WHEREAS:

1. The voters of the State of California passed Proposition 204 on November 6, 1996 providing $15 million in bond funds for the Delta Tributary Watershed Program (Program).
   
2. Under Phase I of the Program, the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) approved funding of $10,169,501 for 16 projects.
   
3. Phase II of the Program will provide $ 4,380,499 to perform watershed rehabilitation projects in the Trinity, Sacramento, and San Joaquin River Watersheds and with the $450,000 in adminstrative funds will fully commit the remaining project funding for the Program.
   
4. The SWRCB released a Request for Proposal (RFP) in June 1998 for the Phase II Program and closed the solicitation on August 14, 1998.
   
5. The Phase II project proposals were reviewed by the Resources Agency, Delta Tributary Advisory Committee, and North Coast and Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board staffs in accordance with the RFP.
   
6. The three advisory groups reached full consensus on the attached recommended list (Attachment 1) of 15 projects and funding levels for Phase II of the Program.
   
7. For each approved project, the SWRCB will not provide funding for any activity that is subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) until the applicant documents that the CEQA process has been satisfied.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT:

The SWRCB authorizes the Executive Director or his designee to negotiate, execute, and amend contracts for projects listed in Attachment 1 to implement Phase II of the Program

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 January 21, 1999.

/s/

Maureen Marché

Administrative Assistant to the Board