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From the City Manager May 6, 2002 Subject Service Agreement with the Department of Agriculture (FY2002) - Redwood Shores Levee Improvement Project - Engineering File No. 904-05 Recommendation Adopt a resolution approving and authorizing the City Manager to execute the Service Agreement between the City of Redwood City and the Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Wildlife Services (WS), for extending the existing predator damage management activities in the Redwood Shores area, for an additional year. Background On August 31, 1998, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 13420, approving an agreement to carry out a Predator Management Program (PMP) in the Redwood Shores area, and authorized the City Clerk and City Manager to execute the same agreement. The approval and execution of this agreement is in compliance with the "Conditions of Approval, that the Corps of Engineers attached to the Levee Improvement Project Permit. On February 14, 2000, through Resolution No. 13835, an extension of that agreement was authorized for execution. This five-year program, which was mandated by the Permit from the Corps of Engineers to improve the Redwood Shores levee system, is currently in its fourth year. The Program is intended to increase the survival rate of the endangered species, namely the Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse and the California Clapper Rail. To achieve this, the population of non-native predators such as raccoons, skunks, red foxes, and feral cats, will be controlled in the region. The City has no flexibility regarding this program, because the Corps of Engineers stipulated this as a permit condition for the Levee Improvement Project, which in itself, was put together to satisfy another Federal agency's (FEMA) requirement; to protect the residential and commercial property in the area from flooding. Three status reports have been prepared for the City by WS. The first status report showed no progress, because the levee was not fenced off at that time, and WS had not start to work. The second status report was dated October 23, 2000, and reported the capture of twelve feral cats, four raccoons and one skunk, all of which were transported to the Peninsula Humane Society (PHS). The third status report was generated on October 1, 2001, and reported the removal of six feral cats and two raccoons. Again, all the animals were transported to PHS. At PHS some of the animals were relocated