Agmt 2006 State Coastal Conservancy

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. e '. ' PROJECT FINf'\NCING: A. FinancinK for this Authorization: ERP grant to the Coastal Conservancy WeB grant to the Coastal Conservancy $1,234,396 $715,299* Total Authorized .Expenditure $1,949,695 "'This arn,ount is all but $34,145 of what remains from the $3,000,000 awarded to the Consl;':rvancy from WCB for the ISP. Conservancy funding of the ISP Monitoring Program is expected to come from a new grant from the California Bay-Delta Authority Ecosystem Restoration Program (ERP). The ERP objectives include the halting of nonnative invasive aquatic plants into the Bay- Delta estuary and limiting the spread, and when possible and appropriate, eradicat~g populations of nonnative invasive species through focused management efforts. In addition, any proposed project must, under the ERP request for proposals, include programs and projects to monitor and evaluate ecosystem restoration actions previously funded by the CALFED (the fonner name of what is now known as the California Bay.:. Delta Authority) ERP. . The proposed project clearly fulfills the ERP objectives and criteria for funding. It is directly related to eradication of a nonnative species from the San FranCisco Bay Estuary and it directly implements the monitoring for the Spartina eradication efforts that have been previously funded ,by CALFED. The ERP funding is, in turn, derived from Proposition 50, pursuant to Water Code' Section 79550(e). Under that section, the funds may be used, as proposed here, for the general purpose of implementation of the California Bay-Delta Authority ERP. . Conservancy funding for the treatment and eradication projects is expected to come from an exis~ing grant to the Conversancy from the WCB. Under the grant agreement with WeB, the Conservancy may use these funds for wetland habitat restoration projects within the nine. county San Francisco Bay Area that implement the restqration goals of the San Francisco Bay Joint Venture ("SFBJV") and the San Francisco Baylands Ecosystem Habitat Goals Report ("Goals Report") and that meet the priorities of the . Conservancy as described in Section 31162 of the Public Resources Code. In addition, any proposed project must, under the WeB grant agreement, be a "high priority" project as identified in the grant agreement or otherwise authorized as a priority project by WCB in the "Memorandum of Understanding" between WCB and the Conservancy that is required before any project may move forward. :The WeB grant funding, in turn, is derived' from an appropriation from the Water Security, Clean Drinking .Water, Coastal Beach Protection Fund of 2002 (pr.oposition 50), The Proposition 50 funds were appropriated under the specific authorization found in Section 79572(c) of the Water Code and may be used for the general purpose of acquisition, protection and restoration of coastal wetlands. 0-6 EXHl81 t ~ j