TO: Members of the City Council
FROM: Mayor Angela Birney
DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR CONTACT(S):
Public Works
Aaron Bert
425-556-2786
DEPARTMENT STAFF:
Public Works
Anne-marie Marshall-Dody
Deputy Director
Public Works
Steve Hitch
Engineering Manager
Public Works
Tom Hardy
Stream and Habitat Planner
Public Works
Curtis Nickerson
Senior Utility Scientist
TITLE:
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Approval of an On-call Monitoring Capacity Contract Increase, in the Amount of $80,000, in Support of the Surface Water Monitoring Program
OVERVIEW STATEMENT:
recommendation
Herrera Environmental Consultants is currently under contract with the City to provide on-call monitoring services. Public Works is starting a new Surface Water Monitoring Program (SWMP) and recommends using Herrera through expansion of the existing contract in the amount of $80,000 to complete start-up tasks.
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? Additional Background Information/Description of Proposal Attached
REQUESTED ACTION:
? Receive Information ? Provide Direction ? Approve
REQUEST RATIONALE:
* Relevant Plans/Policies:
Utilities Strategic Plan, Surface Water Monitoring Program
* Required:
Contract increase over $50,000
* Council Request:
N/A
* Other Key Facts:
Monitoring program start-up tasks need to be substantially completed by September 2023 so data collection can begin on October 1, 2023. A water year is a 12-month rain collection period beginning in October to the end of September of the following year.
OUTCOMES:
In the 2023-24 budget, the City Council approved funding for the new SWMP. The program will monitor and assess the health of streams in the City. Herrera is best positioned to assist the City for the SWMP start-up work in 2023.
Herrera is one of the top consultants in the region for this niche line of service and has intimate knowledge of Redmond's streams and our existing surface water monitoring infrastructure. Herrera is currently working on the Redmond Paired Watershed Study, which includes six stream monitorin...
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