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Sacramento Area Sewer District approves Confluence grant to protect Laguna Creek; consent items 1–4 pass
Summary
The Sacramento Area Sewer District board approved a $150,000 Confluence Regional Partnership Program funding agreement to place a conservation easement on 91 acres along Laguna Creek and adopted consent items 1–4, which also included workers' compensation self-insurance and other administrative agreements.
The Sacramento Area Sewer District on May 28 approved consent items including Contract No. 90000328, a $150,000 Confluence Regional Partnership Program funding agreement to support a Sacramento Valley Conservancy conservation easement on a 91-acre parcel along Laguna Creek.
Sacramento Valley Conservancy representative Steve Schreier told the board the grant "is a really big deal for us" and said the easement will "protect an important section of Laguna Creek and establish a 91 acre preserve." He said the Confluence grant will leverage a $2.5 million state grant intended to protect surrounding agricultural uses and allow future wetland restoration and a possible alignment of the Laguna Creek regional trail.
The board also approved consent items 2 through 4 as a package. Item 2 was an application for a certificate of consent to self-insure workers' compensation liabilities; item 3 delegated authority to execute an agreement with a third-party administrator for claim adjusting and administrative services; and item 4 was a joint community facilities agreement with the City of Rancho Cordova for Community Facilities District No. 2025-1.
Board members moved and seconded the consent calendar; the motion passed unanimously "with those members present," according to the record.
The conservation easement recipient, Sacramento Valley Conservancy, said the project will help preserve wildlife movement corridors identified in regional planning documents and supports California’s 30x30 biodiversity goals. No further conditions or amendments to the contract were recorded in the meeting.
Votes at a glance: the consent calendar (items 1–4) was moved, seconded and approved unanimously by members present.
