WHEREAS:

1. The Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP) for the San Francisco
Estuary was unanimously adopted by the Management Committee in June 1993 and approved later that year by the Governor and U.S. EPA Administrator.

2. The State Board has applied to U.S. EPA for a grant of $100,000 for FY 1999-2000 to
continue implementation of the CCMP.

3. The Executive Council of the San Francisco Estuary Project (SFEP) approved the workplan as of April 15, 1999 and it will subsequently be submitted to the U.S. EPA as part of a grant
application.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED:

1. The State Board authorize the Executive Director, or his designee, to accept a grant from the
U.S. EPA up to $100,000 to continue the Cooperative Agreement for FY 1999-2000 for the
implementation of the CCMP for the San Francisco Estuary, in accordance with the workplan
approved by the SFEP's Executive Council.

2. That the State Board authorize the Executive Director, or his designee, to negotiate and
execute contracts and agreements to implement the CCMP in accordance with the workplan
approved by the SFEP's Executive Council.

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 June 17, 1999

/s/

Maureen Marché
Administrative Assistant to the Board