HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 04272010 - C.57RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Director of the Department of Conservation and
Development, or designee, to execute a contract amendment with the San Francisco Estuary
Institute (Contract # C49563), effective April 27, 2010, to: 1) increase the payment limit of
$310,000 to a new payment limit not to exceed $350,000 and 2) extend the term of the
contract from April 30, 2010 to December 31, 2010 to allow Contractor to provide
additional services associated with an assessment of historic natural resource conditions in
the County.
AUTHORIZE the Flood Control and Water Conservation District to direct $25,000 of
Marsh Creek Watershed Zone 1 funds to the East Contra Costa County Historical Ecology
Assessment.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No impact to the general fund. The Department of Conservation and Development (DCD)
and the Flood Control District (District) have raised $339,000 in grant and mitigation funds
to support the East Contra Costa County Historical
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 04/27/2010 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I
Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Susan A. Bonilla, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Abigail Fateman,
335-1272
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board
of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: April 27, 2010
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: KATHERINE SINCLAIR, Deputy
cc:
C.57
To:Board of Supervisors
From:DCD and Flood Control
Date:April 27, 2010
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE FOR
ASSESSMENT OF HISTORICAL ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS IN THE COUNTY
FISCAL IMPACT: (CONT'D)
Ecology Project and are proposing through this action to increase total funding to $364,000.
Three outside grants provide most of the funding for the project: $150,000 from the
California Coastal Conservancy, $80,000 from the California Department of Fish and Game
and $9,000 from the State Water Resources Control Board. The District has contributed
$100,000 in mitigation funds to the project, and is proposing to contribute an additional
$25,000. Of the funds raised, $350,000 would be spent through proposed contract
amendment and $14,000 has been spent to support administrative costs of DCD and the
District. Staff from the DCD will also provide some project management services in kind as
part of the required local match for the grants.
BACKGROUND:
The proposed increase in the contract payment limit is needed because the scope of the
project has expanded to provide additional information on areas that will aid the Flood
Control District in planning and implementation of capital projects.
The Board of Supervisors has approved a number of past actions relating to this project. On
April 10, 2007, the Board of Supervisors authorized staff to submit a grant proposal to the
California Coastal Conservancy to work with the Contra Costa Watershed Forum and the
San Francisco Estuary Institute to assess historical ecological conditions in the County. On
June 26, 2007, the Board authorized an initial contract with Contractor for work associated
with this project.
The Historical Ecology Project has been recognized by individuals and organizations
involved in the Contra Costa Watershed Forum as an important initiative providing
information on historical conditions to better assist future restoration and management of
natural resources. The completed project would provide direct benefits to the County,
including:
• New GIS data layers such as digital, ortho-rectified versions of the earliest available aerial
photos for the County (ca. 1939) that can be overlain with other layers in the County’s GIS;
and
• Baseline information and analysis useful for flood protection and integrated water
management (e.g., information useful for locating sites for County projects and for
providing the most cost-effective and sustainable mitigation and infiltration opportunities);
and
• Baseline information on landscape trends and trajectories that will help guide conservation
and restoration efforts in which the County is involved (such as the East Contra Costa
County Habitat Conservation Plan / Natural Community Conservation Plan).
The project is county-wide in scope but has an East County focus. At the County scale, the
project is collecting baseline historical data resources. Data collected on a county-wide
basis include historic aerial photos, Spanish rancho maps and other geographic information
from the Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley, early public land surveys and an array of other
sources that Contractor has found useful and available. The project has produced an initial
public outreach document for the County that was released at the third quadrennial Contra
Costa County Creek and Watershed Symposium in November 2007. For eastern Contra
Costa County, the project will carry out more detailed data collection, mapping, analysis,
and reporting. The intention is to extend this same detailed analysis to other areas of the
County in future project phases when additional funding becomes available. The
county-wide data collection that is part of this initial project will support those future phases.
Staff recommends that the Board authorize the Chief Engineer of the Flood Control District
to direct funds to the project and the Director of the Conservation and Development
Department or her designee the authority to amend the existing contract with the San
Francisco Estuary Institute for funded work associated with the Historical Ecology Project.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT: