REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
June 16, 2016
FROM: THOMAS C. ESQUEDA, Director
Department of Public Utilities
BY: MICHAEL CARBAJAL, Division Manager
Department of Public Utilities - Water Division
SUBJECT
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Approval of a Purchase Agreement between Westervelt Ecological Services, LLC, and the City of Fresno, for the purchase of habitat conservation credits from the Grasslands Mitigation Bank in the amount of $73,500, in support of construction of a turnout/diversion facility associated with the Friant-Kern Canal Raw Water Pipeline, to be constructed in the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Friant-Kern Canal (Council District 6, County).
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that City Council:
1. Approve the Purchase Agreement between Westervelt Ecological Services, LLC., and the City of Fresno, for the purchase of 0.485 (0.49) acres of habitat conservation credits from the Grasslands Mitigation Bank in the amount of $73,500, in support of construction of a turnout/diversion facility associated with the Friant-Kern Canal Raw Water Pipeline, to be constructed in the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Friant-Kern Canal.
2. Authorize the Director of Public Utilities, or his designee, to sign all documents on behalf of the City of Fresno.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Department of Public Utilities, Water Division, is finalizing the permitting of the Friant-Kern Raw Water Pipeline Project to deliver raw water from the Friant-Kern Canal to the existing Northeast Surface Water Treatment Facility (NESWTF). With the Project awarded on April 21, 2016, and agency permitting completed, execution of the Purchase Agreement (PA) will be necessary prior to start of construction in affected areas.
The PA between Westervelt Ecological Services, LLC. (Westervelt), and the City for the purchase of habitat conservation credits from the Grasslands Mitigation Bank is in accordance with the requirements outlined in the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (USACE) Nationwide/Section 404 Permi...
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