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 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ("NASA") 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 be the authorized representative, on behalf of the county and the North Coast Resource Partnership ("NCRP"), and execute any documents, including, without limitation, professional services agreements, necessary to accept and administer funding made available by NASA for the project entitled, "Actionable Lidar-Based Data for Wildfire Prevention Planning, Response, and Rehabilitation on California's North Coast"; and
2. Approve, and authorize the Humboldt County Auditor-Controller to post, a supplemental budget request and make technical corrections as needed (4/5 vote required).
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Grant funds provided by the NASA Shared Services Center
DISCUSSION:
The 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. The County of Humboldt is currently represented on the NCRP Leadership Council by Supervisors Madrone (Leadership Council Co-Vice-Chair), Bohn, and Wilson (Alternate voting member). In addition, the County of Humboldt has acted as the Regional Contract Administrator, as authorized ...
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