RESOLUTION NO. _____________

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA

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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO EXECUTE: A) A GRANT AGREEMENT FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION TO BE USED FOR THE MARBLED MURRELET RESTORATION AND CORVID MANAGEMENT PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $54,000 B) ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE GRANT FUNDING FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $54,000.

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

WHEREAS, on the evening of September 26, 1998, the Tanker Vessel Command as it traveled in the southbound traffic lane off the San Francisco and Marin County coasts released an estimated 3,000 gallons of Intermediate Bunker Fuel; and

WHEREAS, on September 30, 1998, this oil began to wash ashore, largely in the form of scattered tar balls, over 15 miles of beaches, mainly in San Mateo County; and

WHEREAS, the Federal government and the State of California reached a settlement with the parties responsible for the Command spill, the terms of which were memorialized in a Consent Decree and reviewed by a U.S. District Court and subject to public comment prior to being entered by the Court on March 31, 2000; and

WHEREAS, the natural resources damages portion of the settlement was deposited into the Natural Resource Damage Assessment; and

WHEREAS, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, California Department of Fish and Game, California State Lands Commission, and California Department of Parks and Recreation (CDPR) are Trustees for the natural resources injured by the spill and authorized expenditure of the Natural Resource Damage Money for restoration projects; and

WHEREAS, a Restoration Fund was created and CDPR acts as administrator for a portion of those funds and the amount of $54,000 will be granted to the County Public Works Department for a Marbled Murrelet Restoration and Corvid Management Project to be used to fund the services of a project manager, seasonal interpretive employees and animal-proof food storage and garbage control improvements.

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED that the Board of Supervisors adopt this Resolution authorizing the Director of Public Works, or his designee, to execute a grant agreement with the California Department of Parks and Recreation for the Marbled Murrelet Restoration and Corvid Management Project.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the Director of Public Works or his designee to execute any other documents associated with the acceptance of $54,000 in grant funding from the California Department of Parks and Recreation.

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