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Consent-General Government # 9.
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| Board of Supervisors |
County Administrator |
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| Adopt budget resolution increasing the 2016-17 Delta Budget by $25,000 to allow the County to accept a grant from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy in the amount of $25,000. (No general fund impact) (4/5 vote required) (Blacklock/Sabatini) |
| Recommended Action |
- Adopt budget resolution increasing the fiscal year 2016-17 Delta Budget by $25,000; and
- Authorize the County Administrator, or his designee, to enter into all necessary agreements to accept the $25,000 grant award from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy.
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| Strategic Plan Goal(s) |
Operational Excellence
Sustainable Environment
Flourishing Agriculture |
| Reason for Recommended Action/Background |
Background
On June 27, 2016, the Board of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy (Delta Conservancy) approved a Scope of Work for Phase 1 of the Cache Slough Region Restoration Strategy (Strategy). That scope is attached as Attachment B to this staff report.
The purpose of this project is to develop a restoration strategy for the Cache Slough Complex (CSC) that identifies areas for habitat restoration and projects that would be eligible for Proposition 1 funding. Through engagement in a collaborative planning process between local, state, and federal agencies and interests, a locally-supportable vision and strategic planning approach will be developed that considers multiple land use plans and processes focused in the CSC, reduces potential conflicts between those uses, and identifies opportunities for a landscape-level integrated approach. This regional planning effort will compliment already-ongoing collaborative work among local, state and federal agencies in the larger Yolo Bypass/Cache Slough (YBCS) Region; and builds on and further develops efforts by the local partners in the Corridor Management Framework (CMF).
Phase I of this planning effort will collect readily available information for ecosystems, agriculture, flood protection and water supply in the region and then bring all of the interests together in a series of facilitated workshops to assess the information and develop an initial assessment. The last step of Phase I will be the collaborative assessment of next steps and needed information or analysis to continue a Phase II effort to complete a regional restoration strategy. The continuation of the project into Phase II and any associated costs would need to be approved by the Delta Conservancy Board.
Budget Modification
Development of the Scope of Work was a highly collaborative process amongst local and state agency staff. Yolo County Staff requested $25,000 from the Delta Conservancy to participate in the development of the Cache Slough Region Restoration Strategy. That request was approved by the Delta Conservancy Board in conjunction with the Scope of Work.
Approval of this item would allow for: 1) the modification of the Delta/Water budget to allow acceptance of the $25,000 award, and 2) the CAO, or his designee, to enter into any necessary agreements with the Delta Conservancy to accept the funds.
The budget resolution is provided as Attachment A to this staff report. |
| Collaborations (including Board advisory groups and external partner agencies) |
| The attached scope of work has been developed by the following partners over the past twelve months; Solano County, Solano County Water Agency, Reclamation District 2068, Yolo County, the California State Resources Agency, Delta Stewardship Council Planning Program, Delta Science Program, San Francisco Estuary Institute-Aquatic Science Center, Flow West, LLC, and the Delta Conservancy. The local partners supported this scope as an articulation of agreement on the approach to the planning process, costs and schedule for the project and it was approved by the Delta Conservancy Board in June 2016. |
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