Title
Authorize the General Manager to enter into Amendment Number 2 to the Proposition 1 Integrated Regional Water Management Sub-grant Disbursement Agreement with the City of Salinas to extend the term to June 30, 2027; and authorize the General Manager to execute up to two no-cost amendments to the Sub-grant Agreement. (Staff: Amy Woodrow)
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board of Directors:
a. Authorize the General Manager to enter into Amendment Number 2 to the Proposition 1 Integrated Regional Water Management Subgrant Disbursement Agreement with the City of Salinas to extend the term to June 30, 2027; and
b. Authorize the General Manager to execute up to two no-cost amendments to the Subgrant Agreement.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
In 2020, the Monterey County Water Resources Agency (“Agency”) was awarded $3,462,861 in Proposition 1 Round 1 Integrated Regional Water Management (“IRWM”) Implementation grant funds by the State of California, Department of Water Resources (“DWR”).
The Agency is the implementing agency for administration of agreement number 4600013799 (“Agreement”). This role involves administration of the IRWM grant funds and coordination with other project-specific implementing agencies for the projects covered in the Agreement’s Work Plan, which include the City of Salinas, Castroville Community Services District, and Resource Conservation District of Monterey County (“RCDMC”). Sub-grant agreements with each of these entities were executed in 2021 to disburse the IRWM funds allocated in the Agreement for each project. Specifically, in May 2021, the Agency entered into a sub-grant agreement with the City of Salinas to receive $1,129,883 in IRWM grant funds for Project 5: Salinas Storm Water Management – Increasing Capture, Improving Treatment, Reducing Energy Use.
Amendments to the Primary Agreement
To-date, the Agency has completed four amendments to the Agreement with DWR.
In April ...
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