To: Board of Supervisors
From: Planning and Building Department
Agenda Section: Public Hearing
SUBJECT:
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Implementation of a Water Quality Improvement Grant Program with Funds from the Commercial Cannabis Land Use Ordinance (CCLUO) Mitigation and Remediation Fund (Case # PLN-2021-17061)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Receive and consider the staff report, open the public hearing, and accept public comment;
2. Close the public hearing;
3. Deliberate on the proposed Mitigation and Remediation Grant Program Guidelines;
4. Approve the Mitigation and Remediation Grant Program Guidelines by adopting Resolution No. _____ [Attachment 1] making findings the Guidelines are exempt from environmental review pursuant to CEQA;
5. Authorize the Auditor-Controller to set up a new fund titled "CCLUO Mitigation and Remediation Fund" with fund number ______;
6. Authorize the Auditor-Controller to transfer One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) from General Fund Contingencies into the CCLUO Mitigation and Remediation Fund;
7. Direct Planning staff to administer the Mitigation and Remediation Grant Program following the approved Guidelines;
8. Authorize the Auditor-Controller to transfer Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) from General Fund Contingencies into the Department of Public Works Roads Fund (budget unit 1200888).
9. Direct the Department of Public Works to oversee expenditure of the funding for high-priority projects that reduce sediment delivery in the Redwood Creek and Sprowel Creek watersheds in Southern Humboldt as identified in Attachment 3 in 2022, or as soon thereafter as practicable;
10. Direct Planning staff in consultation with the Department of Public Works to provide reports to the Board of Supervisors by the end of the calendar year in 2022 and continuing through 2026 assessing the effectiveness of the program in improving water quality in the targeted watersheds and (if needed) recommending m...
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