Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Nicholas J. Calderon, Parks Director
Subject: Measure K: Third Amendment to the Agreement with Auten Resource Consulting for additional professional services required to prepare the Pescadero Creek County Park Climate and Habitat Resiliency Plan
RECOMMENDATION:
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Measure K: Adopt a resolution authorizing:
A) The President of the Board of Supervisors to execute a Third Amendment to the Agreement with Auten Resource Consulting for professional services required to prepare the Pescadero Creek County Park Climate and Habitat Resiliency Plan increasing the Agreement's amount by $57,700 for a new total not-to-exceed amount of $257,273.14, and extending the term of the Agreement to September 30, 2023; and
B) The Parks Director, or the Parks Director's designee, to execute further amendments to the Agreement to modify the County's maximum fiscal obligation by no more than $25,000 (in aggregate), and/or to modify the Agreement's terms and/or services, so long as the modified term(s) and/or services is/are within the current or revised fiscal provisions.
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BACKGROUND:
Pescadero Creek County Park ("Park"), a 5,943-acre open space park that is located in the Pescadero Creek Watershed, supports habitat for rare, threatened, and/or endangered species as well as provides almost 20 miles of trails for hikers, equestrians, and bicyclists. In 2020, approximately 2,800 acres in the Park - predominantly second-growth redwood forest - were burned during the CZU Lightning Complex Fire.
The San Mateo County Parks Department ("Department") has contracted with Auten Resource Consulting ("ARC") for the delivery of professional forestry services related to projects in and around the Park. The scope of services includes an assessment of forest conditions following the CZU Lightning Complex Fire so the Department could better understand how to support the ...
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