Agmt 2008 California State Coastal Conservancy

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Exhibit 8: Updated Site-specific Invasive Spartina Control Plans and Mitigation Matrices for 22 Sites Previously Treated Exhibit 9: May 24, 2007 Staff Recommendation RESOLUTION AND 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 an augmentation in the amount of $249,425 (two hundred forty-nine thousand four hundred twenty-five dollars) to the existing grant to the Conservancy from the Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) to implement the Invasive Spartina Project (ISP) Control Program for 2008. 2. Disbursement of up to $223,152 (two hundred twenty-three thousand one hundred fifty-two dollars) of Conservancy funding and up to $249,425 (two hundred forty- nine thousand four hundred twenty-five dollars) of the WCB grant for invasive Spartina treatment and eradication projects in 2008 and planning for such activities in 2009 under the ISP Control Program. Funds for treatment and eradication projects may be used to supplement 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 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 disbursement of funds for treatment and eradication activities, there shall be in place a fully executed amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding between the Conservancy and WCB authorizing an augmentation of funding and identifying the 2008 ISP Control Program activities as an addition to the previously approved ISP project. b. 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 2008, based on the outcome and extent of the 2007 treatment and including a list of identified mitigation measures, a work program for 2008 treatment and 2009 ~~ ~~~t .