RECOMMENDATION(S):
ADOPT Resolution No. 2023/193, to support the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California's grant application to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy for the planning phase of the Wetland Mosaic Landscape Project on Webb Tract.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No cost to the County or the Water Agency to support the proposed Wetland Mosaic Landscape on Webb Tract Project.
BACKGROUND:
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) has submitted a grant application in the amount of $20,907,371 to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy for the Wetland Mosaic Landscape on Webb Tract Project. MWD owns the entire island in the central Delta called Webb Tract and it is located in the northeastern portion of Contra Costa County, north of Bethel Island and southwest of Bouldin Island. Webb Tract is situated entirely within the Primary Zone of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. MWD purchased Webb Tract in 2016 along with three other islands (Bouldin, Bacon, and Holland). Historically, Webb Tract was used to farm corn and is now leased for cattle grazing.
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