Supplemental Benefits Fund (SBF) Administration

SBF Fund Administrator
City of Oroville Clerks's Office
1735 Montgomery street
Oroville, CA 95965
Phone 530.538.2518
E-mail: sbf@cityoforoville.org

Click Here to access the Agenda and Minutes for the SBF.

	The Feather River runs through Downtown Oroville

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 mid 2009.

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.

NOTICE OF FUNDS AVAILABLE
On a fund available basis (NOFA) the Fund Administrator publishes an SBF Grant Application with full submittal, documentation requirements and response time to interested parties.  Priority consideration for funding projects with a documented source of matching funds or other cost-sharing mechanism is recommended.

APPLICATION INFORMATION
Once published, the application is due forty-five (45) days from the date the NOFA is publicly noticed.  The NOFA will be posted at:  Oroville City hall, 1735 Montgomery Street, Oroville, CA 95965; www.cityoforoville.org; and Feather River Recreation & Parks District, 1875 Feather River Blvd. Oroville, CA 95965; Specific project funding criteria and application details outlined in the Grant Application and Program Guidelines. 

THE 2007 ($1,205,000) CATEGORICAL ALLOCATIONS WERE:

• Small Projects (projects under $5,000)
• Economic Development-Community Marketing Projects
• Large Projects (projects over $5,000)

THE 2011 ($243,233.37) CATEGORICAL ALLOCATIONS WERE:

• Economic Development-Community Marketing Projects
• Large Projects (projects over $25,000)

THE 2012 ($100,000) CATEGORICAL ALLOCATION WAS:

•  Marketing/Community Benefits
•  $1,000 minimum application amount

PROJECTS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED INCLUDE:

 Soccer Fields 

Oroville Police Department Volunteers in Police GEM Vehicle

SMALL PROJECTS

• 2007 Kids at Risk Sports Investment & Intervention Program $5,000
• 2007 The Pottery Project $4,400
• 2007 Oroville YMCA $5,000
• 2007 Metal Sculpture Project $5,000
• 2007 City of Oroville Fire Department Water Rescue Equipment $4,636.68
• 2007 Chinese Brick Building/Bolt Antique Tool Museum Landscape Project $4,000
• 2007 Facilitating Community Connections-Oroville Branch Library $4,835
• 2007 Oroville Gone Wild -- Nature and Wilderness Program $5,000
• 2012 Rotary Club of Oroville/Metal Sculptures at the Feather River Nature Center $3,624

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT-COMMUNITY MARKETING PROJECTS

• 2007 Oroville Area Chamber of Commerce  $81,802.51
• 2010 Oroville Area Chamber of Commerce $60,000
• 2011 Oroville Area Chamber of Commerce & Upstate Community Enhancement Foundation $40,000
• 2012 Oroville Area Chamber of Commerce & Upstate Community Enhancement Foundation $34,444
• 2012 Feather River Recreation & Parks District/Disc Golf Promotion $4,544
• 2012 Feather River Recreation & Parks District/Gymnastics Center Marketing $4,544
• 2012 Feather River Recreation & Parks District/Interactive Website Development $6,844

LARGE PROJECTS

• 2007 FRRPD Riverbend North Park Project/Soccer Fields $1,012,221.74
• 2007 Table Mountain Golf Course Irrigation System $30,000
• 2011 City of Oroville/Police Department GEM Vehicles (2) $35,000
• 2011 FRRPD Riverbend North Park Project/4th Soccer Fields $167,818.37