Agenda

2     Call for Nominations for the District’s Honor Roll of Resource Influencers ; Beneficial Soil Organism

7.1   Agricultural Stock Pond Program: Update on the development of a countywide agricultural stock pond program, including permit streamlining, in collaboration with Loma Prieta RCD, the County of Santa Clara, and other agency partners.

• Santa Clara County Division of Agriculture 
  • Agriculture Commissioner's Presentation at September 2022 Board Meeting
• Alameda County RCD Stock Pond Program
  • Wildlife-Friendly Ponds
  • CDFW Voluntary Local Program
  • Cattle ponds double as habitat for threatened amphibians  
• Santa Clara County County Parks 
  • Joseph D. Grant Park Enhancement Viability of 13 Study Ponds Hydrology and Habitat Assessment Ponds
  • Natural Resource Management Plan Coyote Lake - Harvey Bear Ranch County Park
• Santa Clara Valley Habitat Agency 
  • Final Report for Local Assistance Grant P1830903 Open-Sourcing the Hydroperiod Water Balance Model
  • "Covered Activity" Determination: Private Stock Ponds
• Funding Opportuinity 
  • Coastal Conservancy Grants     
  • Sample Coastal Conservancy Grant Application     

7.2  Farm and Ranch Solid Waste Disposal Program: Discussion and possible action to authorize the Executive Director to submit a CalRecycle Illegal Disposal Site Abatement Grant Program application for abatement of the Clayton Road site.

•  Notice of Funds Available   
•  Application Guideline and Instructions

7.3  Tule Elk Habitat Project: Discussion and possible action to authorize the Executive Director to execute a cooperative management agreement with Santa Clara University and the University of Oklahoma to develop and implement an ancient DNA sequencing protocol designed to determine the genetic similarity of historic and prehistoric elk in the south and west San Francisco Bay Region in collaboration with the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area. 

•  Elk Skeletal Elements Samples for aDNA
•  Draft Cooperative Management Agreement

7.4  Watershed Education and Technical Assistance Program: Discussion and possible action to authorize the Executive Director to submit a U.S. Department of Transportation Culvert AOP Program partnership application to facilitate fish passage barrier removal within the Guadalupe watershed.

•  Letter from the Honorable Anna G. Eshoo, Member of Congress   
•  Grant Announcement

8.1 Board Meetings: Discussion and possible action to set the time and format for in-person Board of Director meetings, which are scheduled to resume in March 2023.

• Berger Site Floor Plan

8.2  Financial Services: Discussion and possible action to authorize the Executive Director to execute a letter of engagement with Eide Bailly LLP for financial audit preparation at an estimated cost of $15,000.00. 

• Draft Letter of Engagement

Consent Agenda:

5.1 Adoption of a resolution to allow continued remote teleconference meetings due to COVID-19 emergency.

• Resolution

5.2 Authorize the Executive Director to execute the agreements for the CARCD Wildlife Conservation Board grant award received for the Los Gatos Creek Watershed Restoration Project. 

• Project Proposal
• Notice of Award