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Consider receiving a report on the September 19, 2019 workshop with the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board of Supervisors and Board of Directors related to funding for Water Resources Agency projects and programs; and approving staff's recommendation to seek funding on deferred maintenance at Nacimiento and San Antonio Reservoirs, including rehabilitation of the San Antonio spillway.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board of Supervisors:
Receive a report on the September 19, 2019 workshop with the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board of Supervisors and Board of Directors related to funding for Water Resources Agency projects and programs; and approve staff's recommendation to seek funding on deferred maintenance at Nacimiento and San Antonio Reservoirs, including rehabilitation of the San Antonio spillway.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
On April 26, 2019, the Water Resources Agency Board of Directors held a special workshop where staff presented an overview of 40 projects and 21 programs that were identified as either unfunded and/or underfunded. The aggregate total costs of these projects and programs were approximately $85 million. At the same workshop, the County Counsel's Office presented an overview of possible funding mechanisms the Agency can pursue to fund the project and program costs. At the workshop, attendants were broken into groups and addressed four questions related to how the Agency should fund these projects/programs.
On September 19, 2019, a follow-up workshop was held via a joint meeting between the Water Resources Agency Board of Supervisors and the Water Resources Agency Board of Directors. Staff brought back the recommendations from the April 26, 2019 workshop and further examined the costs of the projects/programs to a revised total of approximately $145 million. During this workshop, the Agency provided an overview of the steps taken since the April workshop, in a...
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