TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Erick Lee, Public Works Director
Prem Kumar, City Engineer
Lourdes Vargas, Utilities Manager
Mamerto Estepa, Senior Civil Engineer
SUBJECT:Title
Consideration of a Resolution Approving the Application for $4,936,566 in Grant Funds for the Urban Flood Protection Grant Program for Manhattan Beach Stormwater Infiltration Project (Public Works Director Lee).
ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 21-0057
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 21-0057 approving the funding application for the Urban Flood Protection Grant Program administered by the California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) for the Manhattan Beach Stormwater Infiltration Project and authorizing the Public Works Director to conduct all matters necessary for grant administration of the project.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There is no cost associated with submitting this grant application to the CNRA. The grant is a competitive reimbursement program that awards funds based on the proposed project's ability to best achieve program goals and meet program requirements. The Manhattan Beach Stormwater Infiltration Project is estimated to cost $17.6M.
The City is eligible to receive approximately $4.9M of the Urban Flood Protection Grant Program funds and it requires a 25% funding match from other sources. The City anticipates the rest of the project funding including the 25% funding match to come from the regional Los Angeles County Measure W Safe Clean Water Act competitive grant funds. The South Santa Monica Watershed Area Steering Committee has ranked and recommended funding for the Manhattan Beach Stormwater Infiltration Project to the Measure W Program Oversight Committee. It is anticipated that the Oversight Committee will then forward its approval recommendation to the Los Angeles County Board of Superv...
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