Agmt 2009 California State Coastal Conservancy

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INVASIVE SPARTINA PROJECT Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to implement treatment and eradication projects and water quality monitoring for the Invasive Spartina Project (ISP) Control Program. 2. Disbursement of up to $400,000 (four hundred thousand dollars) of the CLAP grant and up to $140,454 (one hundred forty thousand four hundred fifty-four dollars) of the EPA grant for 2009 (or subsequent) invasive Spartina treatment and eradication projects under the ISP Control Program, and up to $25,000 (twenty-five thousand) of the EPA grant for water quality monitoring in connection with the invasive Spartina treatment and eradication projects. Funds for treatment and eradication projects maybe used to augment existing grants to the California Wildlife Foundation, Friends of Corte Madera Creek Watershed, the East Bay Regional Park District, City of Alameda, City of San Leandro, the San Mateo County Mosquito Abatement District, the Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, the California Department of Parks and Recreation, and United States Fish and Wildlife Service Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge. Any grant of funds for treatment and eradication shall be subject to the following conditions: a. Prior to implementing any treatment and eradication project and prior to disbursement of any funds to the grantee, the grantee shall submit for review and approval of the Executive Officer a plan detailing the site-specific work for 2009, based on the outcome and extent of the 2008 treatment and including a list of identified mitigation measures, a work program for 2009 treatment and 2010 activities, if applicable, including a schedule and budget, and evidence that the grantee has obtained all necessary permits and approvals for the project. b. In carrying out any treatment and eradication project, the grantee shall comply with all applicable mitigation and monitoring measures that are set forth in the approved site- specific plan, that are required by any permit, the amended Biological Opinion or approval for the project, and that are identified in the "Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report, San Francisco Estuary Invasive Spartina Project: Spartina Control Program" (FEIS/R), adopted by the Conservancy on September 25, 2003. 3. Modification of the Conservancy's prior authorization of April 24, 2008, relating to disbursement of funds for ISP Control Program treatment and eradication, by permitting the use of any remaining funds authorized for 2008 treatment and eradication to be used for treatment and eradication in 2009 or subsequent years, as needed. " Staff further recommends that the Conservancy adopt the following findings: "Based on the accompanying staff report and attached exhibits, the State Coastal Conservancy hereby finds that: 1. Disbursement of additional funds for the ISP Control Program treatment and eradication projects, and ongoing management for 2009, remains consistent with Public Resources Code Sections 31160-31165 and with the resolutions, finding and discussion accompanying the Conservancy authorizations of September 25, 2003, June 16, 2005, and Apri124, 2008, as Page 2 of 8