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a. Accept the recommendation of the Monterey County Fish and Game Advisory Commission to award ten (10) funding grants; and
b. Approve the distribution of Fish and Game Propagation Fund grants in the amount of $26,549.50 for specified projects for Fiscal Year 2015 - 2016.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Accept the recommendation of the Monterey County Fish and Game Advisory Commission to award ten (10) funding grants; and
b. Approve the distribution of Fish and Game Propagation Fund grants in the amount of $26,549.50 for specified projects for Fiscal Year 2015 - 2016.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Monterey County Fish and Game Advisory Commission is recommending that the Board of Supervisors approve ten (10) Fish and Game Propagation Fund grant projects for Fiscal Year 2015-16. This action is consistent with Board Resolution 81-239, which states that all expenditures using County Fish and Game Propagation funds must be approved by the Board of Supervisors.
The ten (10) grant applications were legally noticed in the Monterey Herald newspaper on December 13th and 27th, 2015 and January 3rd, 2016, and legally placed on the Monterey County Fish and Game Advisory Commission's agenda for consideration on February 9, 2016. A copy of the relevant portion of the draft minutes from the February 9, 2016 meeting is attached hereto regarding the presentations, discussions and Commission’s action on the applications. All grant proposals were reviewed for consistency with California State Fish and Game Code criteria for distribution of Propagation Fund grant monies. Each applicant has agreed to the terms and conditions of the grant agreement for use of Fish and Game Propagation Funds. By majority vote, the Commission recommended that the Board of Supervisors approve the following grants in the amounts shown below:
APPLICANT GRANT REQUEST RECOMMENDED FUNDS
1. Monterey Bay Youth Outdoor Day $2,500 $2,500
2. Lazy Arrow Pheasant Hunt $2,500 $2,500
3. Lockwood Hunter Education $750 $750
4. Museum Foundation of Pac Grove $3,530 $3,030
5. Marine Life Studies $6,206 $6,206
6. Rancho Cielo Pond Herbicides $3,063.50 $3,063.50
7. Ventana Wildlife Society $10,000 $4,000
8. Gaines Associates $750 $1,000
9. CalTIP $1,000 $1,000
10. O’Neill Sea Odyssey $2,500 $2,500
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
County Counsel has reviewed and concurs with this recommendation.
FINANCING:
Sufficient funds are available in the Fiscal Year 2015-16 budget, Appropriation PAR002 Park Unit 8155 to award these grants recommended by the Commission. There is no impact to General Fund Contribution as a result of this action.
Prepared by: _________________________________________
John Akeman, Parks Planning Manager
Approved by: ________________________________________
Mark Mariscal, Director of Parks and Recreation
Attachments:
• Agenda and Relevant Discussion portion of Draft minutes from Fish and Game Advisory Commission Meeting of February 9, 2016
• Monterey Herald Proof of Publication, Fish and Game Propagation Fund Grant Program legal ad notice