To: Board of Supervisors
From: Public Works
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Authorization for the Humboldt County Department of Public Works to Accept and Administer Funding Made Available through the Governor's Office of Planning and Research, Woody Feedstock Aggregation Pilot Program and Approval of the Associated Supplemental Budget (4/5 vote required)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
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That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Authorize the Humboldt County Public Works Director, or a designee thereof, to execute a grant agreement with the Governor's Office of Planning and Research and any other documents, including, without limitation, professional services agreements, necessary to accept and administer funding made available through the Woody Feedstock Aggregation Pilot Program; and
2. Approve, and authorize the Humboldt County Auditor-Controller to post the attached supplemental budget request and make technical corrections as needed (4/5 vote required).
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Governor's Office of Planning and Research, Woody Feedstock Aggregation Pilot Program (Senate Bill 85, Section 2)
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. The Leadership Council, 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 Leadership Council designated the County of Humboldt as the Regional Contract Administrator for the NCRP.
The NCRP was recently selected as one (1) of five (5) pilot project proponents under the Governor's Office of Planning and Research, ("OPR") Woody Fee...
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