BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
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Approve Amendment No. 1 to Agreement A4150A with Stillwater Ecosystem, Watershed and Riverine Sciences, Inc., for Water Year 2018 and 2019 Guadalupe River Mitigation Monitoring Project, Project No. 30151026, CAS File No. 4860, Increasing the Fee by $552,920 for a Total Revised Fee of $1,291,570 (San Jose) (Districts 2, 3, 4, and 6).
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RECOMMENDATION:
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Approve Amendment No. 1 to Agreement A4150A with Stillwater Ecosystem, Watershed and Riverine Sciences, Inc. for Water Years 2018 and 2019 Guadalupe River Mitigation Monitoring Project to: provide two additional years of mitigation monitoring and reporting services; increase the Agreement not-to-exceed amount by $552,920, resulting in a total Agreement not-to-exceed fee of $1,291,570; and extend the Agreement expiration date from June 30, 2020 to June 30, 2022.
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SUMMARY:
The permit-required annual monitoring of the mitigation for the Guadalupe River projects (the Downtown Project and Upper Guadalupe River Project) includes numerous monitoring indicators/methods and locations, as well as an annual Adaptive Management Team (AMT) meeting with the permitting agencies and regional environmental organizations. The amount of monitoring required each year exceeds Valley Water staff capacity and, as a result, has been contracted out since monitoring began in the early 2000s. The most recently selected consultant, Stillwater Ecosystem, Watershed and Riverine Sciences, Inc. (Stillwater) was selected through a competitive Request For Proposals (RFP) process in 2018, and has performed the two years of contracted monitoring, reporting, and AMT meeting work on schedule and within budget. Stillwater's involvement has improved Valley Water relations with permitting agencies and resulted in reduced monitoring requirements and costs. The Water Years 2018 and 2019 Guadalupe River Mitigation Monitoring Project (Agreement) allows for an amendment of up to two addition...
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