Title
Adopt a Resolution in support of efforts by the California State University, Monterey Bay to secure grant funding for the "Cartographies of Sustainability: A Geospatial and Digital Resource-based Approach to the Visualization of the Environmental History of California, 1769-1892" project.
report
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors adopt a Resolution in support of efforts by the California State University, Monterey Bay to secure grant funding for the "Cartographies of Sustainability: A Geospatial and Digital Resource-based Approach to the Visualization of the Environmental History of California, 1769-1892" project.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION
The California State University, Monterey Bay, seeks a Resolution from the County of Monterey in support of its grant application to the National Endowment for the Humanities for start-up funding for the project "Cartographies of Sustainability: A Geospatial and Digital Resource-based Approach to the Visualization of the Environmental History of California, 1769-1892."
The project is aimed at addressing the growing water crisis in California and the U.S. Southwest, through the funding of an environmental history and historical geography project utilizing a digital humanities approach to sustainability. Noting the problems and prospects of sustainability in politically and environmentally challenging times, the project encourages innovation at the level of interdisciplinary collaboration and the deployment of existing technologies in new and far-reaching ways. The project includes geospatial visualization of Spanish, Mexican and early American land grant maps for the purposes of extending the scope of the environmental history of California, and holds the potential to inform land use planning, development, and resource conservation. The project is construed as a "blueprint for action," and seeks to encourage innovative thought and action from the private and corporate sector and the public so as to convey data on climate change risks and impacts in compelling and useful ways that help citizens, businesses, and communities make smart choices in the face of climate change.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT
The County Administrative Office - Intergovernmental & Legislative Affairs Division prepared this report with information provided by Supervisor Salinas' Office, California State University, Monterey Bay, and the Law Office of Patrick J. Maloney.
FINANCING
Adoption of this resolution will not result in any general fund contributions.
Prepared by: Annette D'Adamo, Management Analyst III
Approved by:
_______________________________________
Nicholas E. Chiulos
Assistant County Administrative Officer
Attachments: Resolution