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C. 11
To: Contra Costa County Flood Control District Board of Supervisors
From: Brian M. Balbas, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Date: June  7, 2022
The Seal of Contra Costa County, CA
Contra
Costa
County
Subject: Agreement with the Association of Bay Area Governments for award of a California Department of Water Resources Integrated Water Management Plan Grant.

APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On:   06/07/2022
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: Tim Jensen, Flood Control     Paul Detjens, Flood Control     Beth Balita, Finance     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  7, 2022
Monica Nino, County Administrator
 
BY: , Deputy

 

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 execute the Local Project Sponsor Agreement (LPS Agreement) with the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) to provide up to $1,434,425 from a California Department of Water Resources (DWR) Integrated Regional Water Management Plan (IRWM) Grant for the Lower Walnut Creek Restoration Project (Project), Martinez area.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The LPS Agreement provides up to $1,434,425 in grant funds. Remaining Project costs are funded by Flood Control Zone 3B funds (Fund 252000) and other local, State and federal grant funds. (Project No. 7520-6B8285)









BACKGROUND:

On September 17, 2019, the Board of Supervisors approved the FC District’s participation in a joint application (with seven other applicants from around the Bay Area) for funding under DWR’s IRWM Grant program. The joint application was subsequently selected by DWR for funding, and DWR awarded a $22,750,000 grant to ABAG, who is tasked with administering these grant funds to eight subawardees. This includes the $1,434,425 awarded to the FC District for partial funding of the Project.  
  
The Project was constructed between April 2021 and February 2022. Work is now substantially complete, and efforts are transitioning to monitoring and adaptive management of the newly constructed wetlands. The DWR IRWM Grant program allows the FC District to claim expenses between June 3, 2020, and March 31, 2025. The Project expenditures fall within this window and are eligible for reimbursement up to the grant amount.  
  
The LPS Agreement under consideration is between ABAG and the FC District, and dictates the terms of the disbursement of the grant funds received by ABAG on behalf of the Project.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Without the Board of Supervisors’ approval, the FC District will not be able to accept the DWR IRWM Grant program described above, and would forfeit reimbursement of $1,434,425 in Project construction costs.

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