Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: 4/5ths_
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Jasneet W. Sharma, Director of Sustainability Department
Subject: Resolution Authorizing Acceptance of Grant Funds from the California State Water Resources Control Board for the Little Butano Creek at Cloverdale Road Sediment Reduction Project
RECOMMENDATION:
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Recommendation to:
Adopt a resolution authorizing the Director of the Sustainability Department, or designee(s), to accept and execute a $465,000 grant from the California State Water Resources Control Board and enter into a grant agreement to fund the Little Butano Creek at Cloverdale Road Sediment Reduction Project and any amendments thereto; and
Approve an Appropriation Transfer Request recognizing $465,000 in grant funds from the California State Water Resources Control Board to fund the project.
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BACKGROUND:
The California State Water Resources Control Board (Water Board) Nonpoint Source Grant Program (NPS) is a competitive grant program funded by the federal Clean Water Act Section 319(h) Grant Program to implement nonpoint source control activities, with focus on impaired water bodies. Nonpoint source pollution is contamination that is discharged from many cumulative sources over larger areas instead of from one single source.
The County has been awarded an NPS grant (Grant) for culvert repair and road stabilization in the Butano Creek watershed in the amount of $465,000. The Grant requires a 25 percent funding match based on total project costs. The total cost of this project is $625,000, of which, the County is providing a match of $160,000, which is slightly higher than the 25 percent required match. The total project budget of $625,000 must be spent within one year of the Grant award.
Project completion supports the County’s Stormwater Pollution Prevention Program compliance efforts by reducing sediment in the impaired Butano Creek watershed. Additionally, the resu...
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