For City Council Meeting [November 15, 2022]
TO: Honorable City Council
APPROVAL: Marcus Fuller, City Manager
FROM: Thomas J. Crowley, P.E., Utilities Manager
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Request the City Council/Rialto Utility Authority Board 1) Adopt Resolution No. 7991 Approving the Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority's One Water One Watershed Plan Update 2018; and 2) Adopt RUA Resolution No. 08-22 Approving the Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority's One Water One Watershed Plan Update 2018.
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BACKGROUND
On February 19, 2019, the Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority (SAWPA) Board of Commissioners adopted the One Water One Watershed (OWOW) Plan Update 2018. The update was developed from the OWOW 2.0 Plan that was adopted on February 4, 2014. Like the OWOW 2.0 Plan, the OWOW Plan Update 2018 serves as the Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) Program for the Santa Ana River Watershed, which allows the listed projects eligible for state grant funding.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION
SAWPA is the approved Regional Water Management Group (RWMG) for the Santa Ana River Watershed, with the Board of Commissioners governing the OWOW Program's aspects that engage with the State's IRWM Program. Tasked with this administrative oversight for the Santa Ana Funding Area, SAWPA conducted a call for Projects from January 11, 2022, to June 1, 2022, related to OWOW Plan Update 2018. SAWPA received 24 applications requesting Proposition 1 Round 2 Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) grant funding and authorized funding for 10 projects.
The City of Rialto's Lake Rialto Habitat Management and Community Open Space (Lake Rialto) Project is one of the ten projects selected for funding. On September 22, 2022, the OWOW Steering Committee authorized SAWPA staff to move forward with the top-ranked projects and grant funding allocation.
At their October 4, 2022, meeting, SAWPA Board of Commissioners authorized $2,149,748 in grant funding, or 27% of the total project cost of $8 million to th...
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