STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD
BOARD MEETING SESSION -- DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
NOVEMBER 15,  2001
ITEM:  19
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 2001 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 $1,504,000
RWQCB IMPACT
None.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
That the Board adopt a resolution authorizing the Executive Director, or her 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 $1,504,000 for FY 2001-02.

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STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD
RESOLUTION NO. 2001-__
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 2001-02
WHEREAS:
1.  The 2001 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 2001-02.
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 her 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 $1,504,000 for Fiscal Year 2001-02. 

CERTIFICATION
The undersigned, Clerk 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 November 15, 2001.

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Maureen Marché
Clerk to the Board 

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