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WHEREAS the County of Butte is a political subdivision of the State of California with responsibility for levee and
flood facility maintenance of the Mud -Sycamore Creek Levee System which is part of the State Plain of Flood Control and
is willing to participate in, coordinate, and collaborate with other interested parties in the maintenance and resiliency of
County of Butte flood management; and
WHEREAS, The 20,17 Central Valley Flood Protection Plan update recognized that the operation and maintenance
of the State Plan of Flood Control facilities has been chronically underfunded. In response to this need, the Legislature
and Governor of the State of California have provided funds for the Deferred Maintenance Project under Section 6,10 of
Senate Bill 826 (STATS. 2016, CH. 23). It is the Department of Water Resources' intent to work in collaboration with the
Central Valley Flood Protection Board to allocate a portion) of the funds to Local Maintaining Agencies (LMAs), and
WHEREAS, the Department of Water Resources performed inspections on culverts penetrating levees in the Mud -
Sycamore Creek Levee System and have identified 18 culverts to be repaired and 4 to be replaced; and
WHEREAS, the County of Butte is and LMA and eligible to enter into an agreement with the Department of Water
Resources and the State of California to fund and assist in maintenance activities; and
WHEREAS, program eligibility requires that the County of Butte aipprove resolutions and execute a project
agreement with the Department of Water Resources; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Butte County Board of Supervisors hereby accepts funds, pursuant
and subject to all of the terms and provisions of the Control Section 6.10 of the Budget Act of 2016, awarded to the County
of Butte by the California Department of Water Resources for a, State -Federal Flood Control System Modification Program
project titled "2021-DMP-NA03-01" and the Butte County Board of Supervisors directs the Director of Public Works to sign
a Project Agreement with the California Department of Water Resources, amendments thereto, and to sign requests for
disbursements to be made under this Funding Agreement.
PASSER AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors this 101 day of September, 2021, by the
following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Lucero, Ritter, Kimmelshue, Teeter, and Chair Connelly
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: Nonce
ATTEST:
Andy Pickett, Chief Administrative Officer
and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By:
Bill Connelly, Chair
Butte County Board of Supervisors