WHEREAS:

1. The Safe, Clean, Reliable Water Supply Act (1996 Bond Law) established the Water Recycling Subaccount and provided for the sale of $60 million in bonds for financial assistance for the planning, design, and construction of water recycling projects;

2. The Clean Water and Water Reclamation Bond Law of 1988 (1988 Bond Law) provided for loans for the design and construction of water reclamation projects;

3. The 1996 Bond Law provided that repayments for water recycling loans from the 1988 Bond Law be deposited in the Water Recycling Subaccount for new loans and grants;

4. The State Water Resources Control Board established the Water Recycling Facilities Planning Grant Program (FPGP) by adoption of the Water Recycling Funding Guidelines (WRF Guidelines) on April 17, 1997, which implemented provisions of the 1996 Bond Law as well as other bond laws;

5. A grant application was submitted by Goleta Water District requesting funding for the Goleta Reclaimed Water Expansion facilities planning study;

6. The Office of Water Recycling staff has reviewed the application, Plan of Study, and other supporting information for the facilities planning study and has determined that the submitted documents comply with the WRF Guidelines; and

7. The WRF Guidelines provide that eligible costs are costs incurred after execution of the grant contract, and the Office of Water Recycling staff has concluded that it is desirable to allow costs incurred after approval of the grant commitment to be eligible.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT:

The State Water Resources Control Board:

1. Approves a FPGP grant of 50 percent of the eligible costs but not to exceed $75,000 to Goleta Water District for the Goleta Reclaimed Water Expansion facilities planning study;

2. Approves a special condition requiring submittal of the final facilities planning report by November 23, 1998. The Office of Water Recycling may approve up to a 12-month extension for good cause and ;

3. Approves funding for costs incurred after May 27, 1998.

The undersigned, Administrative Assistant to the Board, does hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true, and correct copy of a resolution duly and regularly adopted at a meeting of the State Water Resources Control Board held on May 27, 1998.

/s/

Maureen Marche

Administrative Assistant to the Board