STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD

RESOLUTION NO. 97-045

AUTHORIZING APPROVAL OF AN INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES (DWR) AND THE STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD (SWRCB) TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE DWR's PLANNING MODEL

WHEREAS:

1. The SWRCB has funding available from the Renewable Resources Investment Fund for the purpose of contracting for services to assist the SWRCB in its action to implement the 1995 Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento San Joaquin Delta Estuary.

2. The DWR conducts planning studies to determine the effects of operational and regulatory changes on the State Water Project and the Central Valley Project;

3. The DWR intends to make improvements to the modeling process to increase the efficiency and flexibility of the model;

4. The proposed modeling enhancements will benefit the SWRCB in its environmental review and decision making process;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED:

That the SWRCB authorizes the Executive Director to execute an interagency agreement with the DWR for $300,000 to make improvements to the DWR's planning model.

CERTIFICATION

The undersigned, Administrative Assistant to the Board, does hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true, and correct copy of a resolution duly and regularly adopted at a meeting of the State Water Resources Control Board held on May 14, 1997.

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Maureen Marché
Administrative Assistant to the Board