Memorandum
Date: September 24, 2024
To: The Honorable Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Pawan Upadhyay, Water Resources Director and Angela De Palma-Dow, Program Coordinator, Water Resources
Subject: (Sitting as the Lake County Watershed Protection District) Consideration of three Joint Funding Agreements with the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Dept. of the Interior (USGS) for stream monitoring in Kelsey, Clover, and Scotts Creek, for a total amount not to exceed $138,170 and authorize the Water Resources Director to sign
Executive Summary:
Attached for your Board's consideration and approval are three joint agreements between the Lake County Watershed Protection District ("District") and the United States Geographical Survey ("USGS"). The JFA provides funding for the operation and maintenance of the stream flow gage stations that provide real-time and historical data that are critical during floods, floodplain planning, in-stream flow studies, hydrologic investigations, and for monitoring critical flows for stream spawning periods of the State-listed Clear Lake Hitch.
Normally, the Water Resources Department cooperates with USGS to provide annual funding for co-maintenance of only one, Kelsey Creek gauge station. However, this water year, through the combined funding efforts of grants and hitch-need allocations, the District is able to enter into three agreements, broadening the District's ability to manage and monitor our valuable aquatic resources for people, property, fish, and wildlife protections.
See the attached three joint funding agreements under specific projects at these locations:
1) The annual maintenance and operation of the Kelsey Creek USGS stream gage for $19.370 with $7,340 contributed by USGS totaling an amount not to exceed $26,710. The Kelsey Creek gage agreement identifies a cost-share between The District and USGS, with District portions supported through internal Budgeted District funds. This gage is essential to predict...
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