HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 02242009 - C.97RECOMMENDATION(S):
1) ACCEPT recommendation of the Fish and Wildlife Committee regarding the awarding
of two grants from the Fish and Wildlife Propagation Fund.
2) DIRECT the Auditor/Controller to release $1,163.40 from the Fish and Wildlife
Propagation Fund to the Department of Conservation and Development for the Volunteer
Creek Monitoring Program to support stream monitoring activities benefiting the fish and
wildlife resources of the County.
3) DIRECT the Auditor/Controller to release $18,705.00 from the Fish and Wildlife
Propagation Fund to the Urban Creeks Council for the Rheem Creek Restoration and
Watershed Education Project to support restoration activities at Contra Costa College in San
Pablo that will benefit the fish and wildlife resources of the County.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No impact to the general
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 02/24/2009 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I
Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Susan A. Bonilla, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Michelle Luebke,
335-1315
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board
of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: February 24, 2009
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Celicia Nelson, Deputy
cc: Daniel Pellegrini
C.97
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Chair, Fish and Wildlife Committee
Date:February 24, 2009
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FROM THE FISH AND WILDLIFE PROPAGATION FUND TO
SUPPORT PROJECTS THAT BENEFIT FISH AND WILDLIFE
FISCAL IMPACT: (CONT'D)
fund. A portion of the fines collected from violations of fish and game regulations in the
County is deposited in the Fish and Wildlife Propagation Fund, which has a current
balance of approximately $300,000. State law defines how money in this fund may be
spent, but the Board of Supervisors is responsible for authorizing specific expenditures.
The projects recommended to receive funding are consistent with the expenditure criteria
established by State Law.
BACKGROUND:
Since 1996, the Fish and Wildlife Committee (FWC) has implemented a structured
process for reviewing funding requests. The intent of this structured review process was
to replace case-by-case decision-making (such as occurred previously) with a grant
process that enables comparative and efficient review of applications.
Occasionally the Committee receives requests for funds outside of the regular grant
cycle. These proposals must meet all the regular requirements of applications as well as
the justification why the funding request should be considered outside the regular cycle.
The criteria established by the FWC for considering applications outside the regular grant
cycle are:
• the project is a FWC-initiated project; or
• delaying review of the project until the annual review cycle would cause substantial
harm to the fish and wildlife resources of the County; or
• the project cannot be performed at all unless funding is received from the Fish and
Wildlife Propagation Fund sooner than would be possible under the annual review cycle;
or
• the project has substantial matching funds which will expire unless funding is received
from the Fish and Wildlife Propagation Fund sooner than would be possible under the
annual review cycle.
The FWC discussed the funding applications at its November 2008 and January 2009
meetings and determined by unanimous votes that both proposals comply with the
established criteria. The FWC also voted unanimously to recommend that the Contra
Costa County Board of Supervisors approve funding these two grant applications in full.
Additional detail on the two recommended appropriations is provided below:
1) Appropriate $1,163.40 from the Contra Costa County Fish and Wildlife Propagation
Fund to the Contra Costa County Department of Conservation and Development for the
Volunteer Creek Monitoring Program’s analysis of benthic macroinvertebrate samples.
These samples would provide critical information on the effects of vegetation removal on
benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages and on the effects on benthic macroinvertebrate
communities following the introduction of the invasive New Zealand Mud Snail
(Potamopyrgus antipodarum).
2) Appropriate $18,705 from the Contra Costa County Fish and Wildlife Propagation
Fund to the Urban Creeks Council for the Rheem Creek Restoration and Watershed
Education Project. This project provides funding for vegetation installation, maintenance
and monitoring at a creek restoration site on Rheem Creek at Contra Costa College in
San Pablo.
ATTACHMENTS
Volunteer Creek Monitoring Program cover page
Urban Creeks Council cover page