Resolution No.
STOCKTON CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUBMITTAL OF A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE 2023 UNITED STATES BUREAU OF RECLAMATION WATERSMART: PLANNING AND PROJECT DESIGN GRANT: ROUND 1 In 2014, the California Legislature passed comprehensive groundwater legislation creating the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014 (SGMA); and SGMA requires all high- and medium-priority groundwater basins to be managed under a Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP); and The City of Stockton is one of 16 Groundwater Sustainability Agencies that make up the Eastern San Joaquin Groundwater Authority (GWA). The GWA developed a GSP and subsequently received grant funding from the California Department of Water Resources to partially fund eligible projects for its participants; and The City of Stockton Municipal Utilities Department (MUD) Delta Water Treatment Plant Groundwater Recharge Improvements Project received $225,000 in grant funding) from DWR to partially fund the development of the project; and The City of Stockton is eligible to apply for federal grant funding under the US Bureau of Reclamation WaterSMART: Planning and Project Design: Round 1 funding program for the design of eligible grant projects; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF STOCKTON, AS FOLLOWS:
The City Manager, or designee, is hereby authorized and directed to sign and file, for and on behalf of the City of Stockton (“City”), a US Bureau of Reclamation WaterSMART: Planning And Project Design: Round 1 Grant Application in the amount not- to-exceed $400,000; and The City Manager, or designee, is hereby authorized to prepare the application and the information submitted for consideration, and is further authorized to certify that the City has and will provide the amount of non-federal funding and/or in-kind contributions specified in the funding plan of $413,000, consisting of $225,000 in grant funding from the California Department of Water Resources Integrated Regional Water Management Grant and $188,000 of MUD cost-share and in-kind services; and The City Manager, or designee, is hereby authorized to certify that the City has and will comply with all statutory and regulatory requirements related to any grant funds, and The City Manager, or designee, is hereby authorized to negotiate and execute a grant and any amendments or change order thereto on behalf of the City and will work with the USBR to meet established deadlines for entering into a cooperative agreement.
The City Manager is hereby authorized to take all necessary and appropriate actions to carry out the purpose and intent of this Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED April 16, 2024 .
KEVIN J. LINCOLN II
Mayor of the City of Stockton
ATTEST:
ELIZA R. GARZA, CMC
City Clerk of the City of Stockton