DATE: December 4, 2018
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: California Department of Fish and Wildlife Lake and Streambed Alteration Agreements
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Authorize the Director of the Department of Public Works and Planning, or designee, to (1) submit applications for Lake and Streambed Alteration Agreements; (2) execute Lake and Streambed Alteration Agreements subject to review and approval by County Counsel and the Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax Collector; and, (3) execute amendments to Lake and Streambed Alteration Agreements with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife for various, specifically identified future bridge or culvert replacement and rehabilitation projects.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will authorize the Director of the Department of Public Works and Planning, or designee, to submit applications for Lake and Streambed Alteration Agreements (SAA) and to execute SAAs and related amendments with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDF&W) that may be required for the 22 future bridge and culvert replacement and rehabilitation projects listed on Exhibit 1. The projects are on modified streams (natural streams that have been realigned or converted to function as irrigation canals) or on man-made canals when the project location is at the convergence of a canal and a natural stream. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Your Board may elect not to approve the recommended action in which case the Department would have to return to the Board to execute each individual future SAA.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. Only one of the 22 projects listed on Exhibit 1 is fully funded by Senate Bill 1: Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 (SB 1). The remaining projects are covered by the Federal Highway Bridge Program (HBP) and any required matchi...
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