AgdaPkt 2013-03-25 Joint SA and PFA

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6.1.B. - Page 1 RE PO RT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the Cit Mana er March 25, 2013 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 Cooperative Service Agreement for five-year duration and Scope of Work/Budget Plan for $48,134.00 for the first year 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 Scope of Work/Budget plans within the five-year durations of the Cooperative Service Agreement, providing the new scopes of work/budget plans do not exceed $60,000 annually, and that the predator management service is performed to the City's satisfaction. BACKGROUND The City is required to conduct a Predator Management Program on the exterior levee segment that has restricted public access. This is required by the 1996 biological opinion issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the Conditions of Approval of the Corps of Engineers permit for the 1997 Levee Improvement Project. The purpose of the Predator Management Program is to reduce predation of the federally-listed California clapper rail 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 similar agreement with the Service for predator management service. Amendment Number 1 and Amendment Number 2 to the agreement were executed on May 11, 2004 and November 10, 2004 respectively. On December 7, 2007 the City executed a similar agreement for five-year duration with the Service for predator management service, which expired in December 2012.