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A,' <br />COASTAL CONSERVANCY <br />Staff Recommendation <br />April 2, 2009 <br />INVASIVE SPARTINA PROJECT <br />99-054-01 <br />Project Manager: Maxene Spellman <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION: Authorization to: 1) disburse up to $565,454 of federal grant <br />funds from the United States Environmental Protection Agency and from the United States <br />Minerals Management Service's Coastal Impact Assistance Program for 2009 treatment and <br />eradication projects and water quality monitoring to implement the Invasive 5partina Project <br />Control Program within the San Francisco Estuary; and 2) modification of the Conservancy's <br />prior authorization of April 24, 2008 by permitting the use of any remaining funds authorized for <br />2008 treatment and eradication to be used for treatment and eradication in 2009 or subsequent <br />years. <br />LOCATION: The baylands and lower creek channels of the nine counties that bound the San <br />Francisco Bay. <br />PROGRAM CATEGORY: San Francisco Bay Area Conservancy <br />ExxzBrTs <br />Exhibit 1: September 25, 2003 Staff Recoirunendation <br />Exhibit 2: June 16, 2005 Staff Recommendation <br />Exhibit 3: Anri124, 2008 Staff Recommendation <br />Exhibit 4: September 25, 2008 Staff Recommendation <br />Exhibit 5: Map of 2009 Treatment Sites <br />RESOLUTION AND FINDINGS: <br />Staff recommends that the State Coastal Conservancy adopt the following resolution pursuant to <br />Chapter 4.5 of Division 21 of the Public Resources Code: <br />"The State Coastal Conservancy hereby authorizes the following: <br />1. Acceptance of a grant to the Conservancy in the amount of $700,000 (seven hundred <br />thousand dollars) from the United States Minerals Management Service Coastal Impact <br />Assistance Program (CIAP), and a grant to the Conservancy in the amount of $172,375 (one <br />hundred seventy-two thousand three hundred seventy-five dollars) from the United States <br />F= .~ ~«k <br />Page 1 of 8 <br /> <br />