Resolution No. _____________

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

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Resolution Authorizing a Road Fund Budget Set-Aside for the Reclamation of Pescadero Quarry

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

 

WHEREAS, San Mateo County, as owner of the Pescadero Quarry, is obligated pursuant to the State Surface Mining and Reclamation Act to complete the reclamation of the Pescadero Quarry; and

 

WHEREAS, an assurance is required to guarantee the reclamation plan will be completed, and said assurance must meet the requirements of the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (Public Resources Code Section 2710 et seq.); and

 

WHEREAS, Section 3806.2 of the California Code of Regulations provides that a specific fund or line item set aside will meet the requirements of the Section 2773.1 of the Public Resources Code.

 

    NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED that:

 

1.

The Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to set aside $25,000 in the Road Fund Budget in a Contingency Line Item for Fiscal Years 2004-2005 and for the express purpose of providing assurances that the reclamation of the Pescadero Quarry will be implemented.

 

2.

The Environmental Services Agency, as the lead agency for the State, or the Department of Conservation, upon the presentation of evidence and confirmation by this Board that the Department of Public Works is incapable of performing the reclamation guaranteed by the assurance in the Road Fund Contingency is authorized to expend these funds as necessary to complete the work contemplated by said reclamation plan.

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