Supplemental Budget Amendment #003 - National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Living Shoreline Project
From:
Stephan Hall, Budget Manager
Organization:
Asst County Administrator
CAO Approval:
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation Concerning Supplemental Budget Amendment #003 - Stephan Hall, Budget Manager, Management and Budget Services
That the Board adopt the Resolution approving Supplemental Budget Amendment #003, Other Grants and Projects Fund (110), in the amount of $180,000 to recognize Grant proceeds from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), and to appropriate these funds for the Bayou Grande Living Shoreline Project to construct offshore reefs and install appropriate emergent vegetation between the oyster reefs and the shoreline at three locations in the Navy Point area of Bayou Grande.
BACKGROUND:
The Department of Natural Resources Management has been awarded a grant by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for the Bayou Grande Living Shoreline Project. This project will be to construct offshore reefs and install appropriate emergent vegetation between the oyster reefs and the shoreline at three locations in the Navy Point area of Bayou Grande. This project will improve water quality, improve fish and wildlife habitat, reduce shoreline erosion, strengthen coastal resiliency, and restore oyster reef and emergent marsh habitat. This project is designed, permitted, and ready to begin construction.
BUDGETARY IMPACT:
This amendment will increase Fund 110 in the amount of $180,000.
LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS/SIGN-OFF:
N/A
PERSONNEL:
N/A
POLICY/REQUIREMENT FOR BOARD ACTION:
Board policy requires increases and decreases in revenue to be approved by the Board.