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NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: 1. Resolution No. 17-180 and all amendments are rescinded and replaced by this resolution; and 2. An application be made to the California Department of Water Resources to obtain grant funding under the 2017 Sustainable Groundwater Planning Grant Program pursuant to the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014(Proposition 1) (Water Code Section 79700 et seq.), Groundwater Sustainability Plans, (GSPs) and Projects, and to enter into an agreement to receive a grant for the Development and Implementation of Groundwater Sustainability Plans in the Vina, West Butte, East Butte and Wyandotte Creek Subbasins in Cooperation with and on Behalf of All Eligible GSRs and Stakeholders within these Named Subbasins; and B. The Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte hereby authorizes and directs the Director of the Department of Water and Resource Conservation to prepare the necessary data, conduct investigations and file an application; and 4, The Board of Supervisors of Butte will authorize the Chair to execute a grant agreement with,the California Department of Water Resources for the Development and Implementation of Groundwater Sustainability Plans in the Vina, West Butte, East Butte and Wyandotte Creek Subbasins in Cooperation with and on Behalf of All Eligible GSRs and Stakeholders within these Named Subbasins; and 5. The Board of Supervisors of Butte authorizes the Director of the Department of Water and Resource Conservation to administer the grant including approval of performance reports and invoices. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors this 9' day of October, 2018, by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors Connelly, Wahl, Kirk,Teeter, and Chair Lambert NOES. None ABSENT: None NOT VOTING: None Steve LarnbertofGr Butte County Board of Supervisors ATTEST: Shari McCracken, Chief Administrative Officer and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors By: , el Deputy