DATE: August 9, 2022
SUBJECT:
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ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION LAND MANAGEMENT GRANT PROGRAM FUNDED BY SAN DIEGO ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS
A) RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN APPLICATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION LAND MANAGEMENT GRANT PROGRAM FUNDS TO THE SAN DIEGO ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS (SANDAG) FOR ENDANGERED AVIAN NESTING SITE STEWARDSHIP AT D-STREET FILL PROJECT COMMITTING TO PROVIDE FUNDS IN KIND, AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OR DESIGNEE TO ACCEPT GRANT FUNDS AND EXECUTE GRANT AGREEMENT; AND
B) RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OR DESIGNEE TO ACCEPT GRANT FUNDS AND EXECUTE GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE SAN DIEGO ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS FOR GRANT FUNDING, IF AWARDED, IN THE AMOUNT OF $80,000, FOR A PERIOD OF 18 MONTHS BEGINNING ON OR AROUND SEPTEMBER 1, 2022, AND ENDING ON OR AROUND FEBRUARY 1, 2024, AND GRANTING INDEMNITY TO SANDAG
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
In November 2004, countywide voters approved the San Diego Association of Governments' (SANDAG) TransNet Extension Ordinance and Expenditure Plan, which established the TransNet Environmental Mitigation Program (EMP). The EMP established the Land Management Grant Program, which is a competitive grant process that provides funding for regional habitat management and monitoring activities to mitigate habitat impacts for regional transportation projects.
In 2018, the District applied for and was awarded $75,400 from the EMP Land Management Grant 9th Cycle Awards to support the District's Endangered Species Management Program. The grant funds supported management and recovery efforts for two federally listed birds, the endangered California least tern and threatened Western snowy plover, during the 2019 and 2020 nesting seasons at the D Street Fill in Chula Vista.
In January 2022, the District applied for the EMP Land Management Grant 10th Cycle Awards, requesting the maximum of $80,000 to continue support for the District's Endangered Species Management Program. On June 14, 2022...
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