BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
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Approve Amendment No.7 to Agreement No. A3716G with HDR Engineering, Inc. for the Fish and Aquatic Habitat Collaborative Effort (FAHCE)/Three Creeks (Guadalupe, Coyote, Stevens) Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) Project, Project No. 92041014, CAS File No. 4444, Increasing the Fee by $999,986 for a Revised Total Fee of $5,016,143 and Extending the Term of the Agreement to September 30, 2023.
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RECOMMENDATION:Recommendation
Approve Amendment No. 7 to Agreement No. A3716G with HDR Engineering, Inc. for the Fish and Aquatic Habitat Collaborative Effort (FAHCE)/Three Creeks (Guadalupe, Coyote, Stevens) Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) Project, Project No. 92041014, increasing the fee by $999,986 for a revised total fee of $5,016,143, and extending the term of the Agreement to September 30, 2023.
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SUMMARY:
The Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water) retained HDR Engineering, Inc. to prepare an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and a fish habitat restoration plan for Coyote Creek, Guadalupe River and Stevens Creek watersheds (Three Creeks). This work supports implementation of the settlement agreement for the Fish and Aquatic Habitat Collaborative Effort.
As part of the work required to support CEQA documentation and the EIR, Valley Water has been developing a new analytical approach to assess the potential benefits and impacts to aquatic habitat. The new approach combines three modeling elements: water supply distribution, flow characteristics (hydraulics), and aquatic habitat availability; and simulates daily flow release from 21 years of historical data for the Guadalupe River, Coyote Creek, and Stevens Creek, and tributaries. With 37 million results per model run, error-checking and validating the complicated model has required more time and resources than expected. The additional funds are requested to support the response to comments on the Draft EIR and for completion of the final EIR.
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