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Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to submit a grant application to the San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy for the Colorado Lagoon Project; if awarded, accept an amount up to $1,500,000 in State General Fund funding; and execute all documents necessary to accept the funds. (District 3)
DISCUSSION
As part of the California Budget Act of 2021, the Rivers and Mountains Conservancy (RMC) $11.1 million was approved over three years through the Climate Resilience package in the State’s budget. The funding is intended to support investments that address the climate risks within RMC’s jurisdictions, which ultimately contributes to the State’s overall promotion of climate resiliency. The funds will build community resilience where resources are most needed by investing in multi-benefit and nature-based solutions, which includes climate change impacts on fish and wildlife, habitat restoration, and activities that accelerate innovative climate management of California’s natural and working lands and help meet the State’s 2030 Green House Gases (GHG) reduction goals.
The RMC has an open call for Climate Resilience Grant Program applications for projects that support or promote climate resilience, wildfire prevention, community access, and natural resource protection. The Colorado Lagoon Project (Project) is an 18-acre saltwater tidal lagoon hydraulically connected to Alamitos Bay and the Pacific Ocean. It serves three primary functions: hosting estuarine habitat, providing public recreation (including swimming), and retaining and conveying stormwater. Improvements to the lagoon are part of a multi-phased plan, including previous improvements in 2010 and 2012. The final component of the Colorado Lagoon's approved master restoration plan involves creating an open channel between the Colorado Lagoon and Marine Stadium. The key benefits of the project includes improving lagoon water quality and circ...
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