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Adopt a Resolution to:
a. Approve distribution of Fish and Game Propagation Fund grants in the amount of $45,449 for twelve specific projects for Fiscal Year 2017-18; and
b. Authorize the Auditor-Controller to increase appropriations by $15,750, in the Fish and Game Propagation Fund 006-3000-8476-RMA101 to fund the award of twelve funding grants, where the financing source is Fund 006 Unassigned Fund Balance (4/5th vote required).
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors adopt a Resolution to:
a. Approve distribution of Fish and Game Propagation Fund grants in the amount of $45,449 for twelve specific projects for Fiscal Year 2017-18; and
b. Authorize the Auditor-Controller to increase appropriations by $15,750, in the Fish and Game Propagation Fund 006-3000-8476-RMA101 to fund the award of twelve funding grants, where the financing source is Fund 006 Unassigned Fund Balance (4/5th vote required).
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Monterey County Fish and Game Advisory Commission ("Commission") received twelve Fish and Game Propagation Fund grant applications for Fiscal Year 2017-18. Board Resolution 81-239 requires all expenditures using County Fish and Game Propagation funds to be approved by the Board of Supervisors. The Competitive Grant Applications were noticed in the Monterey County Herald on December 15, 2017 and December 22, 2017, and January 5, 2018 (Attachment A). The twelve grant applications were also received and considered for funding at the Monterey County Fish and Game Advisory Commission's February 13, 2018 regular meeting (Attachment B). Eleven applications were approved on February 13, 2018 and one was tabled to the regular April 10, 2018 meeting. The remaining application was approved on April 10, 2018 (Attachment C).
The Commission recommends that the Board of Supervisors approve the following grants in the amounts shown in the 2017-18 Propagation Grant Award Summary (Attachment D).
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