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MEMORANDUM
TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Greg Giusti, Chair, Fish and Wildlife Advisory Committee
Steven Hajik, Agricultural Commissioner
DATE: July 18, 2017
SUBJECT: Consideration of Lake County Fish and Wildlife Advisory Committee’s recommendation to support the Chamber of Commerce and Lake County Fair by donating $1,500 towards a live-fish educational display.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Per the Lake County Fish and Wildlife Advisory Committee’s By-laws, one of the main functions of the committee is to provide the Board with recommendations on how to distribute the fine monies collected from Dept of Fish and Wildlife citations and court actions. The “wildlife” budget is administered by the Ag Commissioner’s office.
The Chamber of Commerce and LC Fair request the support for a live-fish educational display. The LC Fish and Wildlife Advisory Committee recommends that the Board support the Committee’s recommendation to allocate $1,500 from the Fish and Wildlife Fines account to partially fund an educational display of native fish at the Lake County Fair this year. The display is a large live-tank that will be populated with local fish from Clear Lake. The display, the size of a semi-truck, will be used by local fishing guides to give fishing tips and local biologists to talk about fish ecology. Similar tanks in the past have generated a great deal of enthusiasms from those who have seen it.
FISCAL IMPACT: _X_ None __Budgeted __Non-Budgeted
Estimated Cost: $1,500
Amount Budgeted:
Additional Requested:
Annual Cost (if planned for future years):
FISCAL IMPACT (Narrative):
Fine monies collected from Dept of Fish and Wildlife citations and court actions.
STAFFING IMPACT (if applicable):
The “wildlife” budget is administered by the Ag Commissioner’s office.
Recommended Action
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve the Lake County Fish and Wildlife Advisory Committee’s recommendation to support the Chamber of Commerce and Lake County Fair by donating $1,500 towards a live-fish educational display.