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Consent-General Government # 8.
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| Board of Supervisors |
County Administrator |
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| Subject |
| Approve Flood Maintenance Assistance Program funding agreement, in the amount of $121,000, with the California Department of Water Resources for County Service Area 6 levee maintenance activities; adopt associated Funding Acceptance and Local Maintaining Agency Authorizing resolutions; adopt budget resolution to increase the 2020-21 County Service Area 6 budget by $60,500; and authorize the County Administrator, or his/her designee, to sign all grant program related documents. (No general fund impact) (4/5 vote required) (Blacklock/Liebler) |
| Recommended Action |
- Approve the Flood Maintenance Assistance Program funding agreement, in the amount of $121,000, with the California Department of Water Resources for County Service Area 6 levee maintenance activities (Attachment A);
- Adopt associated Funding Acceptance (Attachment B) and Local Maintaining Agency Authorizing resolutions (Attachment C);
- Adopt budget resolution to increase the 2020-21 County Service Area 6 budget by $65,000 (Attachment D); and
- Authorize the County Administrator, or his/her designee, to sign all grant program related documents.
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| Strategic Plan Goal(s) |
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Safe Communities |
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Sustainable Environment |
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| Reason for Recommended Action/Background |
The Knights Landing Unit 2 - Yolo Bypass - County Service Area 6 (CSA 6) levee system is a portion of the Sacramento River Flood Control Project, a large-scale levee project authorized by Congress. This system reduces the risk of flooding for Yolo and Sutter counties, and adjacent agricultural lands from flood waters in the Sacramento River, Knights Landing Ridge Cut, and Colusa Basin Drain. A non-urban population and a small number of structures are present within the leveed area. The Central Valley Flood Protection Board is a non-federal sponsor and has delegated authority to Yolo County CSA 6 for operation and maintenance of the levee system.
Over the last few years, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) has implemented the Flood Maintenance Assistance Program (FMAP), which provides State funds for eligible maintenance activities to Local Maintaining Agencies and Maintenance Areas. The program's purpose is to ensure that State Plan of Flood Control Facilities are properly maintained and have sufficient resources (i.e. funding) to meet applicable federal regulations and operation and maintenance manual requirements. An important component of this program is that local matching funds are not required to obtain the State funding.
Yolo County CSA 6 was a successful recipient of $121,000 in FMAP funding for the 2021 calendar year. Funds to be received will be used for continued implementation of levee maintenance activities that have been funded by the FMAP program since 2019. These activities include, but are not limited to, vegetation control (weed spraying, tree limbing, and grazing), the removal of critical pipe crossings, and rodent control. The work plan, schedule, and budget for this round of funding is included as Attachment E.
Staff is recommending that the Board of Supervisors approve the funding agreement (Attachment A) and adopt the associated resolutions (Attachment B - Resolution Accepting Funds; Attachment C - Local Maintaining Agency Authorization Resolution; and Attachment D - Budget Resolution), as well as authorize the County Administrator, or his/her designee, to sign all grant program related documents.
Lastly, Staff would like to note that there is a recital in Attachment C (Local Maintaining Agency Authorizing Resolution) that states:
"The County of Yolo acknowledges that it must submit a new operations, maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, and replacement agreement with the Central Valley Flood Protection Board prior to the receipt of Flood Maintenance Assistance Program funds."
The Board of Supervisors approved the above-referenced agreement during their meeting on May 21, 2019 (Resolution No. 19-70 and Agreement No. 19-93). The agreement was fully executed by the Central Valley Flood Protection Board on June 10, 2019, and has been attached to this staff report as Attachment F. No additional agreements with the Central Valley Flood Protection Board are required to receive the 2021 FMAP funding. |
| Collaborations (including Board advisory groups and external partner agencies) |
| Staff has collaborated wih the California Department of Water Resources and the Office of County Counsel on this item. |
| Competitive Bid Process |
| The competitive bid process is not applicable to this action. |
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Explanation (Expenditure and/or Revenue) |
| Further explanation as needed: |
| Staff anticipates that half of the available grant funding will be expensed during the 3rd and 4th quarters of FY 20-21, thus requiring a resolution to adjust the CSA 6 budget by $60,500. All remaining grant funds will be budgeted accordingly for expense in the CSA 6 budget for FY 21-22. |
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