To: The Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors
From: Warren Lai, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Report Title: Memorandum of Agreement to Provide Funding and Support for the Operations, Maintenance, and Enhancements of the Advanced Quantitative Precipitation Information Program, Countywide. (100% Flood Control District Funds)
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 a Memorandum of Agreement to provide funding in the amount of $162,490 over five years for the Advanced Quantitative Precipitation Information (AQPI) program with the University of California San Diego Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes, the Bay Area Clean Water Agencies, the Sonoma County Water Agency, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, the Santa Clara Valley Water District, the East Bay Dischargers Authority, the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District, the Alameda County Water District, the Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, Zone 7 Water Agency, and West County Wastewater.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The total cost share for the FCD contribution to the Memorandum of Agreement will be $162,490 over a five-year period, calculated as an annual cost of $30,000 increased four percent annually, funded by 100% Flood Control District Funds. Project No. 7505-6F8173
BACKGROUND:
In 2016, the Bay Area Integrated Regional Water Management Planning Group, represented by the San Francisco Estuary Partnership, received a grant from the Department of Water Resources for the San Francisco Bay Area AQPI System Project. The AQPI Project will create the AQPI System that will provide early notification of more precise rainfall location, intensity, and amounts, by utilizing regional radar facilities and developing standard...
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