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Acting as the Board of Directors, Water Agency:
Consider recommendations regarding the approval of an updated Integrated Regional Water Management Plan Memorandum of Understanding with Cooperating Partners, and authorization for Public Works Director to execute Sub-grant Agreements for Proposition 84 Round 1 Implementation Grants, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Approve and authorize the Public Works Director or his designee to execute the updated Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) among the County Water Agency and the Integrated Regional Water Management Program (IRWMP) Cooperating Partners, and Project Proponents;
b) Approve and authorize the Director of Public Works or his designee to execute the Sub-grant Agreements and any needed amendments with the six (6) Project Proponents which have been awarded Proposition 84 Round 1 Implementation Grant funding from the State Department of Water Resources (DWR);
c) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0002431 to receive $1,000,000.00 from DWR as a pass-through to reimburse the Project Proponents for their project costs for Fiscal Year 2012/2013; and
d) Find that the approval of the updated IRWMP MOU and the Proposition 84 Round 1 Sub-grant Agreements does not constitute a "Project" within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to 14 CCR 15378 (b)(4).