STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD

RESOLUTION NO. 99 - 088

APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE A STATE REVOLVING FUND LOAN
OF $1,527,500 TO THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY OPEN SPACE CONSERVANCY FOR 
THE CLEAN WATER AND WETLANDS PROTECTION PROJECT—SACRAMENTO PRAIRIE VERNAL POOL ACQUISITION (LOAN NO. C-06-6055-110)

WHEREAS:

1.The Sacramento Valley Open Space Conservancy (SVOSC) requested a State Revolving Fund (SRF) loan of $1,527,500 for The Clean Water and Wetlands Protection Project-Sacramento Prairie Vernal Pool Acquisition (Project).

2.The Project will protect valuable vernal pools and habitat in the upper Northern Laguna Creek Watershed.

 

3.The Project will protect water resources in the upper Northern Laguna Creek Watershed.

 

4.The Project will complement the Cosumnes River Preserve, which the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) is a partner and has provided SRF funding.
 

5.The Project is in accordance with the Framework Agreement for the Interagency Vernal Pool Stewardship Initiative.
 

6.The Project is part of the South Sacramento Habitat Conservation Program to help mitigate development impacts.
 

7.The Project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act, Public Resources Code section 21000 et seq., as a project to protect natural resources and the environment (California Code Regulations, title 14, §§15307 and 15308).

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT:

The SWRCB approves an SRF loan of $1,527,500 to the SVOSC for the Clean Water and Wetlands Protection Project-Sacramento Prairie Vernal Pool Acquisition provided the SVOSC agrees to accept conditions to the loan award that will insure repayment.Such conditions may include provisions for an appropriate security interest and that the SVOSC incur no additional indebtedness without State Board approval.

CERTIFICATION

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 September 16, 1999.

/s/

Maureen Marché

Administrative Assistant to the Board