Resolution No. _____________

Board of Supervisors, County of San Mateo, State of California

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Resolution Endorsing the Application for an Urban Streams Restoration Grant, Conditionally Accepting Grant if Offered, and Designating Contract Manager and Fiscal Agent - Alpine Road, Los Trancos Woods Area

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RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo, State of California, that

WHEREAS, the County of San Mateo is committed to preserving and enhancing aquatic resources and habitats for endangered species; and

WHEREAS, the unpaved portion of Alpine Road is within the San Francisquito watershed, and San Francisquito Creek is a steelhead trout stream in San Mateo County; and

WHEREAS, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR), Division of Local Assistance, Urban Streams Restoration Program has announced the availability of funds for grants; and

WHEREAS, said grants are intended to help solve flooding and erosion problems in a way that provides environmental enhancement; and

WHEREAS, to meet the DWR requirement of designating a community group as cosponsor to ensure a collaborative project, the San Francisquito Watershed Council, a non-profit community group representing diverse interests in the watershed, has agreed to cosponsor a grant application with the County of San Mateo; and

WHEREAS, the Director of Public Works has recommended that this Board encores the application for an Urban Streams Restoration Grant, and this Board has considered the recommendations of the Director of Public Works.

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED THAT this Board hereby:

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endorses the application for an Urban Streams Restoration Grant; and

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authorizes the Director of Public Works, or his duly authorized representative, to accept and sign a contract and other forms or agreements for administration of the grant funds and to develop a work plan for the grant contract, and to submit invoices to the Department of Water Resources for activities carried out under the work plan of the grant contract.

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