WHEREAS:

1. The voters of the State of California passed Proposition 204 on November 6, 1996 providing $15 million in bond funds for the Delta Tributary Watershed Program (Program).

2. The funding is available for watershed rehabilitation projects in the Trinity, Sacramento, and San Joaquin River watersheds.

3. The State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) released an RFP for the Program in August 1997 and closed the solicitation on January 9, 1998.

4. The project proposals were reviewed by the Resources Agency, Delta Tributary Advisory Committee, and the Regional Water Quality Control Board staffs in accordance with the RFP.

5. The three advisory groups\' reached full consensus on the recommended list of sixteen projects and funding levels for the first phase of the Program.

6. The SWRCB will not execute any contract until the applicant documents that projects subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) have completed that process.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT:

The SWRCB authorizes the Executive Director or his designee to:

1. Negotiate, execute, and amend contracts for projects listed in Attachment 1 to implement the Program.

2. Release a second RFP in order to award the remaining funds under the Program.

The undersigned, Administrative Assistant to the Board, does hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true, and correct copy of a resolution duly and regularly adopted at a meeting of the State Water Resources Control Board held on May 27, 1998.

/s/

Maureen Marché

Administrative Assistant to the Board

Attachments not electronically available. Contact John Ladd (916) 657-1016.