BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
Government Code ? 84308 Applies: Yes ? No ?
(If "YES" Complete Attachment A - Gov. Code ? 84308)
SUBJECT:
Title
Authorize the Chief Executive Officer to Negotiate and Execute an Agreement Between Trout Unlimited and Valley Water, for Funding and Permitting Project Implementation on Little Arthur Creek for the Stream Maintenance Program Mitigation Credit, Instream Habitat Complexity Project, Project No. 62181006, for a Not-to-Exceed Amount of $827,036.
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Authorize the Chief Executive Officer to Negotiate and Execute an Agreement Between Trout Unlimited and Valley Water, for Funding and Permitting Project Implementation on Little Arthur Creek for the Stream Maintenance Program Mitigation Credit, for a Not-to-Exceed Amount of $827,036.
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SUMMARY:
Background
Valley Water staff is currently in the process of developing the third iteration of the Stream Maintenance Program (SMP-3). Valley Water's SMP has been the primary mechanism for permitting maintenance work in Valley Water's watersheds facilities since 2002. SMP covers vegetation management, sediment removal, bank repair, animal conflict management, downed tree management, and minor maintenance activities. SMP-3 will permit routine stream maintenance activities from 2027 through 2036.
SMP activities may require compensatory mitigation to offset environmental impacts of stream maintenance work. Valley Water staff favors mitigation strategies that focus on larger scale multi-benefit holistic mitigation projects with a preference for projects that can provide mitigation for multiple types of impacts and projects that can provide permanent mitigation. This strategy will provide the highest possible ecological benefit and simplify the administration and management of SMP mitigation, which results in long-term fiscal savings.
Certain streams managed by Valley Water host populations of federally threatened salmonids. Multiple regulatory and st...
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