File #: 16-031    Name: Lower Carmel Notch Expansion
Type: General Agenda Item Status: Passed
File created: 1/6/2016 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 1/12/2016 Final action: 1/12/2016
Title: Acting on behalf of County Service Area 50 a. Approve an increase in appropriations in the amount of $350,000 in the FY 2015-16 Adopted Budget for CSA 50 - Rioway Tract Fund 077-3000-8198-RMA073, where the financing source is Unassigned Fund Balance, to fund the Lower Carmel River Notch Expansion that will increase the flood plain capacity and reduce the flood elevation at the east end of CSA 50 (4/5th vote required); b. Authorize the Auditor-Controller to amend the Adopted Budget for CSA 50 - Rioway Tract Fund 077-3000-8198-RMA073, for FY 2015-16 by increasing appropriations in the amount of $350,000 where Fund 077 Unassigned Fund Balance is the financing source. (4/5th vote required); c. Find that Phase 1 of the Lower Carmel River Notch Expansion qualifies as a Class 4 Categorical Exemption under Section 15304 of the CEQA Guidelines (Minor Alterations to Land consisting of Grading of land with a slope of less than 10%). d. Find that Phase 2 of the Lower Carmel River Notch E...
Attachments: 1. Board Report, 2. Attachment 1 – Indemnification Agreement w/Exhibits A - C, 3. Attachment 2 – 1996 Covenant of Easement, 4. Attachment 3 – CSA50 Advisory Committee Draft Minutes, 5. Attachment 4 - Letter from Larry Levine, 6. Attachment 5 – Rioway Tract Income and Expenditure Summary, 7. Completed Board Order
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Acting on behalf of County Service Area 50
a. Approve an increase in appropriations in the amount of $350,000 in the FY 2015-16 Adopted Budget for CSA 50 - Rioway Tract Fund 077-3000-8198-RMA073, where the financing source is Unassigned Fund Balance, to fund the Lower Carmel River Notch Expansion that will increase the flood plain capacity and reduce the flood elevation at the east end of CSA 50 (4/5th vote required);
b. Authorize the Auditor-Controller to amend the Adopted Budget for CSA 50 - Rioway Tract Fund 077-3000-8198-RMA073, for FY 2015-16 by increasing appropriations in the amount of $350,000 where Fund 077 Unassigned Fund Balance is the financing source. (4/5th vote required);
c. Find that Phase 1 of the Lower Carmel River Notch Expansion qualifies as a Class 4 Categorical Exemption under Section 15304 of the CEQA Guidelines (Minor Alterations to Land consisting of Grading of land with a slope of less than 10%).
d. Find that Phase 2 of the Lower Carmel River Notch Expansion qualifies as a Statutory Exemption from CEQA under Section 15269 (Emergency Projects).
e. Approve and Authorize the Resource Management Agency Director to execute an Indemnification Agreement between the County of Monterey, the Big Sur Land Trust, the Margaret Eastwood Trust U/D/T/ dated 8/21/90, and the 1988 Clinton Eastwood Trust U/D/T dated May 16, 1988 and future amendments to this Agreement where the amendments do not significantly alter the terms of this agreement;
f. Authorize the Resource Management Agency Director to complete the Lower Carmel River Notch Expansion project Phase 1-Agricultural Grading to increase flood plain capacity immediately upon approval, and Phase 2-Notch Lowering to reduce the flood elevation at the east end of CSA 50 as an emergency measure if flood conditions materialize. (ADDED VIA ADDENDUM)
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors acting on behalf of County Service Area 50:

a. Approve an inc...

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