Resolution No. _____________

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

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Resolution Adopting Facts and Findings for the Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Cupid Row Canal Vegetation and Sediment Removal Project, and Approving the Project Description and Monitoring Plan for the Project

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RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo, State of California, acting as the governing board of the San Mateo County Flood Control District, that:

WHEREAS, an Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration, hereinafter IS/MND, analyzing the potential significance of impacts associated with the proposed Cupid Row Canal Vegetation and Sediment Removal Project has been prepared and circulated pursuant to the requirements of California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") guidelines and County-adopted objectives and procedures for the evaluation of projects and the preparation of Environmental Impact Reports and Negative Declarations; and

WHEREAS, prior to action on the Project, this Board, acting as the governing board of the San Mateo County Flood Control District (the "District"), must consider the IS/MND and the application of all mitigating measures and project alternatives described in the IS/MND; and must find that the IS/MND has considered all environmental impacts of the proposed Project; and

WHEREAS, concurrent with the resolution adopting the IS/MND and with adoption of the findings required under CEQA, Section 21080(c)(2), the Project Description and Monitoring Plan with any revisions indicated, shall be adopted which identifies mitigation monitoring actions and performance standards which are necessary to ensure compliance with the prescribed and adopted mitigation measures and to evaluate their effectiveness in achieving the stated purpose; and

WHEREAS, based on review and consideration of the IS/MND, evidence presented in the staff report prepared by County Public Works staff and consideration of testimony presented at the public hearing on the proposed project, there is evidence that the Project as proposed may result in significant impacts unless mitigated; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 21081.6 of CEQA, proposed mitigations and a monitoring plan have been prepared which address each of the potentially significant environmental impacts.

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED that this Board, acting as the governing board of the San Mateo County Flood Control District:

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Finds that revisions in the project plans or proposals made by, or agreed to by the District would avoid the effects or mitigate the effects to a point where clearly no significant effect on the environment would occur, and there is no substantial evidence, in light of the whole record before this Board, that the project, as revised, may have a significant effect on the environment; and

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does hereby approve the Project Description and Monitoring Plan for the Project, attached hereto as Exhibit "A".

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