For City Council and Rialto Utility Authority Meeting September 10, 2024
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: G. Michael Milhiser, Interim City Manager
AUTHOR: Toyasha Sebbag, Assistant to the City Manager
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Request City Council and Rialto Utility Authority Board to authorize Staff to Submit a Grant Application to the Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority for Proposition 1, Round 2 grant funds for a Septic to Sewer Project in the amount of $319,000.
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council and Rialto Utility Authority Board authorize Staff to Submit a Grant Application to the Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority for Proposition 1, Round 2 grant funds for a Septic to Sewer Project in the amount of $319,000
BACKGROUND
On November 4, 2014, California voters approved Proposition 1, the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014. Proposition 1 authorized $510 million in Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) funding. California was divided into 12 funding regions to allocate the funding with Rialto falling into funding Region 5 - Santa Ana Sub-Region.
The IRWM Grant Program is designed to encourage integrated regional strategies for the management of water resources and to provide funding for programs and projects that support local IRWM planning and implementation. IRWM serves as the mechanism for the Department of Water Resources (DWR) to administer Proposition (water bond) funding to projects that help meet the long-term water needs of the state. The Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority (SAWPA) is the lead agency for the Santa Ana Sub-Region funding, and has created, and implemented the One Water One Watershed (OWOW) Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) Program for the region.
On November 24, 2015, the City of Rialto adopted Resolution No. 6855, the "One Water One Watershed (OWOW) 2.0 Plan", the Integrated Regional Water Management Plan (IRWMP) for the Santa Ana River Wat...
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