HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-02-27; City Council; Resolution 2018-026RESOLUTION NO. 2018-026
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, TO REDUCE THE BATIQUITOS LAGOON MONITORING AND
MANAGEMENT PLAN PROGRAM (AGP 06-12) GRANT AWARD BY $50,000,
AND TO AUTHORIZE THE ACMF AD HOC CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
TO SOLICIT AND EVALUATE GRANT PROPOSALS, AND TO MAKE GRANT
FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
CASE NAME: AGRICULTURAL CONVERSION MITIGATION FEE AD HOC
CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
WHEREAS, the Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation (BLF) originally submitted its grant request (AGP
06-12} to the Agricultural Conversion Mitigation Fee Ad Hoc Citizens Advisory Committee (Committee)
in 2006 for the Batiquitos Lagoon Monitoring and Management Plan Program; and
WHEREAS, at its June 6, 2007 meeting the Committee supported BLF's request and
recommended to City Council that BLF receive $780,589 from the Fund; and
WHEREAS, at its February 19, 2008 meeting, City Council awarded the full grant request and
approved a two-part funding plan in Resolution 2008-50; and
WHEREAS, the first part of the approved funding plan, totaling $74,995, was appropriated and
has been disbursed to the BLF to collect bathymetric and tidal data and implement maintenance
activities such as invasive plant removal and habitat restoration; and
WHEREAS, bathymetric and tidal data have been completed and invasive plant removal, habitat
restoration and trail maintenance is ongoing; and
WHEREAS, The Committee met on November 29, 2016 and recommended that the City Council
appropriate $100,000 in previously awarded funds to the BLF to prepare Phase I and II of the Batiquitos
Lagoon Resiliency Plan (BLRP) to determine potential future conditions, identify data gaps, perform
data collection, and develop climate change adaptation strategies that can address potential impacts
to sensitive resources; and
WHEREAS, on April 11, 2017, the Council authorized appropriation of $100,000 for BLRP Phase
I and Phase 11, and directed that the Committee discuss and make a recommendation regarding
disposition of the remaining funds previously awarded to AGP 06-12 ($605,594); and
WHEREAS, the Committee met on October 26, 2017 to discuss the status and disposition of AGP
06-12, and recommended reducing the previously-awarded amount by $50,000, while leaving the
remaining amount ($555,594) in place until completion of BLRP Phase I and Phase II; and
WHEREAS, the Committee also recommended soliciting grant proposals to use the remaining
available cash in the ACMF Fund, which would be approximately $202,354, inclusive of the $50,000
from the AGP 06-12 award; and
WHEREAS, to increase the funding opportunity to more potential grantees, the Committee
recommended capping awards to $50,000 per grant.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as
follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
2. That the City Council hereby authorizes to reduce the Batiquitos Lagoon Monitoring and
Management Plan Program (AGP 06-12) grant award by $50,000.
3. That the City Council hereby authorizes the Committee to solicit and evaluate grant
proposals, and to make grant funding recommendations to the City Council, in
accordance with the Approved Method of Carrying out the Committee's Directive
("method") last amended and approved by the City Council in 2009.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad on the 27th day of February, 2018, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
M. Hall, K. Blackburn, M. Schumacher, C. Schumacher, M. Packard.
None.
None.
(SEAL)