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Approval of Watershed Management Board (WMB) and Watershed Management Assistance Grant (WMAG) Funding Recommendations for Fiscal Year 2025.
Staff Summary
• The annual WMB meeting was held on November 20, 2024, and the WMB and Lake County Stormwater Management Commission (SMC) staff reviewed 15 submitted projects.
• WMB funding available for FY2025 is $189,610 and SMC received 15 project proposals with a combined total cost of $4,307,659 and $717,192 in requested WMB funding.
• WMB and SMC staff are recommending funding for ten (10) projects and WMB Application Summary and Recommendations attached.
• Recommended were nine (9) WMB projects with a total project cost of $4,272,559 and WMB funding of $177,150 and one (1) WMAG, with a total project cost of $35,100 and a total WMAG funding of $12,000.
• Any WMB project agreement exceeding the Executive Director’s spending authority of $50,000 will be presented to the SMC for approval.