ITEM: 7
SUBJECT: PROPOSED INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE FUNDING SUPPORT FOR THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
DISCUSSION: Each fiscal year, the Board enters into an interagency agreement with the Office of the Secretary for Environmental Protection to provide partial funding for California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA) staffing and operating costs. This agreement implements the funding authorized in the 1999 Budget Act. The Budget Act appropriation reflects a "pro rata" approach by assigning each Cal/EPA Board, Department or Office (BDO) a proportionate share of Cal/EPA support as determined by the number of staff in each BDO.
POLICY ISSUE: None.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funds are available for support of this interagency agreement, which totals $794,000
RWQCB IMPACT: None.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: That the Board adopt a resolution authorizing
the Executive Director, or his designee, to negotiate and execute an interagency
agreement with the Office of the Secretary for Environmental Protection
to provide funding for support of Cal/EPA activities in an amount not to
exceed $794,000 for FY 1999-00.
STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD
RESOLUTION NO. 99-__
AUTHORIZING NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF AN INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD AND THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR SUPPORT OF CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ACTIVITIES FOR FY 1999-00
WHEREAS:
1. The 1999 Budget Act authorized funding on a "pro-rata" basis from each Cal/EPA Board, Department or Office to provide funding for support of California Environmental Protection Agency activities for FY 1999-00.
2. The Board is one of the organizations under Cal/EPA.
3. Each fiscal year the Board enters into an interagency agreement with the Office of the Secretary for Environmental Protection to Provide funding for Cal/EPA staffing and operating costs.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED:
That the State Water Board authorizes the Executive Director or his designee to negotiate and execute an interagency agreement with the Office of the Secretary for Environmental Protection to provide funding for support of Cal/EPA activities in an amount not to exceed $794,000 for Fiscal Year 1999-00.
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 September 16, 1999.
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Maureen Marché
Administrative Assistant to the Board