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 Pescadero Creek Watershed Roads Sediment Reduction Project
RECOMMENDATION:
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Recommendation to:
A) Adopt a resolution authorizing the County of San Mateo to accept a $1,000,000 grant from the California State Water Resources Control Board and enter into a grant agreement to fund the Pescadero Creek Watershed Roads Sediment Reduction Project; and
B) Approve an Appropriation Transfer Request (ATR) recognizing $1,000,000 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 states to implement nonpoint source control activities, with focus on impaired water bodies. Nonpoint source pollution is pollution that is discharged over larger areas instead of from one source. The County has been awarded an NPS grant for culvert repair and road stabilization in the Pescadero Creek watershed in the amount of $1,000,000, which will significantly lower the County's contribution towards the total project cost of $4,953,462. A required 25 percent grant match of $921,247 has already been budgeted for by the County.
The project supports the County's Stormwater Pollution Prevention Program compliance efforts, which includes sediment reduction in impaired watershed, and improved water quality reported towards the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board Municipal Regional Stormwater National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit requirement. The County of San Mateo's NPDES Permit requires reducing 2...
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