File #: RES 23-084    Name: 2023 Winter Storm Funding
Type: BoS Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 5/17/2023 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 5/23/2023 Final action: 5/23/2023
Title: Adopt a Resolution to: a. Authorize the use of the General Fund Strategic Reserve up to $20,131,960 to provide advance funding to the Public Works, Facilities and Parks Department (PWFP) to fulfill the 2023 Pineapple Express / March 2023 Winter Storm Repair Projects to be repaid with reimbursements from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and other state and federal agencies; b. Authorize the County Administrative Office and Auditor-Controller to make the appropriate fund balance designations in Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-23 included in Attachment A (4/5ths vote required); and c. Authorize and direct the Auditor-Controller to amend the FY 2022-23 adopted budget by increasing appropriations and making the appropriate transfers included in Attachment A (4/5ths vote required).
Attachments: 1. Board Report, 2. Attachment A - Resolution w/List of PWFP Reports, 3. Presentation for Item No. 9.1, 4. Completed Board Order Item No. 9.1, 5. Completed Resolution Item No. 9.1
Title
Adopt a Resolution to:
a. Authorize the use of the General Fund Strategic Reserve up to $20,131,960 to provide advance funding to the Public Works, Facilities and Parks Department (PWFP) to fulfill the 2023 Pineapple Express / March 2023 Winter Storm Repair Projects to be repaid with reimbursements from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and other state and federal agencies;
b. Authorize the County Administrative Office and Auditor-Controller to make the appropriate fund balance designations in Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-23 included in Attachment A (4/5ths vote required); and
c. Authorize and direct the Auditor-Controller to amend the FY 2022-23 adopted budget by increasing appropriations and making the appropriate transfers included in Attachment A (4/5ths vote required).
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors adopt a Resolution to:
a. Authorize the use of the General Fund Strategic Reserve up to $20,131,960 to provide advance funding to the Public Works, Facilities and Parks Department (PWFP) to fulfill the 2023 Pineapple Express / March 2023 Winter Storm Repair Projects to be repaid with reimbursements from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and other state and federal agencies;
b. Authorize the County Administrative Office and Auditor-Controller to make the appropriate fund balance designations in Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-23 included in Attachment A (4/5ths vote required); and
c. Authorize and direct the Auditor-Controller to amend the FY 2022-23 adopted budget by increasing appropriations and making the appropriate transfers included in Attachment A (4/5ths vote required).

SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Following the December 2022/January 2023 Winter Storm damages, further winter storm atmospheric river events precipitated through California beginning on March 9, 2023, and continued into mid-March 2023. These winter storms further damaged vital infrastructure and facilities belonging to the County of Monterey and ...

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