Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Jim Eggemeyer, Director of the Office of Sustainability
Subject: Amendment to the Agreement with the San Mateo County Resource Conservation District to add new services for the Butano Channel Restoration and Resilience Project
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an amendment to the agreement with the San Mateo County Resource Conservation District (RCD) to add a new additional scope of services for the Butano Channel Restoration and Resilience Project, and to increase the contract not-to-exceed amount by $150,000 for a total of $535,243...
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BACKGROUND:
Once fully designed and permitted, the Butano Channel Restoration and Resilience Project will remove excess sediment which currently blocks fish passage in the Butano Channel, contributing to poor water quality and recurring fish kills in California State Parks' Pescadero Marsh Natural Preserve. On May 16, 2017, the Board of Supervisors approved Resolution Number 075173 in support of a $4 million request to the County's State delegation for implementation funding for the Butano Channel Restoration and Resilience Project. The Governor approved the FY 2017 State budget on June 27, 2017, including the $4 million requested to construct restoration improvements for the regionally significant Butano Channel Restoration and Resilience coastal resource project.
In order to utilize the State funds for the construction of the Butano Channel Restoration and Resilience Project, the RCD and its partners, including State Parks and the County, must complete planning, design, and permitting tasks necessary to make the project construction-ready. The Office of Sustainability is requesting approval from the Board of Supervisors to enter an agreement with the RCD to complete the unfunded, but critical, planning, design, and permitting work required to prepare the Butano Channel Restoration and R...
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