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6.1.C. - Page 1 RE PO RT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the Cit Mana er September 10, 2012 SUBJECT Approval of Right of Entry Agreement between Redwood City and Harbor Village, LLC RECOMMENDATION By motion, approve and authorize the City Manager to execute the Agreement for Right of Entry between Redwood City and Harbor Village, LLC. BACKGROUND Redwood City has over 10 miles of creeks, drain ditches, and canals within the City's boundary. Those are key channels to move storm water runoff from the City to the Bay. Annual cleaning and maintenance during the summer months are the best management practices to assure proper flow of storm water runoff during the rainy season. The Bayfront Canal is one of the City's unlined channels that requires annual cleaning. To maintain the channel the City must gain access through the Harbor Village property, located at 3015 East Bayshore Road. ANALYSIS City staff and the owner of the Harbor Village property negotiated a "Right of Entry" agreement for performing the channel cleaning work. Although the City has easement rights to access its Fifth Avenue pump station located in the mobile home park, it did not have adequate access from the land side to the storm pipe outfalls in the channel. Consequently, reeds and other obstructions precluded the outfall flap-gates from functioning properly. In large storms and with high tides, the failure of the gates to function properly can exacerbate the upstream flooding conditions. The Agreement provides the City rights of access to maintain the canal properly and regularly up to ten times each year. Once a year, with ten days notice, the City and the property owner will meet to determine maintenance needs. City crews will provide three days advance notice to the operators of the mobile home park so that tenants who might be affected by the City's efforts can be prepared. Upon approval by the City Council, the Public Works Services division will schedule its initial cleaning and clearing effort as part of the citywide storm season preparation.