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<br />EXHIBIT <br /> <br />-A <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />Huffman-Broadway Group.. Inc. Environmental Re~ulatory Consultants <br />828 Mission A venue, San Rafael, California 94901 . USA. (415) 925-2000 · Fax (415) 925-2006 . <br />Sender's e-mail: thuffman@h.bgroup.com <br /> <br />October 14, 2009 <br /> <br />sent via: mail & email <br /> <br />Brian Lee <br />City of Redwood City <br />1017 Middlefield Road <br />Redwood City, CA 94063 <br /> <br />Subject: Contract Amendment Request for State and Federal Environmental Agency <br />Permitting Assistance for the Redwood Shores Lagoon Maintenance Dredging <br />Project, San Mateo County, California <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Lee: <br /> <br />Huffman-Broadway Group, Inc. (HBG) herein requests an amendment to our current contractual <br />authorization for environmental agency permitting assistance related to the Redwood Shores <br />Lagoon Dredging Project (Project) in Redwood City, California. This contract amendment <br />authorizes an additional $46,445 beyond our current authorization to accommodate work that has <br />been completed and additional work that is anticipated for the foreseeable future which includes <br />preparation for the October 22 public meeting and biological monitoring during the dredging <br />operations in accordance with the USFWS Biological Opinion. <br /> <br />The majority of the budget overages are the result of unanticipated work from the discovery of <br />elevated levels of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (P AHs), a determination by the National <br />Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) that the Redwood Shores Lagoon was considered <br />Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) and work performed by Moffatt &Nichol Engineers, at the request <br />of the City. The amount HBG billed to the City for work Moffatt and Nichol Engineers <br />performed was not part of the original contractual agreement and totaled approximately $13,000. <br /> <br />The discovery of elevated levels of P AHs resulted in (a) additional meetings with the interagency <br />Dredged Material Management Office (DMMO), (b) revisions to permit applications, (c) <br />additional coordination with agency staff, and (d) additional coordination with client and client <br />contractors beyond those anticipated previously. In addition to the discovery of high P AH <br />levels, a newly-imposed requirement from the California Department ofFish and Game led the <br />DMMO agencies, particularly the Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), to <br />require us to prepare an assessment of potential impacts of the project to longfin smelt; it may be <br />noteworthy that DMMO commented that this report was the best that they have received on any <br />project to date. <br /> <br />The unanticipated determination by NOAA Fisheries that it considers the Redwood Shores <br />Lagoon System to be Essential Fish Habitat, led to a requirement that we assess the potential <br />project impacts to widgeon grass (Ruppia maritima) and develop a mitigation and monitoring <br />plan. <br /> <br />J:\Redwood Lagoon Dredging\Proposal\Revision 2 Redwood Lag,oon Budget Amend 1O-14-2009.doc <br />