Local Funding Requests

Project name: Administration Building Photovoltaic System
Requested amount: $155,000
Requestor's name and address: County of Monterey, 168 West Alisal Street, Salinas, CA 93901
Project description: Installation of a photovoltaic (PV) system will substantially reduce operating costs. As a high visibility site, the county would make this project a demonstration model for outreach and education to demonstrate the feasibility of these systems, lessen the county's energy consumption via traditional carbon-based energy sources, and build understanding and support in the community for broader adoption of these types of projects. This is a valid use of taxpayer funds because it will lead to a substantial reduction of long-term cost and lessen consumption of energy.
Legislation: FY 2010 Energy and Water Appropriations

Project name: Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (ATTRA)
Requested amount:  $ 3million
Requester's name and address: National Center for Appropriate Technology, 36355 Russell Blvd, Davis, CA 95617
Project description: ATTRA is the national sustainable agriculture information service, which offers technical information and assistance to farmers, ranchers and agricultural information providers from all 50 states who are interested in sustainable agriculture technologies and in marketing methods which improve farm sustainability. Authorized in the 1985 and 2008 Farm Bills, this national project offers its clients improved access to scientifically sound, understandable, and practical information. Responses are furnished to clients through mailed responses and publications, email and electronic information dissemination. In California last year, NCAT received 3,589 requests for technical assistance from constituents in 137 communities across the state and farmers and ranchers downloaded 1,323,712 publications off our ATTRA website. Nationally, our website received 3.8 million unique visitors and 4.3 million publications were downloaded, we responded to over 45,600 technical requests, and we reached farmers, ranchers, and others from 48 states through in-person education.
Legislation:  FY 2010 Agriculture Appropriations

Project description: The spread of the Asian Citrus Psyllid (ACP) and citrus Greening/ Huanglongbing (HLB) are the most serious disease and vector facing the U.S. citrus industry. A new federal ARS research initiative could ultimately provide long-term solutions to invasive pests and diseases. This new approach has become necessary to help protect U.S. citrus production and mitigate the impact of this exotic pest and disease. This is a good use of taxpayer funds because the very survival of the $12.2 billion U.S. citrus industry depends on a successful research effort.
Legislation: FY 2010 Agriculture Appropriations 

Project name: Big Sur Unit Los Padres
Requested amount: $5 million
Requestor's name and address: U.S. Forest Service/ 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250
Project Description: The funding would be used to provide recreational opportunities, supports critical habitat for listed species, and protects sensitive watersheds.
Legislation: FY 2010 Interior and Environment Appropriations

Project name: Bluefin Tuna Aquaculture Project
Requested amount: $5 million
Requestor's name and address: Monterey Bay Aquarium 866 Cannery Row Monterey, CA 93940
Project description: Stocks of bluefin tuna, one of the most valuable fisheries, are overfished and approaching collapse. This project is a valuable use of tax payer funds because it will allow our local scientists, already world renown for their understanding of this species’ migratory behavior in the open ocean, to take the global lead in the aquaculture of this fish as well. The culturing of bluefin tuna will reduce fishing pressures on wild stocks and stimulate a sustainable aquaculture industry. This is an essential step if we are to ensure the continued survival of the wild fish as well as continue to provide healthy tuna for our tables.
Legislation: FY 2010 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations

Project name: Bluefin Tuna Tagging and Research Program
Requested amount: $1 million
Requestor's name and address: Monterey Bay Aquarium 866 Cannery Row Monterey, CA 93940
Project description: Continued over-fishing and poorly-informed management decisions are pushing commercially and recreationally valuable bluefin tuna populations closer to global collapse, threatening this extremely valuable fishery. This project is a valuable use of tax payer funds because the Monterey Bay Aquarium's scientific efforts continue to play a key role in providing policy-makers with critical new data essential to the survival of the species. The tags our local scientists put on these fish help to understand their movement patterns and simultaneously inform better management of the fishery as well as better conservation of the species.
Legislation: FY 2010 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations

Project name: California Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Program
Requested amount: $2,500,000
Requestor's name and address: National Marine Sanctuary Program 299 Foam Street Monterey, CA 93940
Project description: The B-WET Program is the first federally supported environmental education grant program to focus on specific geographic areas. Currently, B-WET funds are available for the Chesapeake Bay area, California coastal areas (continuous counties from Marin to Ventura), the Hawaiian Islands, the Pacific Northwest, the Gulf of Mexico, and New England. Criteria for competitive awards emphasize sustained, hands-on, environmental experiences that are aligned with academic learning standards. This is a valid use of taxpayer funds because B-WET projects bring local watersheds into every classroom and every child out into the watershed in an educationally meaningful way.
Legislation: FY 2010 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations

Project name: California Collaborative Fisheries Research Organization
Requested amount: $5 million
Requestor's name and address: California State Coastal Conservancy 1330 Broadway, 13th Floor Oakland, CA 94612
Project description: Collaborative fisheries research (CFR) offers a far-reaching and effective opportunity to satisfy data needs and augment data collected through traditional academic monitoring and fisheries dependent reporting. The CFR organization will be a venue for commercial and recreational fishermen, academic scientists, coastal managers, tribes, non-governmental organizations, and funders to discuss and prioritize California's existing and emerging fisheries management data needs. The CFR organization will identify data gaps that may be addressed through collaborative research and will actively design and promote projects to fill these gaps and inform management.
Legislation: FY 2010 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations

Project name: California County Pest Detection Augmentation Program - Import Inspection
Requested amount: $1.65 million
Requestor's name and address: California Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers Association, P.O. Box 889, Santa Paula, CA 93061
Project description: This is a statewide program operated by county agriculture commissioners to inspect incoming plant material to prevent the establishment of serious agricultural and environmental invasive pests and diseases. The program focuses its operations at terminals inside the California borders such as nurseries, domestic airports, post offices, express carriers (UPS, FedEx and others), swap meets and many similar locations. Staff inspects and investigates incoming domestic plant shipments for pests and diseases of federal concern, and evaluates critical pest pathways to stop potential introductions and infestations. Canine inspection teams are stationed in one county and operate regionally among adjacent counties. The project will expand the use of regional dog teams to three or four additional California regions. Currently there are no ongoing federal funds for this program. There continues to be a security risk from intentional introduction of serious agricultural pests and diseases.
Legislation: FY 2010 Agriculture Appropriations

Project name: California County Pest Detection Augmentation Program - Pest Detection
Requested amount: $1.35 million
Requestor's name and address: California Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers Association, P.O. Box 889, Santa Paula, CA 93061
Project description: The California County Pest Detection Trapping Program maintains a statewide network of insect traps and other detection tools to serve as an early warning system against serious agricultural pests. The project will expand the pest trapping program to cover more of the rural-residential areas.   Project funds will be distributed to county agriculture commissioners through contracts administered by the California Department of Food and Agriculture.The Department currently contracts with all counties in the State, and this project would provide additional funding to those agreements.  Federal appropriations have allowed California Agricultural Commissioners to increase the number of pest traps by 5002, covering an additional 612 square miles. Results of these additional traps include 82 total species of pests were detected including Peach Fruit Fly, Oriental Fruit Fly,  Melon Fruit Fly, Mexican Fruit Fly and Guava Fruit Fly. If any of these pests had gone undetected and become established, eradication and control efforts would have been significant. Funding will also help offset the last two years of fixed-level federal funding, in addition to administration rescissions for Pest Detection last year, and the current 11 percent decrease in funding of Pest and Disease Management Programs proposed for FY 2009.
Legislation: FY 2010 Agriculture Appropriations

Project name: California Homeland Security Consortium
Requested amount: $2 million
Requester's name and address: Naval Postgraduate School, 1 University Circle Monterey, CA 93943   
Project description: Funding for California Homeland Security Consortium will advance field experiments in maritime security, cyber security and critical infrastructure protection, with "lessons learned" incorporated into the Center for Homeland Defense and Security curriculum, the DHS supported Master's degree program at the Naval Postgraduate School for first responders. In addition, the Science & Technology Centers of Excellence will work with the Naval Postgraduate School on selected topics, validate results in field experiments, and integrate into Centers of Excellence activities. This is a valid use of taxpayer funds because the program is vital for our national security.
Legislation:  FY 2010 Homeland Security Appropriations

Project name: Center for Defense Technology and Education for the Military Services
Requested amount: $11,200,000
Requestor's name and address: Naval Postgraduate School, 1 University Circle Monterey, CA 93943
Project description: CDTEMS leverages NPS expertise and student experiences in operational theatres to help deployed US forces provide National and Global Security, guided by requirements specified by Program Sponsors in the Navy, Joint and Regional Combatant Commands, to increase effectiveness of US Joint, Interagency and Combined Operations dealing with insurgencies and irregular warfare.  Center for Stabilization and Reconstruction Studies ($2million); Center for National Security Professional Education and Training ($2 million), Total Force Education Initiative ($4 million), Tactical Networking Topology ($500,000 million), Remote Sensing Center ($1,000,000), NPS/UCSC Joint Center for Adaptive Optics ($1,000,000), Global Security Strategies ($700,000). This is a valid use of taxpayer funds because these programs are vital for our national security.
Legislation: FY 2010 Defense Appropriations

Project name: City of Salinas Industrial Wastewater Treatment Facility
Requested amount: $2 million
Requestor's name and address: City of Salinas/ 200 Lincoln Avenue, Salinas, CA 93901
Project Description: The purpose of the project is to expand the City's Industrial Wastewater treatment facility to meet the needs for both increased capacity and enhanced treatment requirements.
Legislation: FY 2010 Interior and Environment Appropriations

Project name: Commercial Kitchen Business Incubator
Request amount: $125,000
Recipient: El Pajaro Community Development Corporation, 23 E. Beach St. #208, Watsonville, CA 95076
Project description: The funds will equip and support the operation a shared-use commercial kitchen that will support food service and food processing entrepreneurs. The Pajaro Valley has an unemployment rate of 25.6%, among the highest rates in California. Establishing a shared-use commercial kitchen will leverage the strong regional food and farming traditions of the greater Pajaro Valley to create small businesses and generate job creation. This is a valid use of taxpayer funds because the incubator will spur business expansion on the Central Coast.
Legislation: FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations

Project Name: Community Food Bank of San Benito County
Requested amount: $150,000
Recipient: The Community Food Bank of San Benito County/1133 San Felipe Drive, Hollister, CA 95023
Project description: San Benito County has an unemployment rate of 15.8%, which means 4,200 people in January 2009 didn't have jobs. These individuals are turning to the food bank for services in record numbers. In 2006, The Community Food Bank of San Benito County had to move to leased space, paying an annual rent of approximately $48,000. The owner is willing to sell the building to The Community Food Bank of San Benito County for $850,000 and it is appraised at $845,000. The funds will be applied to a planned 50% equity position, complemented by a Capital Campaign to purchase the building. This is a valid use of taxpayer funds because an increasing number of Central Coast residents are turning to food banks for survival.
Legislation: FY 2010 Transportation/Housing and Urban Development Appropriations

Project Name: Commuter Rail Extension to Monterey County Project
Requested amount: $5 million
Requestor's name and address: Transportation Agency for Monterey County, 55-B Plaza Circle, Salinas, CA 93901
Project Description: Extends commuter rail service to Pajaro/ Watsonville, Castroville and Salinas in Monterey County. Authorizes "Small Starts" funding and construction.
Legislation: 2009 Surface Transportation Reauthorization

Project name: Cybersecurity and Operational Identity Management
Requested amount: $5 million
Requestor's name and address: Defense Manpower Data Center, 400 Gigling Road, Seaside, CA 93955
Project description: COIM will identify and solve highly classified issues for the IC/SPECOPS communities related to cybersecurity and identity protection.  The Defense Manpower Data Center and its partners, the Naval Postgraduate School and the Defense Personnel Security Research Center, bring unique expertise and classified assets to continue working directly with key members of the Special Operations Community to ensure the tools developed fulfill their identity management requirements, and to deliver software and other highly classified products to meet classified requirements in the President's Cybersecurity Initiative. This is a valid use of taxpayer funds because the program is vital for our national security.
Legislation: FY 2010 Defense Appropriations

Project name: Farmworker to Farmer Business Incubator
Request amount: $124,600
Recipient: Agriculture & Land-based Training Association (ALBA), 1700 Old Stage Road, PO Box 6264, Salinas, CA 93912
Project description: The Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association (ALBA) advances economic viability, social equity and ecological land management among limited-resource and aspiring farmers. Its work leverages people's field labor experience with business and marketing education. Through its business incubator program, ALBA helps low-income people to establish independent farm businesses, thus contributing to local economic activity and development. Through its farm management trainings, ALBA also helps develop a skilled work force for Central Coast agriculture by connecting individuals to professional advancement and real job opportunities. The equipment is necessary to increase services to participating small farmers, and to establish an efficient management system that can be replicated as the organization works to expand its operations. These funds are a valid use of taxpayer funds because they will advance business and job creation on the Central Coast.
Legislation: FY 2010 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations

Project Name: Federal Channel Maintenance Dredging
Requested amount: $2,850,000
Requestor's name and address: Army Corps of Engineers, 333 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
Project description: The Moss Landing Harbor is a Harbor of Safe Refuge on the Monterey Bay, providing 610 berths and accommodating vessels up to 100 feet length overall. Vessels regularly utilizing the Harbor are commercial fishing vessels, research vessels, government (Coast Guard, Fish & Game, NOAA, State University) vessels and recreational vessels, all in need of continuing access to the Moss Landing Harbor. This is a valid use of taxpayer funds because of the economic contributions these commercial, recreational and educational vessels make to the community, state and the nation.
Legislation: FY 2010 Energy and Water Appropriations

Program name: Field Experiment Program for Special Operations
Requested amount: $2 million
Requestor's name and address: Naval Postgraduate School, 1 University Circle, Monterey, CA 93943
Project description: This research program is structured to help USSOCOM meet the unique challenges facing deployed Special Operations Forces and developments for future Joint SOF concepts. This is a valid use of taxpayer funds because the Special Operations Forces are vital to our national security.
Legislation: FY 2010 Defense Appropriations 

Project name: Food Bank for Monterey County
Requested amount: $150,000
Requestor's name and address: Food Bank for Monterey County, 815 West Market Street, #5, Salinas, CA 93901
Project description: Because of the economic downturn, the Food Bank for Monterey County has seen an unprecedented, dramatic increase in the need for its programs and services. This is a valid use of taxpayer funds because an increasing number of Central Coast residents are turning to food banks for survival.
Legislation: FY 2010 Transportation/Housing and Urban Development Appropriations

Project name: Fresh Produce Food Safety Research Initiative
Requested amount: $2 million
Requestor's name and address: University of California/ 1111 Franklin Street, 6^th Floor Oakland, CA 94607-5200
Project Description: Funding is for research to advance science-based knowledge on food safety to address food safety concerns related to contamination of leafy greens, fruits and vegetables. This competitive research program provides the additional resources needed to bring together teams of scientists and other experts to advance scientific knowledge in the sources and causes of food-borne illnesses.
Legislation: FY 2010 Agriculture Appropriations

Project name: Gabilan Creek Silt/Flood Improvements
Requested amount: $1.8 million
Requester's name and address: City of Salinas, 200 Lincoln Avenue, Salinas, Calif.
Project description: Complete an Environmental Review for the project; construct a series of silt basins/devises within the City limits and upstream; and construct a filtering system to capture storm debris in the reclamation ditch as it exits the City.
Legislation: FY 2010 Water Resources Development Act

Project name: General Instruction Building
Requested amount:  $17.5 million
Requester's name and address:  US Garrison Fort Hunter Liggett, Fort Hunter Liggett, Jolon, CA
Project description:  Classroom building to accommodate 650 students and 100 full time staff. Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom are placing increased training requirements on Army Reserve for simulated tactical training. This is a valid use of taxpayer funds because the activities on Fort Hunter Liggett are vital to our national security.
Legislation:  FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act

Project name: General Instruction Building
Requested amount:  $17.5 million
Requester's name and address:  US Garrison Fort Hunter Liggett, Fort Hunter Liggett, Jolon, CA
Project description:  Classroom building to accommodate 650 students and 100 full time staff. Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom are placing increased training requirements on Army Reserve for simulated tactical training. This is a valid use of taxpayer funds because the activities on Fort Hunter Liggett are vital to our national security.
Legislation:  FY 2010 Military Construction/Veterans Affairs Appropriations

Project name: Greenhouse Lettuce Germplasm
Requested amount: $350,000
Requestor's name and address: ARS, 1636 E. Alisal St. Salinas, CA 93905
Project Description: This request is to maintain lettuce germplasm for the preservation, maintenance, and evaluation of germplasm.
Legislation: FY 2010 Agriculture Appropriations

Project name: Highly Migratory Shark Fishery Research Program
Requested amount: $1.5 million
Requestor's name and address: National Shark Research Consortium 1600 Ken Thompson Pkwy Sarasota, FL 34236
Project description: Sharks are critical components of ocean ecosystems, and of healthy fisheries, which rely on healthy ecosystems. Continued federal support is requested nationally to sustain the National Shark Research Consortium’s research and education programs which are required for assessing the status of shark stocks, managing U.S. shark fisheries, and helping our nation take the leading role in worldwide conservation and management of shark populations. This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because the data it provides improves the management of ocean resources which are so essential to our health, economy, and environment. Approximately 1/4 of funds will be subcontracted to Moss Landing Marine Labs, in California.
Legislation: FY 2010 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations

Project Name: Highway 68 Holman Highway Project
Requested amount: $20 million
Requestor's name and address: Transportation Agency for Monterey County, 55-B Plaza Circle, Salinas, CA 93901
Project Description: Plan, design, engineer, acquire right-of-way and construct Highway 68 Holman Highway Project in Monterey County: widen Holman Highway from two to four lanes between Community Hospital and Highway 1 and improve Highway 68 - Highway 1 interchange.
Legislation: 2009 Surface Transportation Reauthorization

Project name: Integrated Community Collaborative to Prevent Domestic Violence
Requested amount: $400,000
Requester's name and address: YWCA of Monterey County, 457 Webster St., Monterey, CA 93940
Project description: Funding for the Integrated Community Collaborative to Prevent Domestic Violence would allow the YWCA of Monterey County to expand its direct services for victims of domestic violence in Salinas. These services include individual counseling and safety planning, support groups, trauma based counseling services (in English and Spanish), legal services including provision of restraining orders, court accompaniment, and shelter for victims and families.  In addition, the YWCA of Monterey will expand its prevention and intervention efforts for youth through classroom-based and other programs. The YWCA of Monterey County will work in collaboration with other nonprofit service providers and local government entities to maximize resources, including Shelter Outreach Plus, the District Attorney's Office, and Cal State University Monterey Bay.
Legislation: FY 2010 Labor, Health & Human Services, Education Appropriations

Project name: Laguna Grande and Roberts Lake Project
Requested amount: $500,000
Requestor's name and address: Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20460
Project Description: The estimated total project cost is $20 million. I am requesting $500,000 for feasibility planning and design and is prepared to meet all federal matching requirements for the STAG account.
Legislation: FY 2010 Interior and Environment Appropriations

Project name: Laguna Grande and Roberts Lake Project
Requested amount: $500,000
Requester's name and address: City of Seaside, 440 Harcourt Ave., Seaside, Calif.
Project description: Laguna Grande and Roberts Lakes (the Lakes) receive storm water from a large drainage area from the cities of Seaside, Monterey, and Del Rey Oaks and the County of Monterey.
Legislation: FY 2010 Water Resources Development Act

Project name: Lower Carmel River and Lagoon Floodplain Restorations and Enhancement Project
Requested amount: $1 million
Requestor's name and address: Monterey County Water Resources Agency/ located at 893 Blanco Circle, Salinas, CA 93901
Project Description: The funding would be used to build on local, state and non-profit expenditures directed to reducing repetitive loss flood damage by significantly mitigating future flood risk.
Legislation: FY 2010 Interior and Environment Appropriations

Project name: Lower Carmel River Flood Control Project (Bill Language)
Requested amount: $90,000
Requester's name and address: Center Monterey County Water Resource Agency, 893 Blanco Circle, Monterey, CA 93901
Project description: The bill language would enable the Monterey County Water Resource Agency to perform hydraulic and geotechnical studies to confirm a preliminary design for flood protection structures for repetitive loss properties on the Lower Carmel River and Lagoon, in Monterey County, California. The bill language would redirect $90,000 from a different sub-applicant that was funded in the FY08 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, for this project. This is a valid use of taxpayer funds because it will lead to a decrease in the potential of flooding.
Legislation: FY 2010 Homeland Security Appropriations

Project name: Marine Meteorology Center
Requested amount:  $10.2 million
Requester's name and address:  NavSupp Det Monterey, Navy Postgraduate School Annex, Monterey, CA
Project description:  Two story facility for research offices and computer rooms for classified processing and support spaces. To support the full spectrum of Naval Warfare, this building is required for battlespace meteorology products. This is a valid use of taxpayer funds because the program is vital to our national security.
Legislation:  FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act

Project name: Marine Meteorology Center
Requested amount:  $10.2 million
Requester's name and address:  NavSupp Det Monterey, Navy Postgraduate School Annex, Monterey, CA
Project description:  Two story facility for research offices and computer rooms for classified processing and support spaces. To support the full spectrum of Naval Warfare, this building is required for battlespace meteorology products. This is a valid use of taxpayer funds because the program is vital to our national security.
Legislation:  FY 2010 Military Construction/Veterans Affairs Appropriations

Project Name: Monterey Bay Area 511 System project
Requested amount: $3,187,440
Requestor's name and address: Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission, 1523 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Project Description: Conduct a feasibility study and develop, design, engineer, install, a traveler information system for Santa Cruz County, California
Legislation: 2009 Surface Transportation Reauthorization

Project Name: Monterey Bay Sanctuary Scenic Trail
Requested amount: $1 million
Requestor's name and address: Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments/ 445 Reservation Road, Suite G, P.O. Box 809, Marina, CA 93933
Project description: To develop a 52 mile long multi-use pathway linking existing and newly established trail segments into a continuous coastal trail around the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary connecting the cities of Santa Cruz and the Monterey Peninsula with class one and class two bike facilities for recreational and bike transit uses. The trail will also be a catalyst for economic development and generate tourism revenue.
Legislation: FY 2010 Transportation/Housing and Urban Development Appropriations

Project Name: Monterey Bay Sanctuary Scenic Trail
Requested amount: $15 million
Requestor's name and address: Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments (AMBAG), 445 Reservation Road, Suite G, P.O. Box 809, Marina, CA 93933.
Project Description: A 52 mile long bike and pedestrian trail around the shore of the Monterey Bay linking the city of Santa Cruz in the North to Monterey in the South.
Legislation: 2009 Surface Transportation Reauthorization 

Project name: Monterey Peninsula Groundwater Replenishment Project
Requested amount: $3 million
Requestor's name and address: Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency, 5 Harris Court, Building D, Monterey, CA 93940
Project description: to conserve limited water resources through an innovative approach.  Under the planned initiative, the tertiary treated recycled water will be further purified using advanced treatment processes.
Legislation: FY 2010 Energy and Water Appropriations

Project Name: Monterey Peninsula Fixed Guideway Service
Requested amount: $26,240,000
Requestor's name and address: Transportation Agency for Monterey County, 55-B Plaza Circle, Salinas, CA 93901
Project Description: Acquire vehicles which will provide local bus rapid transit or light rail transit service on the Monterey Branch Line alignment. Authorizes "Small Starts" funding and construction.
Legislation: 2009 Surface Transportation Reauthorization

Project Name: Monterey-Salinas Transit Bus Replacement
Requested amount: $1.36  million
Requestor's name and address: Monterey-Salinas Transit, One Ryan Ranch Road, Monterey, CA 93940
Project Description: Replace 4 Transit Buses with clean diesel buses
Legislation: 2009 Surface Transportation Reauthorization

Project Name: Monterey-Salinas Transit Operations and Administration Building
Requested amount: $1.28 million
Requestor's name and address: Monterey-Salinas Transit, One Ryan Ranch Road, Monterey, CA 93940
Project Description: Design and construct aspects of facility necessary to achieve Leadership in Environmental Efficiency and Design certification for the proposed Monterey-Salinas Transit Operations and Administration building.
Legislation: 2009 Surface Transportation Reauthorization

Project name: NOAA National Marine Sanctuary Exploration Center
Requested amount: $4,660,000
Requestor's name and address: City of Santa Cruz 337 Locust St. Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Project description: In 2004, the National Oceanographic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) chose a City of Santa Cruz-owned property at the foot of the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf as the site for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Visitor Center. Both NOAA and the City are looking to the facility to be a showcase that will expose the region's 3 million annual visitors to the important role they play in preserving our oceans and coasts for future generations.
Legislation: FY 2010 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations

Project name: NOAA National Marine Sanctuary Exploration Center
Requested amount: $ 0
Requestor's name and address: Not applicable/Report Language
Project description: This report language request will clarify the lease procedure for the City of Santa Cruz-owned property (chosen by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) at the foot of the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf, the site for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Visitor Center.
Legislation: FY 2010 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations

Project name: Nonlinear Optical Materials for Memory Electronics (NOME)
Requested amount: $5 million
Requestor's name and address: Coherent Inc. & KLA-Tencor, 5100 Patrick Henry Drive, Santa Clara, CA 95054
Project description: The NOME project will develop the deep ultraviolet lasers, nonlinear materials, and inspection tool architectures required to support the manufacturing of the next generation of Department of Defense and commercial microelectronics. This is a valid use of taxpayer funds because the program is vital to our national security.
Legislation: FY 2010 Defense Appropriations 

Project name: Pacific Consortium of Undersea Habitat Centers
Requested amount: $2.1 million
Requestor's name and address: University of Alaska PO Box 757220 Fairbanks, AK 99775
Project description: The Pacific Consortium of Undersea Habitat Centers supports scientific investigative projects that further our understanding and advancement of undersea habitat characterization, ecosystem function, and community integration. Represented in our district by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), the Consortium fills technological, scientific, and work force needs that are critical to the stewardship of our coastal resources. This is accomplished through the development and implementation of the following central components: habitat characterization, ecosystem function, new sensors and techniques, temporal change, education, and public outreach.
Legislation: FY 2010 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations

Project name: Pajaro River Flood Control Project
Requested amount: $5 million
Requestor's name and address: Santa Cruz County, 701 Ocean Street, Room 520, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Project description: This project on the lower Pajaro River and Corralitos /Salsipuedes Creeks in Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties was previously authorized via Flood Control Act of 1966 and Water Resources Development Act of 1986.  Floods in 1995 caused in excess of $50 million in damage, with additional damage in 1997 and 1998 and displacement of hundreds of residents.  The flood events also resulted in the expenditure of hundreds of thousands of dollars by both the District and the Corps in emergency repairs to the levee. This is a valid use of taxpayer funds because it will help prevent future flooding.
Legislation: FY 2010 Energy and Water Appropriations

Project name: Pierce's Disease and Invasive Species Research
Requested amount: $3 million
Requestor's name and address: APHIS/U.S. Department of Agriculture 1400 Independence Ave., S.W. Washington, DC 20250
Project Description: This project will continue the Pierce's Disease special research program which funds competitively awarded research to find solutions to the devastating bacterial disease that threatens California's winegrape industry, as well as other grape varieties, citrus, almonds and tree fruit. Additionally, it expands the research to include other invasive species impacting California and the nation include pathogens (West Nile virus, Avian Influenza, Sudden Oak Death), insects (vine mealy bug, light brown apple moth), marine and fresh water species (green crab and quagga mussel), and weed species (yellow star thistle). Greater knowledge of these species, understanding of invasion biology parameters, and potential control and eradication strategies is critical for California and the U.S.
Legislation: FY 2010 Agriculture Appropriations

Project name: Regional Urban Water Augmentation Project
Requested amount: $31,530,000
Requester's name and address: Marina Coast Water District, 11 Reservation Rd., Marina, Calif.
Project description: Build a connection to an existing water reclamation plant; a new recycled water pipeline for urban distribution; one storage tank; and two pump stations.
Legislation: FY 2010 Water Resources Development Act

Project Name: San Benito County Highway 25 Widening Project
Requested amount: $4.9 million
Requestor's name and address: San Benito County Governments, 330 Tres Pinos Road, Suite C7, Hollister, CA 95023
Project Description: Design and engineering of Highway 25 between Hollister and San Benito County
Legislation: 2009 Surface Transportation Reauthorization

Project name: San Lorenzo River Flood Control Project
Requested amount: $500,000
Requestor's name and address: City of Santa Cruz Redevelopment Agency, 337 Locust Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Project description: To complete project modifications on an authorized flood control levee project on the San Lorenzo River in Santa Cruz that will provide 100-year flood protection to the citizens of that area. This is a valid use of taxpayer funds because it will help prevent future flooding.
Legislation: FY 2010 Energy and Water Appropriations

Project name: San Lorenzo River Flood Control Project
Requested amount: $15 million
Requester's name and address: City of Santa Cruz, 809 Center Street, Room 201, Santa Cruz, Calif.
Project description: The project consists of levee raising, floodwalls on top of various portions of the San Lorenzo River levees, levee toe-drains, flood proofing and habitat restoration measures.
Legislation: FY 2010 Water Resources Development Act

Project name: Santa Cruz Harbor Federal Navigation Channel
Requested amount: $950,000
Requestor's name and address: Santa Cruz Port District, 135 5th Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA 95062
Project description: The funding would be used for operation and maintenance of the Santa Cruz Harbor federal navigation channel dredging. This is a valid use of taxpayer funds because it will extend use of the channel.
Legislation: FY 2010 Energy and Water Appropriations

Project name: Santa Cruz Harbor Federal Sand Bypass System Project
Requested amount: $171,000
Requester's name and address: Santa Cruz Port District, 135 5th Ave., Santa Cruz, Calif.
Project description: Authorize a yearly federal cost share of approximately $171,000 for recapitalizing the existing USACOE / Santa Cruz Port District sand bypass system for the Santa Cruz Harbor federal channel.
Legislation: FY 2010 Water Resources Development Act

Project Name: Santa Cruz Metro Bus Replacement
Requested amount: $12,792,000
Requestor's name and address: Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District, 370 Encinal Street, Suite 100, Santa Cruz, CA  95060
Project Description: Replace 30 fixed-route diesel buses with Compressed Natural Gas buses
Legislation: 2009 Surface Transportation Reauthorization

Project name: Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County
Requested amount: $150,000
Requestor's name and address: Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County/ located at 800 Ohlone Parkway, Watsonville CA, 95076.
Project description: Because of the economic downturn, the Second Harvest Food Bank for Santa Cruz County has seen an unprecedented increase in need for its services. Funding would be used for a 5,300 square foot addition, including space for volunteers to pack food bags, staging room to receive and ship food as well as two 18-wheel truck docks, to increase efficiency and capacity. This is a valid use of taxpayer funds because an increasing number of Central Coast residents are turning to food banks for survival.
Legislation: FY 2010 Transportation/Housing and Urban Development Appropriations

Project Name: Silver Star Gang Prevention and Intervention Program
Requested Amount:  $1.5 million
Requestor's Name and Address: Monterey County Probation Department, Silver Star Gang Prevention and Intervention Program, 1422 Natividad Road, Salinas, CA  93906
Project description: The Silver Star Gang Prevention & Intervention program uses a multi-agency collaborative model of prevention and early intervention services to avert and reduce gang association, membership and activities among youth 6-21 in Monterey County.  This program - employing an innovative and effective "umbrella" organization structure - combines probation supervision, educational, vocational and job training, counseling services and truancy abatement, and also adds mentoring, community mobilization and outreach, and family support services to gang-involved or at-risk youth. This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will help decrease the gang activity in a community plagued with gang violence.
Legislation: FY 2010 Labor, Health & Human Services, Education Appropriations

Project name: Street Violence and Anti-Gang Project (Gang Task Force/GTF)
Requested amount: $1,200,000
Requestor's name and address: County of Monterey 1414 Natividad Road Salinas, CA 93906
Project description: The Monterey County Street and Anti-Gang Project, or Monterey County Joint Gang Task Force (GTF), is the result of a countywide collaborative effort whose mission is to reduce gang violence throughout Monterey County. The GTF has made a significant positive impact on gangrelated crime, and has become a statewide model of effective gang suppression coupled with the prevention and intervention efforts of the Monterey County Silver Star Gang Prevention and Intervention (SSGPI) program. This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will help decrease the gang activity in a community plagued with gang violence.
Legislation: FY 2010 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations

Project name: Sustainable Ag (CA)
Requested amount: $1 million
Requestor's name and address: Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems/UC Santa Cruz, located 1156 High Street Santa Cruz, CA 95064
Project Description: The funding would be used for sustainable and organic agriculture research.
Legislation: FY 2010 Agriculture Appropriations

Project name: Translation and Interpretation Skills for the Department of Defense
Requested amount: $5 million
Requestor's name and address: Monterey Institute for International Studies, 460 Pierce Street Monterey, CA 93940
Project description: Such an initiative would complement national foreign language capacity building undertaken under the National Strategic Language Initiative by building translation and interpretation skills on top of advanced language competence. This is a valid use of taxpayer funds because the program is vital to our national security.
Legislation: FY 2010 Defense Appropriations

Project name: Treated Water Conveyance Pipeline
Requested amount: $3 million
Requestor's name and address: Marina Coast Water District/ located at 11 Reservation Road, Marina, CA  93933
Project Description: This request is to install a shared transmission system for the treated surface water and desalinated water.
Legislation: FY 2010 Interior and Environment Appropriations

Program name: Unexploded Ordinance Neutralization Tool
Requested amount: $2.8 million
Requestor's name and address: Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Company, 3601 Union Road, Hollister, CA 95023
Project description: This program accelerates development of a technology which provides a safe, rapid, and reliable method to remotely neutralize unexploded ordnance (UXO) which poses a hazard to both military and civilian personnel.  It will reduce the amount of UXO that contaminate the soil and groundwater as explosive chemicals leach out of the devices. The technology has commercial applications and can be used by law enforcement and other organizations that have UXO disposal and neutralization missions which will reduce personnel risk and lower EOD personnel training costs. It can also be used by civilian organizations to help clean up the thousands upon thousands of UXO that litter the countryside in many former war ravaged countries. This is a valid use of taxpayer funds because the program will help ready former military bases ready for civilian use.
Legislation: FY 2010 Defense Appropriations

Project Name: US 101 - San Juan Road Interchange Project
Requested amount: $17,875,000
Requestor's name and address: Transportation Agency for Monterey County, 55-B Plaza Circle, Salinas, CA 93901
Project Description: Construct the US 101 - San Juan Road Interchange project: remove three at-grade intersections - Dunbarton Road, San Juan Road, Cole Road - and construct one interchange on US 101 at San Juan Road near the Red Barn
Legislation: 2009 Surface Transportation Reauthorization

Project name: U.S. Agricultural Research Station (Salinas, CA)
Requested amount: $24 million
Requestor's name and address: Agricultural Research Service/ARS  1636 E. ALISAL ST. Salinas, CA 93905
Project Description: USDA-ARS has developed a three phase project to replace the current structures at Salinas. Phase 1 will construct the west lab/office wing at a cost of $24 million, Phase 2 will construct the east lab/office wing at a cost of $26 million, and Phase 3 will construct green houses and hot houses at a cost of $20.2 million. The total cost of construction will be $69 million. 
Legislation: FY 2010 Agriculture Appropriations

Program name: Verticillium Wilt Research
Requested amount: $700,000
Requestor's name and address: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Ave., S.W., Washington, DC 20250
Project description: Verticillium is caused by a soil-based fungus that produces microsclerotia, and can persist in the soil for extended periods (e.g. 10-15 years).  Due to its ability to persist in the soil, along with the known hosts, Verticillium has the potential to devastate the lettuce industry.  Verticillium wilt is a major threat to lettuce, celery, melon and spinach production in most commercial fields.  This program is a good use of tax payer funds because further spread of the disease will harm the Central Coast's largest crop: lettuce.
Legislation: FY 2010 Agriculture Appropriations

Project name: Vine Mealy Bug
Requested amount: $1.2 million
Requestor's name and address: APHIS/ U.S. Department of Agriculture 1400 Independence Ave., S.W. Washington, DC 20250
Project Description: The vine mealy bug, Planococcus ficus, is an exotic pest first found in the Coachella Valley, of Riverside County in 1994 and since has spread to an additional 15 counties.  To meet this threat, a cooperative work group has been formed, including representatives of the grape industry, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the University of California, the California Department of Food and Agriculture, and California County Agricultural Commissioners.  This group has developed a program that includes public education; detection, monitoring and mapping surveys; research; and a control program implementation plan.
Legislation: FY 2010 Agriculture Appropriations

Project name: Viticulture Consortium
Requested amount: $3 million
Requestor's name and address: University of California, Davis, located at One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616
Project Description: This special research grant maintains the only nationally competitive source of funding for cutting-edge, high priority research in the production of wine grapes, especially, and other grape varieties. The research contributes to the continued vitality of one of the nation's leading agricultural industries and a major generator of export dollars. The program is jointly managed by University of California (western United States) and Cornell University (eastern United States) and is open to researchers across the U.S.
Legislation: FY 2010 Agriculture Appropriations

Project name: Water Quality Protection Program - Monterey Bay Sanctuary
Requested amount: $600,000
Requestor's name and address: NRCS/ U.S. Department of Agriculture/ 1400 Independence Ave., S.W. Washington, DC 20250
Project Description: To continue an innovative collaborative approach to protecting the resources of the Monterey Bay Sanctuary while sustaining the economic viability of the agricultural industry.  This ongoing program has met with much success and will continue to provide much needed assistance to the entire watershed.
Legislation: FY 2010 Agriculture Appropriations

Project name: Watsonville Area Water Recycling Project
Requested amount: $11 million
Requestor's name and address: City of Watsonville, 250 Main Street, Watsonville, CA 95076
Project description: The City of Watsonville is a Disadvantaged Community (per California Water Code, Section 7955.59(a)) with agriculture and food processing as the mainstay of the local economic structure.  The Pajaro Valley is ranked in fifth in California for agricultural production due to the fertile soils and ideal climate for growing lettuce, artichokes, strawberries, and raspberries.  Over-drafting of the ground water basin has led to sea water intrusion to the extent that wells have had to be abandoned.  The majority of the Watsonville Area Water Recycling Project is under construction.
Legislation: FY 2010 Energy and Water Appropriations

Project name: West Coast Governors Agreement on Ocean Health
Requested amount: $5 million
Requestor's name and address: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 1401 Constitution Ave, NW Room 5128 Washington, DC 20230
Project description: Funds will support implementation of on-the-ground actions from the West Coast Governors' Agreement on Ocean Health (WCGA) Action Plan. The WCGA has working groups which are currently developing strategies to complete the actions in the plan. The federal funds would be administered by NOAA and divided among the three states for implementation of the Action Plan. Examples include development of a coastal climate change adaptation guidebook for local government, development and delivery of training events in six coastal communities aimed at solving polluted runoff problems, and establishment of a West Coast Marine Debris Alliance to reduce marine debris.
Legislation: FY 2010 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations

Project name: West Coast Weak Stock Salmon Solutions
Requested amount: $7 million
Requestor's name and address: California Salmon Council PO Box 2255 Folsom, CA 95763
Project description: This project takes advantage of evolving technologies and pilot project research to enhance ecosystem-based science, modernize fishery management, and maximize economic value of California, Oregon and Washington commercial and recreational fisheries.
Legislation: FY 2010 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations