BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
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Resolution Approving the Application for Grant Funds from The Wildlife Conservation Board, for the Bolsa Road Fish Passage Project (Project No. 26044002), (Gilroy), (District 1).
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
A. Approve the grant application submitted by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) on June 21, 2019 to the State of California, Natural Resources Agency, Department of Fish and Wildlife, Wildlife Conservation Board, for Proposition 68 funds.
B. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), if the grant is awarded to the District, to:
1. Accept the grant and execute a grant agreement with the California Wildlife Conservation Board for the Bolsa Road Fish Passage Project, provided all grant requirements can be met;
2. Sign and submit invoices and requests to the California Wildlife Conservation Board for grant disbursements to be made pursuant to the Grant Agreement between the District and the California Wildlife Conservation Board to construct the Project; and
3. Delegate such other authority as needed to provide management and support services required for the performance of the work and administration pursuant to the grant agreement, as deemed necessary and appropriate.
C. Adopt the Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Santa Clara Valley Water District APPROVING THE APPLICATION FOR GRANT FUNDS FROM THE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BOARD FOR THE BOLSA ROAD FISH PASSAGE PROJECT.
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SUMMARY:
The purpose of the Bolsa Road Fish Passage Improvement Project (Project) is to improve fish passage at the Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) crossing of Uvas Creek to allow steelhead and other aquatic organisms to move freely between the lower and upper reaches of the creek. This is being accomplished through development of a geomorphically designed project that restores the creek invert to historic elevation.
Specific outcomes of the Project are:
1. Restore upstream steelhead passage at the UPRR crossing, providing acce...
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