Agmt06 W.H. Fawcett, Consultant - Public Access, Funding, Bridge Bair Island & Redwood Shores Levee Access

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ATTACHMENT "A" SCOPE OF SERVICES By the nature of this project, not all tasks below can or are expected to be accomplished within the initial six-month period of this Agreement, or necessarily in the order presented. Based on the City's experience, it is likely there will be incidences of unavoidable delays at anyone of the various levels of state and federal government involved. It is conceivable that one or more additional six-month extensions of this Agreement, upon City Council approval, will be required to bring this project to a conclusion. This Scope of Services outlines the overall tasks necessary to accomplish the City's objectives of 1) assuring continued and future public access to portions of Bair Island, and the provision of appropriate facilities to accommodate that access, as part of its restoration by the federal government, and 2) gaining a return of public access to certain Redwood Shores' levees which are currently closed to public access. Under the terms of this agreement, Consultant shall undertake the following tasks: 1. Federal Fundinq for Bair Island Public Access Elements a. Work with the City and the Bair Island Task Force in seeking an appropriation for public access elements of the Bair Island Restoration Plan into the Department of Interior budget for Fiscal Year 2008, and seek out and pursue other federal appropriations strategies. b. Work at the federal level to protect and secure Bair Island restoration funding from any political impediments. 2. Redwood Shores Levee Access a. Work with Consultant's contacts to obtain their conceptual approval of the City's desired amendment of the biological opinion which predicated closure to public access of certain levees in Redwood Shores. b. Schedule and attend meetings within the next six months in Sacramento with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) staff, coordinated with and accompanied by the City's environmental consultant, to obtain FWS' understanding and conceptual approval as to the general scope of the City's objectives and specific desires. c. Prepare a formal proposal to amend the biological opinion. d. Work with staff of the City and the South Bayside Systems Authority within the next six months to investigate the possibility of converting the area outside of that facility's new levee to tidal wetland, equating to more clapper rail habitat. e. Plan and implement a specific strategy to obtain issuance of the final federal permits for the re-initiation of "Consultation on Changed Circumstance" with the accompanying new biological opinion on Redwood Shores levees, and/or issuance of a Corps of Engineers permit for levee