TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Christopher Silke, District Engineer
REPORT BY: Annamaria Martinez, Assistant Engineer
SUBJECT: Budget Amendment to establish appropriations for multiple drought relief Projects
RECOMMENDATION
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Approve a Budget Amendment to establish appropriations in the Drought and Water Supply Sustainability project and to reimburse project expenses in the Alternative Intake Project and the Sustainable Water Supply Project. (Fiscal Impact: $637,000, LBRID Fund, Not Budgeted; Discretionary)
[4/5 vote required]
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BACKGROUND
In September 2021, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) released guidelines for the Small Community Drought Relief Program (SCDRP) funded through the State Budget Act of 2021. On August 17, 2021, just prior to the release of the guidelines for the SCDRP, the Lake Berryessa Resort Improvement District (District)'s Governing Board adopted a Resolution declaring a water shortage emergency at the District as the water level in Putah Creek, where the District's raw water intake for the water system is located, had dropped below the intake pump, requiring installation of a floating intake structure that would be capable of operation even with steadily declining creek levels. Facing extraordinary pump rental and equipment costs to ensure continuity of water service for the Berryessa Estates community, the Governing Board adopted Resolution 2021-04 authorizing the District Engineer to prepare and file an application for funding from the SCDRP, and to take such other actions as necessary or appropriate to execute an approved funding agreement with DWR and any amendments that may follow.
The District filed an application for funding through the SCDRP in November 2021 for a total amount of $637,000 to cover costs associated with the District's emergency drought response. The scope of the project included the following five tasks: 1) the installation of a floating intake structure to compensate for declining wate...
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