To: The Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors
From: Warren Lai, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Report Title: Amendment to the Agreement with the Association of Bay Area Governments for award of a California Department of Water Resources Integrated Water Management Plan Grant.
Recommendation: Recommendation of the County Administrator
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RECOMMENDATIONS:
Acting as the governing body of the Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District (FCD), APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Chief Engineer, or designee, to execute an amendment to the Local Project Sponsor Agreement (LPS Agreement) with the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) to extend the term through March 31, 2028, with no change to the amount to be provided from a California Department of Water Resources (DWR) Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) Plan Grant for the Wildcat Creek Fish Passage Implementation Project (WCFPI Project).
FISCAL IMPACT:
The LPS Agreement provides up to $1,500,000 in DWR IRWM Plan Grant funds for the WCFPI Project (Project No. 7505-6F8103). Remaining WCFPI Project costs are funded by the DWR Urban Streams Restoration Program, the US Environmental Protection Agency San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund, and other grants (Project No. 7505-6F8101 through 7505-6F8103).
BACKGROUND:
On October 11, 2022, the Board of Supervisors authorized the FCD to apply for an IRWM Plan Grant from DWR in the amount of $1,500,000 for the WCFPI Project. The DWR Grant required a regional application to be eligible for the IRWM Plan Grant funding. The WCFPI Project is included in the list of projects in the Bay Area IRWM Plan. The Bay Area IRWM group evaluated potential projects for IRWM Plan Grant funding and selected twelve projects, including the FCD’s WCFPI Project, for a joint application. The ABAG acted as the lead agency in the joint grant application to DWR for the IRWM Plan Grant funding.
Subsequently, DWR aw...
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