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Chief Administrative Office, Parks Division recommending the Committee recommend the Board of Supervisors approve and authorize the Chair to sign a Budget Transfer increasing the use of fund balance and operating transfers out by $25,000 in the River Trust Fund and increasing operating transfers in and professional services by $25,000 in the River operating budget to fund a consultant to meet with Bureau of Land Management and California Department of Parks and Recreation regarding the County's management of whitewater recreation on the South Fork of the American River, per the Board's direction of February 23, 2016.
FUNDING: River Trust Fund.
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
The Chief Administrative Office, Parks Division recommends that the Committee make the recomendation to approve and authorize the budget transfer of $25,000.00 from the River Trust Fund for the purpose of contracting with a consultant to meet with the BLM and State Parks regarding the potential feasibility and duplication of efforts in the management of whitewater recreation on the South Fork of the American River.
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
On February 23, 2016, the Board of Supervisors directed staff to meet with the BLM and State Parks to discuss the feasibility and duplication of efforts in the management of whitewater recreation on the South Fork and return to the Board with a report on the discussions and recommendations from those meetings. Staff is requesting to use $25,000 from the River Trust Fund to contract with a consultant who, as directed by Parks Division Manager, would meet with the two agencies and County staff to discuss the duplication of river management activities by the County, BLM and State Parks. The Consultant would provide recommendations for removing any duplication of efforts, reducing fees and providing a more efficient and beneficial management of whitewater recreation on the South Fork. The recommendations from these discussions could provide input...
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