (MINIMUM: 14’ HIGH & 20’ ACROSS) PRIOR TO WORK COMMENCING.

PLEASE BE FURTHER ADVISED THAT: especially because BIMID is immune from liability for any damage to private property which necessarily occurs as a result of its levee maintenance and repair, your cooperation is critical in assuring that private property damage is avoided. Wet or damp levees are especially dangerous because work vehicles tend to slide off of, or sink into, wet levees; causing vehicle accidents, ruts in the levee, and broken water lines. That is why you are advised to turn sprinklers off seven (7) days in advance of any levee work.

PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT: due to strict Fish and Wildlife Regulations, BIMID can only rock 100-foot sections of levee at a time. If your property is not within a 100-foot section, it will be completed in the next rocking rotation.

Please feel free to call the BIMID office at (925) 684–2210 with any questions or concerns. Thanks for your cooperation.

Public Notice

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a General Election will be held in the Bethel Island Municipal Improvement District, County of Contra Costa, State of California, on Tuesday, November 5, 2024 for the election of: three (3) Directors.

The qualifications of a nominee and of an elective officer of the above district are as follows:
Any person who is 18 years or older, a citizen, a resident of the district, a registered voter, and who is not disqualified by the Constitution or laws of the state from holding a civil office is eligible to be elected or appointed.

Nomination petitions may be obtained from the County Clerk, Elections Division, 555 Escobar Street, Martinez, California commencing on July 15, 2024 and shall be filed with the Elections Division not later than 5:00 P.M., August 9, 2024.

Appointment to each elective office will be made as prescribed by section 10515 of the Elections Code in the event there are no nominees for such office, and a petition for an election is not filed within the time period prescribed in the Elections Code.

Polls will be open Election Day between 7:00 A.M. and 8:00 P.M.

Contra Costa County is in the process of updating the Local Hazard Mitigation Plan. BIMID has prepared a draft annex to be incorporated into the County Plan. Interested residents have until May 31 to view and provide comments on the BIMID Plan before it is submitted to FEMA for review.

You can submit your comments for the BIMID Draft Annex to the District Manager at bimid@bimid.com.

You can submit your comments on the Contra Costa County Local Hazard Mitigation Plan at: https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/7792090/CommentFormContraCostaCountyHMP.

Download Mitigation Plan Draft Annex

For Contra Costa County Public Works Department Bethel Island Roads Flooding/Cross Culverts Issues

Call 925 313-7000 or download the Mobile Citizens app at:

https://www.contracosta.ca.gov/7875/Mobile-Citizen

BIMID BOARD AGENDAS

BIMID FLOOD BROCHURES

Click here for Flooding Brochure Guide

Click here for Flooding Suggestions Flyer

Click here for the East County Flooding Brochure

 

MISSION STATEMENT:

The Bethel Island Municipal Improvement District, through the elected Board of Directors and Staff, will serve the people of Bethel Island by responding to the needs and concerns of the public by allocating the available resources to maintain a safe and secure levee system, by maintaining a free flowing drainage system and by creating and maintaining a park and recreation facility.

The Bethel Island Municipal Improvement District (BIMID) was formed in the early 1960's by the California State Legislature. The Island is not a city and thus has to rely on a combination of private and county public services.

BIMID is a special act district that has powers similar to a city. BIMID currently provides levee maintenance and repairs, habitat mitigation, park services, as well as storm drain maintenance and repair.

BIMID
BIMID
OFFICE HOURS:

  • New Temporary District Office Hours
    (effective 6/8/24)

    7:00am to 3:00pm Monday through Friday

Services needed after hours, may be arranged by appointment by calling 925 684-2210.
If there is an emergency, please call 925 684-2210 and the answering service will contact the appropriate personnel.

 

HOLIDAY HOURS

  • Thursday, Dec 24 - Office Closed
  • Friday, Dec 25 - Office Closed
  • Saturday, Dec 26 - Office Closed
  • Sunday, Dec 27 - Office Closed
  • Monday, Dec 28 - Office Closed
  • Tuesday, Dec 29 - Office Closed
  • Wednesday, Dec 30 - Office Closed
  • Thursday, Dec 31 - Office Closed
  • Friday, Jan 1 - Office Closed
HOLIDAYS OBSERVED

  • New Year's Day: January 1
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day: 3rd Monday in January
  • President's Day: 3rd Monday in February
  • Memorial Day: Last Monday in May
  • Independence Day: July 4
  • Labor Day: 1st Monday in September
  • Thanksgiving: 4th Thursday in November and Friday after Thanksgiving
  • Christmas Day: December 25

California Delta

  • The Bethel Island Municipal Improvement District was created by the California State Legislature in 1960 and absorbed Reclamation District 1619.
  • The acreage was described as 3516.54 acres in the unincorporated territory of Contra Costa County.
  • It is an island below sea level of 7 to 15 feet surrounded by 11.5 miles of earthen levee that keeps the Taylor, Piper, Dutch and Sandmound Slough waters out.
  • Access to Bethel Island is by boat or the new bridge on the south side that connects Bethel Island Road to Cypress Road to Highway 4 in Oakley.
  • Funding for the District is ad valoreum tax collected by the County that is used to compete for State funding from the Dept. of Water Resources.
  • Work is handled by one full time equipment operator and two (2) secretaries, one full time and one part time, plus the 5 elected directors.
  • The main function is to improve and maintain the levee system and then to keep the drainage system adequate to remove seepage and rain water.

ANNUAL REVENUE/EXPENSES COMPARISON

SANDBAG LOCATIONS

They are stocked with sand and sandbags (no shovels). Locations have an orange traffic cone marking the locations. There are 3 sandbag station locations: 
7300 Bethel Island Road (Open Mon-Fri 8am-3pm) 
7235 Piper Road (Open 24 hrs.) 
Scout Hall Parking Lot next to BIMID Yard gates (Open 24 hrs.) 
Sandbags will be supplied. Must bring your own shovel. If there aren’t any sandbags, please call the BIMID Office at 925 684-2210 and the locations will be restocked.

VEGETATION MAINTENANCE

Please help minimize the need for spraying by properly maintaining the vegetation along the water front of your property. No spray will be applied to those properties where property owners have maintained the levee top and water side vegetations.

Unfortunately, BIMID is no longer able to accept vegetation, wood or other material that has been removed from the levee. The Pittsburg Transfer Station located at 1300 Loveridge Road in Pittsburg accepts vegetation, wood and many other items. They are open 7 days a week, from 7am to 6 pm. For more information regarding the Pittsburg Transfer Station please call (925) 473-0180. We apologize for any inconvenience.