RSSJuly 2010 update on status of WRCA
(Previous updates were posted on April 16 and June 20, 2010.)
In October 2009, UC Office of the President’s, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) decided that WRCA would best be supported by a UC campus and vowed to find WRCA a “new home” by June 30, 2010. In April 2010, ANR issued a Request for Application (RFA) to four UC campuses: Berkeley, Davis, Riverside and Merced. The applications were due May 21, 2010.
I believe that the five-person review panel met sometime during the week of June 21st. As I understand the process, the Review Panel submitted a recommendation to Dan Dooley, Vice President of ANR, and he made the final decision. Unfortunately, I can only guess at some of the dates, because ANR has chosen not to keep WRCA staff updated during this process.
Dooley’s decision will be communicated to me by Barbara Allen-Diaz and I have a telephone appointment scheduled with her on Friday, July 16th. I’m assuming that Allen-Diaz will let me know what the final decision is regarding which campus will house and administer WRCA and how much transitional funding will be allocated to WRCA.
The amount of transitional funding provided by ANR is fundamental to WRCA’s future. That will determine what level of staffing WRCA will have which will determine what level of service WRCA will be able to provide UC and the public.
WRCA staff are pleased that the process of finding a “new home” will be resolved soon.
If you have any questions about this summary, please do not hesitate to contact me at:
Linda Vida
Director
Water Resources Center Archives
410 O’Brien Hall
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-1718
510-642-2666
lvida@library.berkeley.edu
