To: Board of Supervisors
From: Planning and Building Department
Agenda Section: Departmental
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. Direct the Auditor/Controller to set up a new fund titled "CCLUO Mitigation and Remediation Fund" with fund number ______;
6. Direct the Auditor/Controller to transfer One Million One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,100,000.00) from General Fund Contingencies into the CCLUO Mitigation and Remediation Fund;
7. Direct Planning and Building Director to administer the Mitigation and Remediation Grant Program following the approved Guidelines;
8. Direct Public Works Director to oversee the use of $500,000 of the funds in 2022, or as soon thereafter as practicable, for high priority projects on the list in Attachment 3 that most reduce sediment delivery in the Redwood Creek and Sprowel Creek watersheds in Southern Humboldt;
9. Direct Planning and Building Director 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 modifications to the Guidelines to enhance the program's effectiveness in improving water quality in the targeted watersheds; and
10. Consider the request from staff in the California Department...
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