BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
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Amendment No. 2 to Grant Agreement No. A3742R, with Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz County (RCD Santa Cruz) to Revise and Reduce Scope of Work and Funding and Give District Ownership Rights to Work Produced for Task 1 Gravel Augmentation for the Uvas Creek Steelhead Spawning Habitat Enhancement Project, Project No. 26061007.
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RECOMMENDATION:
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A. Approve Amendment No. 2 to Grant Agreement A3742R between the Santa Clara Valley Water District and the RCD Santa Cruz to:
i. Revise and reduce the scope of work and funding; and
ii. Give the District the ownership rights to the work produced for Task 1 of Gravel Augmentation; and
B. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer to execute Amendment No. 2 to the Agreement.
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SUMMARY:
In 2014, the Board awarded $446,755 in Safe, Clean Water D3 grant (Restore Wildlife Habitat) to Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz County (RCD Santa Cruz) for Uvas Creek Steelhead Spawning Habitat Enhancement Project. The objective of the project is to improve riparian and in-channel habitats in Uvas Creek below Uvas Dam. The project included gravel augmentation to improve spawning habitat at four sites below the dam.
The project was scheduled to be completed by June 30, 2017, but only approximately 50% of the work outlined in the agreement has been completed. The project was running behind schedule due to delays in obtaining the necessary permits to install gravel at four sites, and receiving project contributions from another entity. The agreement was extended by a year to June 30, 2018, providing RCD Santa Cruz the time to obtain the necessary permits that it was confident of receiving.
However, RCD Santa Cruz has since been denied the necessary permits and is now requesting a modification in the scope of work to eliminate the task of gravel augmentation construction under Task 1. Additionally, RCD Santa Cruz has been unable to secure additional fundin...
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