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To:	Contra Costa County Flood Control District Board of Supervisors
From:	Julia R. Bueren, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Date:	July 21, 2015

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Proposition 84 Grant Application Cost Share payment for the Marsh Creek Widening Project. (100% Drainage Area 130 Funds) Project No. 7562-6D8490

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 07/21/2015

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor

ABSENT:

Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	Paul Detjens, (925) 313-2394
cc:	Paul Detjens, Flood Control Carl Roner, 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: July 21, 2015
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Chief Engineer, Contra Costa County Flood Control & Water Conservation District (FC District), or designee, to pay up to $17,000 to the Contra Costa Water District for costs associated with the development and submittal of a Proposition 84 implementation grant application prepared by consultants to the Contra Costa Water District, East County area.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Drainage Area 130 is the primary funding source.

BACKGROUND:

The FC District has been participating in the East Contra Costa County (ECCC) Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) group, which was formed in response to the state of California Proposition 50 and Proposition 84 requirements. The state required that a project needed to be included in an Integrated Regional Water Management Plan (IRWMP) to be eligible for state grant funding. The East County Water Management Association developed a “functional equivalent” IRWMP and used it to successfully apply for several projects in East County. The FC District’s Marsh Creek Widening project is in the ECCC IRWMP.

The ECCC IRWM group has, through Contra Costa Water District, hired a consultant to prepare and submit an implementation grant application for Proposition 84. The grant application preparation costs are being shared in proportion to the requested amount. Six agencies are submitting projects under the ECCC IRWM group’s application.

The FC District is requesting a grant amount of $600,000 for its Marsh Creek Widening project, which is one of six projects in the total grant request of nearly $4.5 million. The FC District’s proportionate share of the $90,000 professional services cost is approximately 18%, or approximately $16,500. The funds are to be paid directly to the Contra Costa Water District.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Without the approval of the Board of Supervisors, the FC District will not have the authorization to pay its share of the grant proposal costs to the Contra Costa Water District. This would prevent the FC District from applying for this state grant as applications must come from the ECCC IRWM group. The FC District would need to seek other funding sources to construct the Marsh Creek Widening project.