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a. Support authorizing the Auditor-Controller to amend the FY 2020-21 Adopted Budget by increasing appropriations in the County's Administrative Office's Other Financing Uses Budget Unit (001-1050-CAO017-8038) by $399,499, financed by a release of the Cannabis Tax Assignment, Balance Sheet Account 3132; and
b. Support authorizing the Auditor-Controller to amend the Water Resources Agency's Castroville Seawater Intrusion Project Operations Fund (131-9300-WRA020-8491) FY 2020-21 adopted budget to increase appropriations in the amount of $2,640,567, financed by a transfer from 001-1050-CAO017-8038 in the amount of $399,499, and an increase in estimated revenues in the amount of $2,241,068.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Budget Committee:
a. Support authorizing the Auditor-Controller to amend the FY 2020-21 Adopted Budget by increasing appropriations in the County's Administrative Office's Other Financing Uses Budget Unit (001-1050-CAO017-8038) by $399,499, financed by a release of the Cannabis Tax Assignment, Balance Sheet Account 3132; and
b. Support authorizing the Auditor-Controller to amend the Water Resources Agency's Castroville Seawater Intrusion Project Operations Fund (131-9300-WRA020-8491) FY 2020-21 adopted budget to increase appropriations in the amount of $2,640,567, financed by a transfer from 001-1050-CAO017-8038 in the amount of $399,499, and an increase in estimated revenues in the amount of $2,241,068.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
On May 19, 2020, the Monterey County Water Resources Agency (MCWRA) Board of Supervisors approved a recommendation for the MCWRA to enter into an agreement with the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) to receive and implement a Proposition 1 Implementation Grant for the destruction of approximately 105 wells in the Lower Salinas Valley within Monterey County. Destroying abandoned or inactive wells in the project area will prevent conduits that allow vertical migration of seawater- and ni...
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