BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
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Approve Agreement with H.T. Harvey & Associates for Landscape Design Services for the Almaden Lake Improvement Project, Project No. 26044001, CAS No. 5044 (San Jos?) (District 4). (PREVIOUSLY LISTED AS ITEM NO. 6.1)
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Approve the Consultant Services Agreement with H. T. Harvey & Associates for landscape design services for the Almaden Lake Improvement Project for a not-to-exceed amount of $361,474.
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SUMMARY:
Background
The Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water) is proposing the Almaden Lake Improvement Project (Project) within the City of San Jos?'s Almaden Lake Park (Park). The Project would restore the Alamitos Creek channel through the Almaden Lake (lake) footprint, and recontour and cap the bed of the separated lake. Doing so would reduce the production and release of methylmercury from the lake to downstream Guadalupe River and San Francisco Bay, and remove passage impediments, entrainment risks, and predatory impacts to native fish posed by the lake.
The Project is a Safe, Clean Water and Natural Flood Protection Program Priority D Project under Project D4 - Fish Habitat and Passage Improvement. The Project falls under Key Performance Indicator #1 of Project D4, which requires Valley Water to complete planning and design for two creek/lake separation projects to restore and maintain healthy steelhead trout populations by improving fish passage and habitat. Valley Water is undertaking the Almaden Lake Improvement Project as one of the creek/lake separation projects.
The Project's landscaping (also referred to as revegetation) plan is one of the primary mechanisms for: depicting post-Project conditions for public and permitting agency review; analyzing the Project's long-term environmental benefits; and estimating Project construction and long-term maintenance and monitoring needs and costs. To-date, most Project design elements have been prepared by Valley Wa...
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