TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Supervisor Haschak
MEETING DATE: July 23, 2024
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Supervisor Haschak
PHONE:
707-463-4441
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: N/A
AGENDA TITLE:
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Approval of Letter of Support for the Mendocino County Resource Conservation District Proposal to the California Coastal Conservancy Funding of the Lower Tenmile Creek Sediment Control and Fish Enhancement Project
(Sponsor: Supervisor Haschak)
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
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Approve letter of support for the Mendocino County Resource Conservation District Proposal to the California Coastal Conservancy Funding of the Lower Tenmile Creek Sediment Control and Fish Enhancement Project; and authorize Chair to sign same.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
The Board regularly provides letters of support for projects the enhance Mendocino County.
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
This grant will help to stop sediment pollution in critical salmon spawning habitat in lower Tenmile Creek and to heal gullies in meadows to restore the hydrology and to facilitate native grass restoration. The Vassar property that is being treated can be a demonstration show case for meadow restoration and help the community envision how grasslands can be restored at the Tenmile Creek watershed scale. Funding for grassroots restoration projects employ local workers are needed because the community of Laytonville is economically disadvantaged and the restoration funding helps support the local economy. The meadows that will be restored by the project will also have prescribed fire applied that will include cooperative efforts involving neighbors and it is hoped that these efforts can be sustained into the future, in the mode of land management by Native Americans historically.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION/MOTION:
Provide alternative action.
STRATEGIC PLAN PRIORITY DESIGNATION: A Safe and Healthy County
SUPERVISORIAL DISTRICT: DISTRICT 3
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