Agmt 2007 California State Coastal Conservancy

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COASTAL CONSERVANCY Staff Recommendation March 8, 2007 INVASIVE SPARTINA PROJECT (ISP) PHASE II-CONTROL PROGRAM 2007 IMPLEMENTATION OF CONTROL PROGRAM File No. 99-054 Project Manager: Maxene Spellman RECOMMENDED ACrION: Authorization to: 1) accept $1,250,868 as a grant from the Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) to implement the Invasive Spartina Control Program for 2007 and disburse the full amount for treatment and eradication projects within the San Francisco Estuary; and 2) disburse up to $949,907 of Conservancy funds for environmental consulting services needed to operate and manage the Spartina Control Program on an ongoing accelerated schedule through springof2008. LOCATION: The baylands and lower creek channels ofthe nine counties 'that bound the San Francisco Bay. PROGRAM CATEGORY: San Francisco Bay Area Conservancy EXHIBITS Exhibit 1: September 25,2003 Staff Recommendation Exhibit 2: June 16, 2005 Staff Recommendation Exhibit 3: Map of 2007 Treatment Site~ I RESOLUTION MID FINDINGS: Staff recommends that the State Coastal Conservancy adopt the following resolution pursuant to Chapter 4.5 of Division 21 of the Public Resources Code: "The State Coastal Conservancy hereby authorizes the following: 1. Acceptance of $1 ,250,868 (one million two hundred fifty thousand eight hundred sixty~eight dollars) as a grant from the Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) and disbursement of this full amount for invasive Spartina treatment and eradication projects under the Invasive Spartina Project (ISP) Control Program. Funds for treatment and eradication projects may be used to supplement existing grants to the Alameda County Flood Control District, the California Wildlife Foundation, Friends of Corte Madera Creek Watershed, the East Bay Regional Park District, City of EXHIBIT 4