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Consider recommendations regarding approval for grant applications for water resources projects for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019-2020, as follows:
Acting as the Board of Supervisors:
a) Authorize the Project Clean Water Manager or designee to seek and apply for clean water project and program grants from federal or state government agencies or other funding entities during FY 2019-2020; and
b) Find that the proposed action is related to creation of a government funding mechanism and other fiscal activities which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment, and is therefore not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Guideline Section 15378 (b)(4);
Acting as the Board of Directors, Water Agency:
c) Authorize the Water Agency Manager or designee to seek and apply for water related project and program grants from federal or state government agencies or other funding entities during FY 2019-2020; and
d) Find that the proposed action is related to creation of a government funding mechanism and other fiscal activities which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment, and is therefore not a project under CEQA pursuant to Guideline Section 15378 (b)(4);
Acting as the Board of Directors, Flood Control and water Conservation District:
e) Authorize the Engineering Manager or designee to seek and apply for flood control and fish passage projects and program grants from federal or state government agencies or other funding entities during FY 2019-2020; and
f) Find that the proposed action is related to creation of a government funding mechanism and other fiscal activities which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment, and is therefore not a project under CEQA pursuant to Guideline Section 15378 (b)(4).