Adopt Resolution to Accept Grant Funding if Awarded for a Multi-Benefit Landscape Opportunity on Webb Tract
Summary
SCH Number
2023050263
Public Agency
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Document Title
Adopt Resolution to Accept Grant Funding if Awarded for a Multi-Benefit Landscape Opportunity on Webb Tract
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
5/10/2023
Document Description
Metropolitan submitted an approximately $20.9 million grant application to the Delta
Conservancy to fund a three-year project term that includes two phase: design, environmental documentation, and permitting will occur in Phase 1. Upon approval of CEQA documentation by Metropolitan, Phase 2 will begin and would include construction of wetlands, rice fields and associated improvements on Webb Tract, as well as quantification of greenhouse gas emissions before
and after construction to calculate the carbon credits realized from the project. This action allows Metropolitan’s Board to adopt a resolution to accept the grant funds, if awarded. If the grant is awarded, staff will begin design, and environmental documentation to support the future project. Staff will complete further CEQA documentation before proceeding with Phase 2 construction.
Contact Information
Name
Sean Carlson
Agency Name
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Job Title
Team Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
North of Bethel Island
Counties
Contra Costa
Regions
Countywide
Other Information
Webb Tract Island in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta region
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 6 Categorical Exemption (Section 15306)
Reasons for Exemption
The proposed actions consist of basic data collection, research, experimental management, and resource evaluation activities, which do not result in a serious or major disturbance to an environmental resource. These may be strictly for information gathering purposes, or as part of a study leading to an action which a public agency has not yet approved, adopted, or funded. Accordingly, the proposed actions qualify as a Class 6 Categorical Exemption (Section 15306 of the State CEQA guidelines).
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
State CEQA Guidelines § 15378(b)(4)
Reasons for Exemption
The proposed actions related to the grant application and acceptance of funds are not
defined as a project under CEQA (Public Resources Code Section 21065, State CEQA Guidelines Section 15378) because they involve the creation of government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment (Section 15378(b)(4) of the State CEQA Guidelines).
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
State CEQA Guidelines §15262
Reasons for Exemption
Additionally, the proposed actions are statutorily exempt under the provisions of CEQA and the State CEQA Guidelines. The proposed actions involve feasibility or planning studies for possible future actions which the agency, commission or board has not yet approved, adopted or funded (Section 15262 of the State CEQA Guidelines).
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
State CEQA Guidelines §15378(b)(5)
Reasons for Exemption
The proposed actions are not defined as a project under CEQA because they involve organizational or administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment (Section 15378(b)(5) of the state CEQA Guidelines).
County Clerk
Contra Costa
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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