**IMPORTANT NOTICE BELOW**

2023 CALL FOR COMMUNTY IDEAS FOR POTENTIAL PROJECT RELATED TO PARKS AND TRAILS

$100,000 of Funding is available for these potential projects. For details click on the link: HERE

Proposals due by 4:00 PM, Thursday, December 29, 2022. 

BACKGROUND

The City of Oroville listened to the concerns of the local Community and committed its negotiation process to funds that would provide recreation projects to the Community. The Department of Water Resources (DWR) and State Water Contractors (SWC) have proposed to endow Oroville, through the Supplemental Benefits Fund (SBF) a total of $61,270,000 to be paid in annual installments. The SBF will provide financial means for the community to also develop projects outside the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Final agreement signing is planned to be late 2016.

COMMUNITY BENEFITS

The economic and recreational benefits provided from the Supplemental Benefits Fund allows opportunities for job creation, tourism, and local recreation. Much of the recreational and economic development will occur along Oroville’s most prized natural resource, the Feather River. The Waterfront Development Concept is designed to integrate the Feather River with the Oroville Community.

FUND ADMINISTRATOR

The City of Oroville is the Fund Administrator and a Fund Steering Committee composed of five voting members (three members from the Oroville City Council; and two members from the Board of Directors of the Feather River Recreation and Parks District) and non-voting advisory members provide direction regarding proposed projects to be funded through the Fund. Representatives from the California Department of Water Resources, State Water Contractors, American Rivers, and the Oroville Area Chamber of Commerce comprise the advisory membership.

Questions regarding the SBF may be sent to: sbf@cityoforoville.org

The City of Oroville, upon the effective date of the Settlement Agreement (March 2006), was designated as and assumed the duties of Fund Administrator. A Steering Committee composed of five voting members of publicly elected officials, composed of three (3) members from the Oroville City Council and two (2) members from the Board of Directors of the Feather River Recreation and Park District (FRRPD). Terms are set at one year (1). Additionally four (4) non-voting (advisory) members representing; the Department of Water Resources, State Water Contractors, American Rivers and the Oroville Area Chamber of Commerce. The Steering Committee is the sole decision maker, through majority vote of its members, for purposes of adopting the Regional Fund Strategic Plan, selecting proposed projects eligible for funding, and determining the level of funding appropriate for approved projects.

Steering Committee meetings are held quarterly on the 4th Wednesday beginning January, April, July & October, starting at 2P.M. in the Oroville City Council Chambers, 1735 Montgomery Street, Oroville, with the public invited:

• Special Steering Committee Meetings as announced are held with the public invited.

• ad Hoc committee meetings, with a non-quorum representation, are held periodically with committee meeting updates provided at the SBF Steering Committee regular quarterly meetings.

Click here to go to SBF Agendas & Minutes

Supplemental Benefits Fund Steering Committee