Report Prepared by: Leah Brown, Water Conservation Coordinator, Public Works
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SUBJECT: Department of Water Resources Proposition 1 Grant Awarded to the Merced Integrated Regional Water Management Authority, Which Includes a City of Merced Project for Surface Water Irrigation to Parks and Weather Based Irrigation Controllers
REPORT IN BRIEF
The Merced Integrated Regional Water Management Authority (MIRWMA) has agreed to accept on behalf of its member agencies a Department of Water Resources Proposition 1 Grant which includes a City of Merced project for Surface Water Irrigation to Parks and Weather Based Irrigation Controllers.
RECOMMENDATION
For Information Only.
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AUTHORITY
Charter of the City of Merced, Section 200.
DISCUSSION
Proposition 1 Grant
Proposition 1 authorized $510 Million in Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) grant funds for agencies throughout the State. The City of Merced (City) entered into a Joint Powers Agreement in May 2016 to form the Merced Integrated Regional Water Management Authority (MIRWMA). As a member agency of MIRWMA, the City is part of the San Joaquin River Funding Area which was allocated $34 Million. Within the funding area, the IRWM Regions agreed to "Pre-Allocate" the $34 million ensuring that each area received funding. The MIRWMA negotiated for $3,007,883 worth of pre-allocated funding; this amount is consistent with past IRWM grant awards to the region. Currently we are in Round 1 of Proposition 1 funding, with at least two rounds anticipated.
On October 23, 2019, MIRWMA authorized via Resolution No. 2019-3 (attached) the execution and submission of a grant application to the Department of Water Resources (DWR) for the 2018 IRWM grant funding and authorized the Merced Irrigation District (MID) to administer the submission and implementation of the grant. MIRWMA submitted five projects for Round 1, including the Surface Water Irrigation to Parks & Weather Based Irrigation Controllers proje...
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