Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Jim Eggemeyer, Director, Office of Sustainability
Heather Forshey, Director, Environmental Health, Health System
Subject: Amendment to an existing Agreement with Erler & Kalinowski, Inc. adding $134,931 and scope of services for Phase 2B of a groundwater basin assessment of the San Mateo Plain sub-basin.
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an amendment to an existing agreement with Erler & Kalinowski, Inc. adding $134,931 for a new not to exceed amount of $934,931, extending the end date of the agreement, and expanding the scope of services for Phase 2B of a groundwater basin assessment of the San Mateo Plain sub-basin.
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BACKGROUND:
San Mateo County has nine groundwater basins and sub-basins within its borders. The San Mateo Plain sub-basin underlies the bayside of San Mateo County from approximately Burlingame to the Santa Clara/San Mateo County boundary at San Francisquito Creek, and westward into Portola Valley. The adjacent basins and sub-basin to the north, south, and east are being actively managed. However, there is no entity actively managing or monitoring the San Mateo Plain sub-basin at this time.
In 2014, the County became aware of a potential increase in the extraction of groundwater from the San Mateo Plain sub-basin. Concurrently, in 2014, California enacted the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. This legislation provides a framework for sustainable management of groundwater supplies by local authorities. These two factors, along with many years of severe drought conditions prompted the Office of Sustainability (OOS) and Environmental Health Services division (EH) to develop a regional approach towards assessing the state of the San Mateo Plain groundwater sub-basin.
In Spring 2015, OOS and EH engaged technical stakeholders to identify the information available on the state of the Sa...
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