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Board presses for project description to unlock state project manager and funding help
Summary
Directors said a clear project description is the next step to get the state to assign a project manager and to place Los Olivos on state funding pipelines; directors referenced a recorded state 'funding fair' and a spreadsheet of potential grants.
Directors emphasized that producing a clear project description should be a priority so the district can access state support and be placed into relevant funding pipelines. The chair said that once the district has a project description, "they, the state, a lot of work folks will assign you a project manager to help you," and that a project manager can both shepherd grant applications and help influence the state's legislative agenda to favor appropriate funding.
The meeting also reviewed prior attempts to catalog grants: the chair described a spreadsheet Director Kennedy had been developing to list known grants, application dates and timelines, and said the state runs an annual funding fair that had been recorded. "It's about a 2.5 hour presentation that they did," the chair said, and the chair offered to circulate the recorded link and the spreadsheet to committee members so they can better target applications and coordinate outreach to state and federal offices.
Board members agreed on next steps that include finalizing the project description, circulating the recorded funding-fair material, and splitting outreach tasks between the senator's office and the water board's loan/loan-application staff.
