To: The Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors
From: Brian M. Balbas, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Report Title: Contract Amendment with FlowWest, LLC, North Richmond area. Project #7505-6F8101
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Acting as the governing body of the Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District (Flood Control District), APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Chief Engineer, or designee, to execute a contract amendment with FlowWest, LLC, to increase the payment limit by $408,696 to a new payment limit of $1,067,000 and to extend the term through November 15, 2025, to provide design, permitting, and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) services supporting the Wildcat Creek Fish Passage and Community Engagement Project (Project), North Richmond area. (100% California Department of Water Resources and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Grant Funds)
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Project is 100% funded by the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) Proposition 68 Urban Streams Restoration Program (USRP) funds without any requirement for local matching funds. Additional funds available for this Project include funds received from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund and funds anticipated from the DWR Bay Area Integrated Regional Water Management, Proposition 1 Round 2 program.
BACKGROUND:
The Flood Control District, in partnership with Trout Unlimited, John Muir Chapter, was awarded a DWR USRP grant to fund the design and permitting phase of the Project. The Project is intended to retrofit the existing fish ladder in the Wildcat Creek flood control facility and replace it with a more natural design to improve fish passage. Additionally, as requested by the City of San Pablo, the Project will include a modification to an existing flood control structure to improve flow conditions and reduce flood risk to the surrounding area. The Project will also include a community engagement process to raise flood control and fish passage awareness in the community.
Through a competitive Request for Qualifications process started in March 2021, FlowWest, LLC, was hired on November 17, 2021, to provide the services needed to complete the design, permitting, and CEQA services for the Project. Since then, additional design and permitting work has been identified in order to satisfactorily complete the Project. Additional funds from DWR and the U.S. EPA have been requested and received. The requested amendment will allow the Flood Control District to be responsive to the granting agencies and complete the Project.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Without the approval of the Board, the Flood Control District will be unable to complete the design and permitting of the Project, and the Flood Control District will not benefit from additional grant funds received for the Project.
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cc: Allison Knapp, Deputy Chief Engineer, allison.knapp@pw.cccounty.us <mailto:allison.knapp@pw.cccounty.us>
Tim Jensen, Flood Control, tim.jensen@pw.cccounty.us <mailto:tim.jensen@pw.cccounty.us>
Gus Amirzehni, Flood Control, Gus.Amirzehni@pw.cccounty.us <mailto:Gus.Amirzehni@pw.cccounty.us>
Michelle Cordis, Flood Control, Michelle.Cordis@pw.cccounty.us <mailto:Michelle.Cordis@pw.cccounty.us>
Thao Nguyen, Flood Control, Thao.Nguyen@pw.cccounty.us <mailto:Thao.Nguyen@pw.cccounty.us>
Catherine Windham, Flood Control, catherine.windham@pw.cccounty.us <mailto:catherine.windham@pw.cccounty.us>