Documents on East Bay Urban Stream Restoration, general and historical
- 1995 Joint Watershed Goals Statement, signed by Albany, Berkeley, El Cerrito, Richmond, and UC Berkeley (PDF)
- Short discussion of early history of East Bay creek restoration, by UC Berkeley Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning Louise Mozingo.
- Thoughts on use of willows in streams in urban areas, by UC Berkeley Professors of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning Matt Kondolf and Walter Hood”
- Illustrated timeline and interpretation of early history of East Bay creek restoration (presentation for a class at MIT, 23 MB)
- 2011 UC Berkeley Master’s thesis on cost of regulation of small projects, presented at Restoration of Rivers and Streams symposium . (Link to archived copy)
- 2015 Guidance for what volunteers can and cannot do along streams, from the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board. (Not a regulation. Rule and practice change. For current guidance, do current research.)
Documents on Projects related to the Bay Shore
Documents regarding Wood Rodgers developing new Albany and Berkeley storm-drain plans
- Wood Rodgers Albany Storm Drain Plan 2024.pdf
- Wood Rodgers Berkeley Storm Drain Plan 2023.pdf
- Wood Rodgers Berkeley Storm Drain Schedule 2024.pdf
Documents regarding flood risk and likely effects of sea-level rise in the Creekside Park area, El Cerrito
- 2009 FEMA flood zone map for Creekside Park area (PDF)
- October 2017 comments for proposed El Cerrito Parks Plan, see pp. 3-4 (PDF)
- 2018 Challenges and possibilities for Creekside Park area, for Public Works Director, Feb. 2018 (PDF)
- 2018 Challenges and possibilities for Creekside Park Area, for City Council, Mar. 2018 (PDF)
Documents regarding Cerrito Creek, Ohlone Greenway to Pierce St.
- 1990 on, Page references for documents related to Cerrito Creek potential bridges (PDF)
- 1991 Albany Hill Creekside Park Master Plan (PDF)
- 1991 Albany Hill Creekside Park Master Plan Chart of goals (PDF)
- 1999 El Cerrito General Plan Policies re Creeks. (PDF)
- 2004 joint Albany-El Cerrito Bay Trail Connector Study.
- 2008 Zoning ordinance and map re Cerrito Creek adjacent to El Cerrito Plaza. (PDF)
Plans, Reports, and Documents on Lower Codornices Creek Restoration west of San Pablo Avenue
- 1998- 2000, Friends of Five Creeks letters re restoration of Codornices Creek below San Pablo Avenue.
- 2000 Purchase agreement in which Berkeley bought UC land S. of Codornices Creek and W. of Fifth Street from UC Berkeley, including escrow of funds for Codornices improvements and maintenance.
- 2001 Draft restoration plan for restoration of lower Codornices Creek. (No final plan seems to have been written.)
- 2004 Documents from application to restore Codornices Creek from San Pablo Avenue to RR tracks, mostly re Water Board certification.
- 2004 Regional Board Water Quality Certification approving restoring Codornices Creek from San Pablo Avenue to RR tracks, 2004.
- 2004 Natl. Marine Fisheries Service Biological Opinion re restoring Codornices Creek from San Pablo Avenue to RR tracks.
- 2004 memorandum of understanding between Albany, Berkeley, and UC Berkeley concerning maintenance and funding for Codornices Creek between San Pabloe Avenue and RR tracks.
- 2004 Environmental Impact Study for restoration of lower Codornices Creek from San Pablo to RR tracks.
- 2004 Codornices Creek Watershed Action Plan (CCWRAP) plan, focused on salmonid restoration.
- 2005 Hagar Env. Services Report on numbers of trout removed from Codornices Creek just before dewatering for 2004-5 project, 2nd to 5th St.
- 2005 Urban Creeks Council conceptual plan for improving fish passage, San Pablo to Monterey Ave.
- 2005 Coastal Conservancy grant to City of Albany for Codornices restoration, Fifth to Eighth Streets
- 2008 Coastal Conservancy grant to Codornices Creek Watershed Council for native plantings, signage, and seating on Codornices, Fifth to Eighth Streets
- 2008 unsigned Agreement with US Postal Service re Codornices restoration and trail, Sixth to Eighth Streets.
- 2012 table of grants for restoration/revitalization of Codornices Creek between San Pablo Avenue and Union Pacific Railroad Tracks 1992-2012
- 2014 plans and cost estimates for creekside trail from 8th to 10th Streets
- 2012 Water Quality Control Board documents requiring planting changes after Phase III restoration, Sixth to Eighth.
- 2016 Friends of Five Creeks Nov. 2, 2016, letter to Albany City Council re remaining Measure R funds for creeks, mainly re Codornices Trail (PDF)
- 2018 documents setting up a $450,000 maintenance fund for Codornices Creek, San Pablo to UP tracks, to reimburse Albany, Berkeley, and UC Berkeley for maintenance and monitoring. This money comes from the forgotten escrow created in the “Purchase agreement in which Berkeley bought UC land S. of Codornices Creek…,”
- 2019 Berkeley City Manager’s April 24, 2019, memo regarding trash-truck fire and discharge at Monterey Market that killed more than 100 trout in Codornices Creek, with Friends of Five Creeks’ comments..
Documents related to Codornices restoration east of San Pablo Avenue
- 2005 Urban Creeks Council conceptual plan for improving fish passage, San Pablo to Monterey Ave.
- 2009 Schematic Plan for Restoration of Codornices Creek west of Kains Ave. (paid for by City of Albany.)Not carried out.
- 2016 Grant application for Restoration of Codornices Creek west of Kains Ave (approved 2016 by Department of Water Resources for $400,000) Carried out.
Documents related to monitoring on lower Codornices Creek
- 2005 Hagar Env. Services Report on numbers of trout removed from Codornices Creek just before dewatering for 2004-5 project, 2nd to 5th St.
- 2006 monitoring plan for lower Codornices Creek restorations
- 2008 monitoring report on Codornices Creek restorations (for CCWRAP).
- 2009 monitoring report on Codornices Creek restorations (by Roger Leventhal, Farwest Engineering)
- 2011 monitoring report on lower Codornices Creek restorations
- 2012 monitoring report on lower Codornices Creek restorations
- 2012 early assessment of success of plantings on Codornices Creek between 6th and 8th Street, with plant list.
- 2013 monitoring report on lower Codornices Creek restorations
- 2014 monitoring report on lower Codornices Creek restorations
- 2015 monitoring report on lower Codornices Creek Restorations
- 2016 monitoring report on lower Codornices Creek Restorations.
- 2019 monitoring report on lower Codornices Creek Restorations
- 2020 monitoring report on lower Codornices Creek Restorations
- Results of 2017 monitoring of aquatic macroinvertebrates on Codornices, San Leandro, and Sinbad Creeks.
- 2019 trout kill effects: Results comparing 2018 and 2019 monitoring of aquatic macroinvertebrates in lower Codornices Creek (2019 following major fish kill).
- Incision after restoration: Cross sections of stream bed between Sixth and Eighth, showing changes in channel form, such as steepening and incision, following construction of the new channel. Restoration Design Group, undated.
- E-DNA sampling by Albany High School interns led by Revital Katznelson (3 items)Final report of 2021 Environmental DNA sampling, Codornices and Cerrito Creeks (PDF)
- Spreadsheet of results of genetic sequencing by CaleDNA (PDF)
- E-DNA Genetic sequencing: Profiles of selected species (PDF)
Reports on projects on Codornices and Cerrito Creeks, as well as many other California restoration projects, have been prepared by students in
U.C. Berkeley ‘s course, Restoration of Rivers and Streams, taught since 1992 in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning. Reports from 2003 to 2013, presented at the annual Berkeley River Restoration Symposium, are archived here.
Here are some that focused on post-project appraisal — that is, did the project meet its goals, and what other effects did it have. Sincere thanks to Professor Matt Kondolf and other instructors in this course for for their efforts in trying to evaluate results of restoration projects while teaching valuable professional skills.