Title:
Title
Cooperative Agreement: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for the American River Floodplain and Side-Channel Restoration Project
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FileID
File ID: 2019-00445
Location
Location: Citywide
Recommendation:
Recommendation
Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager, or the City Manager's designee to; 1) apply for U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) Central Valley Project Improvement Act Title XXXIV [CVPIA-3406(b)(13))] funding for Fiscal Years (FY) 2018/19 through 2022/23, for up to the maximum amount of $7,736,839 for the American River Floodplain and Side-Channel Restoration Project (Project); if awarded; 2) accept federal funds in the amount awarded by the USBR by executing the Cooperative Agreement and any subsequent modifications; 3) establish the American River Floodplain and Side-Channel Restoration Project (G14140400); and 4) establish revenue and expenditure budgets up to $7.7 million in the Habitat Management Element (HME) Fund (Fund 7104) for the American River Floodplain and Side-Channel Restoration Project (G14140400).
Contact: Virginia Smith, Program Specialist, (916) 808-1995, Citywide & Community Support; City-County Office of Metropolitan Water Planning (CCOMWP, also known as the Water Forum)
Body
Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Resolution
3-Grant Application
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: The City-County Office of Metropolitan Water Planning (CCOMWP, also known as the Water Forum), recommends the City apply for funds made available through the USBR Central Valley Project Improvement Act [CVPIA-(b)(13)] to fund activities related to the Project for the next five years. Matching funds are not required.
The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to increase and improve salmon and steelhead spawning and rearing habitat by replenishing spawning gravel and establishing additional side-channel habitat at new restoration sites in the lower American River between Nimbus Dam and Discovery Park, a r...
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