File #: 13-0715    Name: BSLT Odello
Type: General Agenda Item Status: Passed
File created: 6/26/2013 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 7/9/2013 Final action: 7/9/2013
Title: a. Approve assuming grant contracts from the Big Sur Land Trust for the Lower Carmel River Floodplain Restoration and Environmental Enhancement Project; b. Authorize the Director of Resource Management Agency (RMA) to enter into agreements for implementation of the Lower Carmel River Floodplain Restoration and Environmental Enhancement Project; c. Approve addition of a Senior Civil Engineer or Senior Water Resources Hydrologist position in Unit 8195 RMA012 required for project/grant management to be reimbursed as part of Carmel Lagoon expenses (estimated $150,000/year); and d. Authorize Central Human Resources to reflect addition of a Senior Civil Engineer or Senior Water Resources Hydrologist position in Unit 8195 RMA012 after final determination of the appropriate position in consultation with Human Resources.
Attachments: 1. Exhibit A - Overview Map, 2. Exhibit B - Leg Report, 3. Exhibit C - MOU, 4. Exhibit D - Budget, 5. Exhibit E - Whitson Budget, 6. Exhibit F - Work Plan and Schedule, 7. Exhibit G - Sample Contracts, 8. Completed Board Order
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a. Approve assuming grant contracts from the Big Sur Land Trust for the Lower Carmel River Floodplain Restoration and Environmental Enhancement Project;
b. Authorize the Director of Resource Management Agency (RMA) to enter into agreements for implementation of the Lower Carmel River Floodplain Restoration and Environmental Enhancement Project;
c. Approve addition of a Senior Civil Engineer or Senior Water Resources Hydrologist position in Unit 8195 RMA012 required for project/grant management to be reimbursed as part of Carmel Lagoon expenses (estimated $150,000/year); and
d. Authorize Central Human Resources to reflect addition of a Senior Civil Engineer or Senior Water Resources Hydrologist position in Unit 8195 RMA012 after final determination of the appropriate position in consultation with Human Resources.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve assuming grant contracts from the Big Sur Land Trust for the Lower Carmel River Floodplain Restoration and Environmental Enhancement Project;
b. Authorize the Director of Resource Management Agency (RMA) to enter into agreements for implementation of the Lower Carmel River Floodplain Restoration and Environmental Enhancement Project;
c. Approve addition of a Senior Civil Engineer or Senior Water Resources Hydrologist position in Unit 8195 RMA012 required for project/grant management to be reimbursed as part of Carmel Lagoon expenses (estimated $150,000/year); and
d. Authorize Central Human Resources to reflect addition of a Senior Civil Engineer or Senior Water Resources Hydrologist position in Unit 8195 RMA012 after final determination of the appropriate position in consultation with Human Resources.

SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Over the course of several years, The Big Sur Land Trust (BSLT) worked with a number of local and state agencies, including the County of Monterey and Caltrans, to coordinate an effort to secure funding to enable implementati...

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