AgdaPkt 2018-06-11 Closed and Joint SA PFA

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6.1.H. - Page 1 For REPORT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the City Manager June 11, 2018 SUBJECT Cooperative Service Agreement between the City of Redwood City and United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Wildlife Services for Levee Predator Management RECOMMENDATION 1. Approve and authorize the City Manager to execute the five year Cooperative Service Agreement and the first year's Work and Financial Plan for $57,600.00 between the City of Redwood City and United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Wildlife Services 2. Authorize the City Manager to execute future annual Scope of Work/Budget plans as referenced in the Cooperative Service Agreement BACKGROUND The City of Redwood City (City) is required to conduct a Predator Management Program (PMP) on the exterior levees at Redwood Shores. The PMP was required by the 1996 biological opinion issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the Conditions of Approval from the United States Army Corps of Engineers Permit (Permit) for the 1997 Redwood Shores Levee Improvement Project. The specific location for predator damage management is on the segment of levees at the end of the Redwood Shores peninsula that has restricted public access, which is shown in the map in Attachment 2. The purpose of the PMP is to reduce predation of the federally listed California Ridgeway Rails and Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse. The City of Redwood City's Predator Management Plan outlines the need to contract with United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Wildlife Services (the Service) for predator management service. ANALYSIS On October 21, 2002, the City executed a Cooperative Service Agreement (CSA) with the Service for predator management service. Amendment Number 1 and Amendment