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, and Accept, Funding Made Available through the California Department of Water Resources' Urban and Multibenefit Drought Relief Grant Program on Behalf of the North Coast Resource Partnership
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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 prepare apply for, and accept, if awarded, funding made available through the California Department of Water Resources' Urban and Multibenefit Drought Relief Grant Program on behalf of the North Coast Resource Partnership; and
2. Direct the Clerk of the Board to provide one (1) 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:
Grant funding provided through the California Department of Water Resources' Urban and Multibenefit Drought Relief Grant Program
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 $100,000,000 in highly competitive funding to the north coast region, with over $37,000,000 supporting planning and implementation projects within Humboldt County. The Leadership Council, the governing body of 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 Leadership Council designated the County of Humboldt as the Regional Contract Administrator for the NCRP.
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