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To:	Contra Costa County Flood Control District Board of Supervisors
From:	Brian M. Balbas, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Date:	June 11, 2019

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Lower Walnut Creek — National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant. Project No. 7520-6B8285

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 06/11/2019

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	Paul Detjens, (925) 313-2394
cc:	Allison Knapp, Deputy Chief Engineer Tim Jensen, Flood Control Paul Detjens, Flood Control Catherine Windham, Flood Control

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: June 11, 2019
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Chief Engineer, Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District (FC District), or designee, to partner with the State of California Coastal Conservancy (SCC) to apply for grant assistance in the form of the National Coastal Wetlands Conservation (NCWC) Grant Program, in the amount of $1,000,000, for partial implementation of the North Reach of the Lower Walnut Creek Restoration Project, Martinez area.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Requested grant amount of $1,000,000 of Federal NCWC funds, local match of $240,000 funded by Flood Control District Zone 3B funds included in current project budget.

BACKGROUND:

Following the 2014 congressional “selective deauthorization” of the most downstream 4 miles of Walnut and Pacheco Creeks, the FC District has completed a community-based planning process that identified a preferred alternative for restoration work of Lower Walnut Creek. The project subsequently attracted grant funding from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that covered the design and regulatory permitting phases of work. Now the FC District is seeking grant funding for implementation of the restoration project.

The NCWC grant is a federal program that is only available to eligible agencies in coastal states, such as California. The SCC has confirmed their eligibility and has agreed to apply on behalf of the FC District for the Lower Walnut Creek Restoration Project. The SCC would be the grant applicant, and the FC District would serve as a subgrantee via a future agreement with the SCC. If the project is selected for NCWC funding, the FC District would negotiate a subgrantee agreement with the SCC and return to the Board for approval of the subgrantee agreement.

Because the NCWC Grant Program is a good match for the Lower Walnut Creek Restoration Project funding, the SCC has recommended applying for the maximum one million award for implementation funding.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Without the Board of Supervisors’ approval, the FC District will not be able to partner with the SCC to apply for the NCWC Grant described above.