BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
Title
Consultant Services Agreement with Stillwater Sciences, Inc., for Two Years Mitigation Monitoring, Reporting, and Adaptive Management Team Facilitation, for the Downtown and Upper Guadalupe River Projects, Project No. 30151026, for a Not-to-Exceed Amount of $738,648 ($369,324 Per Year) (San Jose) (District 2, 3, 4, and 6).
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Approve the Consultant Services Agreement with Stillwater Sciences, Inc., for Two Years Mitigation Monitoring, Reporting, and Adaptive Management Team Facilitation, for the Downtown and Upper Guadalupe River Projects, Project No. 30151026, for a Not-to-Exceed Amount of $738,648 ($369,324 Per Year).
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SUMMARY:
Background
The District and U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) constructed the downtown and upper Guadalupe River flood projects to provide flood protection in the City of San Jose (not all reaches for the upper project have been constructed). In addition, mitigation for the downtown project was constructed on Guadalupe Creek from Almaden Expressway to Masson Dam. The mitigation monitoring program, required by the projects' regulatory permits, was developed to assess success of the District's mitigation efforts and requires performing monitoring and data analysis for fisheries, vegetation, geomorphology, and water temperature.
Mitigation monitoring and reporting is based on water year (WY): WY 2018 began October 1, 2017 and ends September 30, 2018; WY 2019 will begin October 1, 2018 and end September 30, 2019. The Consultant Agreement schedule will allow for field preparation time prior to the end of WY 2018 (when most monitoring must be completed), annual reporting for both WYs, and the adaptive management team (AMT) meeting after the end of WY 2019.
A mitigation monitoring report (MMR) is prepared annually and submitted to the projects' AMT by March 30 of each year for review. The AMT comprises the District and resource agencies including the C...
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