Title
Authorization to Apply for Watershed Protection and Restoration Grant in the Amount of $350,000
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
The Utility Advisory Committee supports application for this grant (see attached memo).
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to authorize staff to submit the grant application.
Report
Issue:
Whether to authorize staff to submit a Watershed Protection and Restoration Grant in the amount of $350,000 to the Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology), National Estuary Program.
Staff Contact:
Joe Roush, Planning Supervisor, Public Works Water Resources, 360.753.8563
Andy Haub, Interim Director, Public Works Water Resources, 360.753.8475
Presenter(s):
None - Consent Calendar Item
Background and Analysis:
The application for grant funding under Ecology and the US EPA National Estuary Program (NEP) for Watershed Protection and Restoration is due on February 28, 2014.
The funding opportunity is specific to the Puget Sound. It is focused on design and/or field implementation of riparian or floodplain restoration projects. Proposals must demonstrate how the project was selected using a watershed-based approach and how the project will address protection and/or restoration of watershed processes (e.g., fish and wildlife habitat).
City Storm and Surface Water staff proposes to submit an application that builds upon our recently completed, preliminary Habitat and Stewardship Strategy. The Strategy was presented to the City Utility Advisory Committee (UAC) on January 2, 2014, and is scheduled for presentation to Council's Land Use and Environment Committee on March 27, 2014. The Strategy was well received and is supported by the UAC (See attached letter of support).
This strategy consolidates and updates several other studies that have been developed over the past 20 years related to aquatic habitat conservation in the City of Olympia. It uses a watershed-based framework to identity and prior...
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