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REPOR To the Honorable'Mayor and Council From the City Manager January 24, 2000 Subject Advertisement for Bids - Blomquist Street Extension Wetlands Mitigation Plan Recommendation Adopt a resolution approving the contract documents entitled, "Contract Documents for the Blomquist Street Extension Wetland Mitigation Plan," and authorize the advertisement for bids. Background The extension of Blomquist Street has been in the planning stages for many years. It involves extending Blomquist from its present terminus at Maple Street by the Police Facility, through the Docktown Marina, and building a bridge over Redwood Creek. The project will terminate at Bair Island Road. A Federal Environmental Clearance was obtained for this project early in the planning stage in 1991. Because it will involve filling in some "wetlands", the Corps of Engineers has jurisdiction. The Corps of Engineers' permit will expire in April of 2000. In order to retain the permit, the City must provide wetland mitigation. Specifically, construction of the new future "wetlands" planting is required to mitigate for the loss of existing wetlands that will result from the future construction of our project. The amount of replacement wetlands (8710 SF) can then be "banked" as future credit for the actual construction, when and if the road project does go forward. Plans and specifications for the project were prepared by Ralph J. Alexander and Associates, landscape architects of San Francisco. The plan calls for widening an existing drainage channel along Maple Street, adjacent to the City's vacant lot, and constructing brackish marsh and similar wetland habitat. The estimated cost of the improvements is $60,000. A copy of the plans and specifications is available in Engineering and Construction. -..' '0' "'~'io" ~ Fiscal Impacts Funds for this mitigation project are appropriated in the 1998-1999 Capital Improvement Program budget in the Transportation fund. ~. ,-,.., ,..-, T