To: Board of Supervisors
From: Public Works
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Resolution Authorizing the Humboldt County Department of Public Works to Apply for, Accept and Administer, on behalf of the North Coast Resource Partnership, Proposition 1, Round 1 Integrated Regional Water Management Grant Funding Made Available by the California Department of Water Resources
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Adopt the attached resolution authorizing the Humboldt County Department of Public Works Director, or a designee thereof, to apply for, accept and administer, on behalf of the North Coast Resource Partnership, Proposition 1, Round 1 Integrated Regional Water Management Grant funding made available by the California Department of Water Resources; and
2. Direct the Clerk of the Board to provide a fully executed certified copy of the attached resolution to the Humboldt County Department of Public Works for submission to the California Department of Water Resources.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Natural Resources Planning (1720 289), Grant Funds authorized by the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014 (Proposition 1).
DISCUSSION:
The North Coast Resource Partnership ("NCRP") was initiated in 2004 as a water management collaborative between the counties of Humboldt, Sonoma, Modoc, Mendocino, Trinity, Del Norte and Siskiyou. The NCRP is now a successful coalition of North Coast Counties and Tribes that has brought over One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000.00) in highly competitive funding to the north coast region, with over Thirty-Seven Million Dollars ($37,000,000.00) supporting planning and implementation projects within Humboldt County. The Policy Review Panel, the governing body for the NCRP, is comprised of representatives from each of the seven (7) NCRP counties and Tribal areas, and acts as the North Coast Regional Water Management Group. In 2005, the NCRP Policy ...
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