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Consider approving and recommending that the Monterey County Water Resources Agency (MCWRA) Board of Supervisors:
a. Accept $10 million in State grant funds via Senate Bill 831 as being in accordance with Board of Supervisors' Order adopted on February 9, 2016; and,
b. Enter into a Grant Agreement with California Department of Water Resources to receive $10 million in grant funds for the Interlake Tunnel and Spillway Modification Project, including authorization to execute and modify the Grant Agreement, with stated qualifications. (THIS ITEM WAS REMOVED VIA SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA)
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board of Directors:
Approve and recommend that the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board of Supervisors:
a. Accept $10 million in State grant funds via Senate Bill 831 as being in accordance with Board of Supervisors' Order adopted on February 9, 2016; and,
b. Enter into a Grant Agreement with California Department of Water Resources to receive $10 million in grant funds for the Interlake Tunnel and Spillway Modification Project, including authorization to execute and modify the Grant Agreement, with the qualifications noted in the proposed resolutions.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
On February 9, 2016, the Monterey County Board of Supervisors of the Water Resources Agency adopted a Board Order relating to a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) and funding for the Interlake Tunnel and Spillway Modification Project.
On September 13, 2016 California Governor Brown signed Senate Bill 831 which appropriated $10 million dollars from the California General Fund to California Department of Water Resources (DWR) to grant funds to the Monterey County Water Resources Agency (Agency) for the purposes of a water conveyance tunnel between San Antonio and Nacimiento Reservoirs and spillway modifications at San Antonio to increase water storage.
On October 6, 2016 a meeting was held with DWR to work out the par...
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