RECOMMENDATION(S):
Acting as the governing body of the Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District (FC District), APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Chief Engineer, or designee, to apply for and/or accept state assistance in the form of the California Department of Water Resources Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) Grant in an amount not to exceed $1,500,000 for design, permitting, construction and monitoring of the Wildcat Creek Fish Passage Implementation Project, North Richmond area.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Grant amount request is not to exceed $1,500,000 from California Department of Water Resources IRWM Grant. No matching funds are required by this IRWM Grant since the project would serve the disadvantaged community of north Richmond. Other funding received for this project includes a grant from California Department of Water Resources Urban Streams Restoration Program in the amount of $784,775. On September 13, 2022, the Board also approved a grant application in an amount not to exceed $2,000,000 with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund. (Project No. 7505-6F8101)
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