DATE: October 22, 2019
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Cost Share Letter of Agreement for Prop 1 and 68 Sustainable Groundwater Planning Grant Program Proposal Application of the Delta-Mendota Subbasin
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute the Cost Share Letter of Agreement for Propositions 1 and 68 Sustainable Groundwater Planning Grant Program Proposal Application of the Delta-Mendota Subbasin, coordinated and prepared for submittal by the San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority on behalf of Fresno County Management Areas A & B Groundwater Sustainability Agency and Authorizing Agencies within the Subbasin.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will authorize the San Luis & Delta-Mendota (DM) Water Authority (Authority) to apply for grant funding made available through the Sustainable Groundwater Management (SMG) Grant Program's Planning Grant. The Planning - Round 3 funding is provided by Propositions 1 and 68 and the application is due by November 1, 2019. This item pertains to locations in District 1.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Your Board may choose not to approve the recommended action; however, it would likely result in increased overall costs of administration of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) throughout the DM Subbasin as grant reimbursement would not be awarded.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. The County is expected to contribute a 1/15th share ($2,830) towards the costs incurred by the Authority to coordinate, prepare, and submit the grant application ($42,440). SGMA invoices are paid through the County Administrative Office (CAO) utilizing Interest and Miscellaneous Expenditures Org 2540, the grant awards are expected in March 2020 and would be deposited within the same Org. Sufficient appropriations and estimated revenues are included...
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