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Approval of Watershed Management Board (WMB) and Watershed Management Assistance Grant (WMAG) Funding Recommendations for Fiscal Year 2026.
Staff Summary
• The annual WMB meeting was held on December 10, 2025, and the WMB and Lake County Stormwater Management Commission (SMC) staff reviewed 16 submitted projects.
• WMB funding available for FY2026 is $236,100 and SMC received 16 project proposals with a combined total cost of $13,265,577 and $608,908 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 $1,802,707 and WMB funding of $220,100 and one (1) WMAG, with a total project cost of $20,000 and a total WMAG funding of $12,000.