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MEMORANDUM
TO: Board of Directors, Lake County Watershed Protection District
FROM: David Cowan, Watershed Protection District Director
DATE: July 24, 2018
SUBJECT: (Sitting as Lake County Watershed Protection District, Board of Directors) Consideration of a Resolution Authorizing the Watershed Protection District Director to Execute a Funding Agreement with the State of California Department of Water Resources to accept $15,000,000 in Grant Funding for the Purchase of Real Property as part of the Middle Creek Flood Damage Reduction and Ecosystem Restoration Project
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
We request the Board of Directors for the Lake County Watershed Protection District (District) authorize the Watershed Protection District Director to execute a funding agreement between the Lake County Watershed Protection District and the State of California Department of Water Resources. The agreement will provide $15,000,000 in grant funding under Proposition 1E (the Disaster Preparedness and Flood Prevention Bond Act of 2006) and Proposition 13 (the Safe Drinking Water, Clean Water, Watershed Protection, and Flood Protection Act). Funds will be used to purchase property as part of the Middle Creek Flood Damage Reduction and Ecosystem Restoration Project (Project).
This project is a continuation of a project that was initiated on March 23, 2004 when the District entered into an agreement with the Department of Water Resources for the Flood Protection Corridor Program Grant (5.214 million dollars). The agreement was amended in May 2011 extending the grant and adding additional funds (total funds of 12,714 million dollars).
The current round of funding will be used to purchase the remainder of flood prone properties from willing sellers in the project area, a major step toward restoring natural habitats and improving water quality in Clear Lake. The grant requires that the acquisition of the real properties and the relocation of the occupants be conducted in th...
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