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6.3C Page 1 REPORT To'the Honorable Mayor CindCity Council , From the City Manager November 10, 2008 SUBJECT Amendments to the GID 1-64 Fund Budget for Fiscal Year 2008-2009 and Authorize the Execution of a Professional Services Agreement with Moffatt & Nichol in the amount of $113,344.00 for Exterior Levee Assessment. RECOMMENDATION 1. By resolution, approve an amendment to the Generaf Improvement District 1-64 Budget to include the GID 1-64 appropriations in the Fiscal Year 2008-09 Capital Improvement Program, appropriating and cancelling funding for specified purposes during Fiscal Year 2008-2009. 2. Approve, by motion. the professional service agreement with Moffatt & Nichol for assessment of the elevation and geotechnical conditions of the perimeter levee protecting Redwood Shores in an amount not to exceed $113,344.00 and authorize the City Manager to increase the contract amount up to 10% if necessary. BACKGROUND On July 28.2008. City Council approved a mid-year budget amendment to the GID 1-64 fund budget to include the GID 1-64 appropriations in the Fiscal Year 2008-2009 Capital Improvement Program. The appropriations and cancellation of certain funds for specified purposes included within that amendment need to be accomplished by resolution; therefore. in order to properly authorize the various amendments to the GID 1-64 fund budget for Fiscal Year 2008-2009 projects, the City Council is being asked to approve the attached resolution. One of the major projects to be funded from the GID 1-64 fund budget is the Exterior levee Certification Program. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has implemented a Flood Map Modernization (Map Mod) program to digitize Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs). As part of this modernization effort, FEMA is obliged to assess existing flood protection measures and requires the inclusion of levee evaluations, The levee evaluation is part of the process to secure levee certification to FEMA standards. Failure to secure certification wit! result in a flood plain designation for the area located behind the levee, require homeowners to obtain flood insurance, and make future development subject to stringent Floodplain Development Standards. Moffatt & Nichol will assist the City to perform an initial assessment of levee conditions that includes coastal and geotechnical engineering analysis. The proposed assessment fulfills the first phase of requirements of the levee certification process. Moffatt & Nichol was specifically selected from a pool of qualified firms for their expertise in coastal engineering in tidal and wind wave environments. AL TERNA TIVES 1. Council may choose not to approve the resolution amending the GID 1-64 fund