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Receive summary reports and presentations on two studies and related work prepared under a $228,000 grant from the Delta Conservancy (#2016-17-106) consisting of a Countywide Agricultural Economic Baseline Assessment and Cache Slough Case Study, and a Land Evaluation and Site Assessment (LESA) Study for the Cache Slough region of the County
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Department of Resource Management recommends that the Board receive reports on the completion of two studies and related activities undertaken as part of Agreement number 2016-17-106 with the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy for the Cache Slough region. The two studies include a Countywide Agricultural Economic Baseline Assessment and Cache Slough Case Study, and a Land Evaluation and Site Assessment (LESA) Study. The Economic Assessment Study will be presented by the Agricultural Commissioner, as part of his report under a separate agenda item. Executive Summaries of the studies are attached to each of the respective Board Reports. An overview of the LESA study will be presented by Wendy Rash, Natural Resources Conservation Service; Genevieve Taylor, Ag Innovations; and Anna Constantino, FlowWest.
SUMMARY:
On September 1, 2016, the County entered into a contract agreement with the State Delta Conservancy to receive planning grant funds in the amount of $228,000 to conduct data acquisition & mapping; stakeholder outreach; and land use and economic studies in the Cache Slough region of the County. The eastern areas of the County in the Yolo Bypass and Cache Slough as well as adjacent areas have been the subject of intense interest by the State as an opportunity area for ecosystem restoration and for flood risk reduction purposes, including mitigation for the State and federal water project Biological Opinions (BiOps) and the proposed California WaterFix Project. For a...
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