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FINANCE COMMITTEE

Meeting Date:	03/15/2016
Subject: Funding Shortfall in the Wildcar/San Pablo Creeks Levee Remediation Project in North Richmond
Submitted For:	David Twa
Department:	County Administrator
Referral No.:	2/9/2015 C.89
Referral Name:	Funding Shortfall in the Wildcar/San Pablo Creeks Levee Remediation Project in North Richmond
Presenter:	Paul Detjens, Senior Civil Engineer	Contact:	Paul Detjens (925) 313-2394

Information

Referral History:

Referral was submitted to the full Board of Supervisors as an action item on February 9, 2016. The items was originally heard at the February 18, 2016 Committee meeting and continued to March 2016 with a request for an updated funding/grant submittal plan.

Referral Update:

Attached for the Committee's recommendation is a report on the funding shortfall in the Wildcat/San Pablo Creeks Levee Remediation project in North Richmond. The following is the updated funding/grant submittal plan:

Flood Control will be applying for approximately $500,000 in State the Coastal Conservancy (SCC) Proposition 1 grant program. The application will include $250,000 for the Wildcat / San Pablo Levee remediation project and the remainder will go to Urban Tilth to create jobs for local youth and provide habitat assessment and creek restoration in the watershed. This amount is based on a recommendation from the SCC after the first unsuccessful attempt for the grant.

The Grant deadline is March 31, 2016 and Flood Controls expects to hear on the success or failure for the grant by the middle of May. Once the we are notified by the SCC, Flood Control will update the Finance Committee.

Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):

CONSIDER attached report on the funding shortfall in the Wildcat/San Pablo Creeks Levee Remediation project in North Richmond and updated information on the funding/grant submittal plan, as recommended by Public Works Director.

Fiscal Impact (if any):

Original request was for $900,000 in general purpose revenue. Flood Control District has revised their request to $650,000, instead of the original $900,000, in FY 2016-17 from the County General Fund to cover the funding shortfall in the Wildcat / San Pablo Creeks Levee Remediation project in North Richmond. The revision is due to a grant program from the State Coastal Conservancy Prop 1 Funds which the Flood Control District is applying for $250,000.

Attachments
North Richmond Levee Remediation Project with Map