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Community Development Agency, Transportation Division, recommending the Board approve and authorize the Community Development Agency Director to sign Application for Federal Assistance SF-424 and the resulting Modification to the United States Forest Service Domestic Grant 13-DG-11051900-029, which will increase the current Grant total of $2,238,226 by $30,312.76, for a new Grant total of $2,268,538.76, with the increase being used for the Country Club Heights Erosion Control Project in the Tahoe Basin.
FUNDING: United States Forest Service Grant Funds. (100% - Federal)
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
Community Development Agency (CDA), Transportation Division (Transportation), recommending the Board approve and authorize the CDA Director to sign Application for Federal Assistance SF-424 (Application SF-424) and the resulting Modification to the United States Forest Service (USFS) Domestic Grant 13-DG-11051900-029, which will increase the current Grant total of $2,238,226 by $30,312.76, for a new Grant total of $2,268,538.76.
Transportation requests that the Board approve the increase to the Grant and authorize the CDA Director to sign Application SF-424 and the resulting Modification document to formalize and acknowledge the increase in funding.
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
On July 23, 2013 (Item 10), the Board accepted $1,555,000 in Grant funds from the USFS under Domestic Grant 13-DG-11051900-029 (Grant). On August 30, 2016 (Item 20), the Board accepted an additional $683,226 in funds amending the Grant to a new total of $2,238,226 (USFS Modifications 3 and 4).
USFS Domestic Grant 11-DG-11051900-031 expired on October 15, 2016, with $30,312.76 remaining in Grant funds. Transportation staff submitted a letter request to the USFS on March 1, 2017, to transfer the remaining Grant funds to the subject Grant. To affect the transfer an Application SF-424 must be submitted by the County. The USFS will then provide the required Modification document to ...
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