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Adopt a resolution supporting the Solano Resource Conservation District's grant application with the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy for the Delta Working Waterways Habitat Restoration Planning Project
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
Supervisor Vasquez requests that the Board adopt a resolution supporting the Solano Resource Conservation District's grant application with the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy for the Delta Working Waterways Habitat Restoration Planning Project.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy grant application process requires a resolution from the local governing body in support of the efforts of the grantee and the proposed project with their jurisdiction.
This project allows the Solano Resource Conservation District the opportunity to work with landowners in the northwest Delta area along Cache Slough, Linsey Slough, and Ulatis Creek to develop detailed plans and seek out implementation funding for projects that restore wildlife habitat, improve water quality, and promote long-term agricultural sustainability.
Projects developed as a result of this planning proposal will contribute to the sustainability of working lands while providing ecosystem services such as nutrient and sediment reduction, invasive species control, carbon sequestration, habitat creation and corridor connection. The need for this project stems from the historic loss of floodplains, riparian forest, and wetlands that resulted from levee construction, agricultural development, and water diversion in the region.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Support for this resolution has no general fund impact. The costs associated with preparing the agenda item are nominal and absorbed by the department's FY2018/19 Adopted Budget.
ALTERNATIVES:
The Board could choose not to adopt a resolution in support of Solano Resource Conserva...
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