File #: 25-0453    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Watersheds Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 4/28/2025 In control: Board of Directors
On agenda: 5/27/2025 Final action:
Title: Approve the Standard On-Call Consultant Agreements with Four Consultant Firms: AECOM Technical Services, Inc., Agreement No. A5312A; Balance Hydrologics, Inc., Agreement No. A5313A; FlowWest, LLC., Agreement No. A5314A; and GEI Consultants, Inc., Agreement No. A5315A, to Provide On-Call Design and Technical Services for Fish Passage Remediation and Habitat Enhancement, PB File VW0264, for a Shared Not-to-Exceed Aggregate Fee of $5,000,000.
Attachments: 1. Attachment A: Gov. Code Section 84308, 2. Attachment 1: Agreement, AECOM Technical Services, Inc., 3. Attachment 2: Agreement, Balance Hydrologics, Inc., 4. Attachment 3: Agreement, FlowWest, LLC., 5. Attachment 4: Agreement, GEI Consultants, Inc.
BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM

Government Code ? 84308 Applies: Yes ? No ?
(If "YES" Complete Attachment A - Gov. Code ? 84308)

SUBJECT: Title
Approve the Standard On-Call Consultant Agreements with Four Consultant Firms: AECOM Technical Services, Inc., Agreement No. A5312A; Balance Hydrologics, Inc., Agreement No. A5313A; FlowWest, LLC., Agreement No. A5314A; and GEI Consultants, Inc., Agreement No. A5315A, to Provide On-Call Design and Technical Services for Fish Passage Remediation and Habitat Enhancement, PB File VW0264, for a Shared Not-to-Exceed Aggregate Fee of $5,000,000.


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RECOMMENDATION: Recommendation
A. Approve the Standard On-Call Consultant Agreement No. A5312A, with AECOM Technical Services, Inc., for on-call design and technical support services for fish passage remediation and habitat enhancement.
B. Approve the Standard On-Call Consultant Agreement NO. A5313A, with Balance Hydrologics, Inc., for on-call design and technical support services for fish passage remediation and habitat enhancement
C. Approve the Standard On-Call Consultant Agreement No. A5314A, with FlowWest, LLC., for on-call design and technical support services for fish passage remediation and habitat enhancement
D. Approve the Standard On-Call Consultant Agreement No. A5315A, with GEI Consultants, Inc., for on-call design and technical support services for fish passage remediation and habitat enhancement
E. Approve a Shared Aggregate Not-To-Exceed fee of $5,000,000 for all Agreements.


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SUMMARY:
Staff completed a countywide study in 2016 to identify priority sites for fish habitat improvements and is currently conducting a study focused on identifying priority sites fish passage improvements under the Safe, Clean Water and Natural Flood Protection Program (SCW) Project D4: Fish Habitat and Passage Improvement. In addition, staff are planning and designing projects that aim to improve fish passage, restore natural channel geomorphology, and install instream habitat...

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