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Budget Amendments - SB1100 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Peake
College Lake Dam

Item 362 #5s

Item 362 #5s

First Year - FY2019 Second Year - FY2020
Natural Resources
Department of Conservation and Recreation FY2019 $0 FY2020 $5,000,000 GF

Language
Page 396, line 45, strike "$127,331,015" and insert "$132,331,015".

Page 399, line 45, strike "$732,147" and insert "$5,732,147".

Page 399, after line 50, insert:

"2. Out of the amounts appropriated in this item for the Dam Safety, Flood Prevention and Protection Assistance Fund, $5,000,000 the second year from the general fund shall be provided to match local funding for lakebed stabilization, sediment control and removal, wetland creation, dam safety improvements, stream flow improvement, and other related costs in the College Lake watershed in the City of Lynchburg.  This amount shall be matched by a local appropriation of at least $5,000,000 prior to any disbursement from this item."

Page 399, line 51,strike "2." and insert "3.".



Explanation

(This amendment provides a one-time grant of $5.0 million from the general fund to the City of Lynchburg to match local funding for sediment removal and other improvements to College Lake, a central stormwater basin in the City, which suffered significant damage in a severe rainfall event in August 2018. Damage from the rainfall event cost the City of Lynchburg more than $30 million. The amount shall be matched by a local contribution.)