ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE

 

9.

CONSIDER EXPENDITURE TO CONTRACT WITH THE CALIFORNIA CONSERVATION CORPS FOR FALL 2017 VEGETATION MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES

 

Meeting Date:

August 14, 2017

Budgeted: 

Yes

 

From:

David J. Stoldt

Program/

Riparian Mitigations

 

General Manager

Line Item No.:    

2-1-4

 

Prepared By:

Thomas Christensen

Cost Estimate:

$14,000

 

General Counsel Approval:  N/A

Committee Recommendation:  The Administrative Committee reviewed this item on August 14, 2017 and recommended _______________.

CEQA Compliance:  This action does not constitute a project as defined by the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines section 15378.

 

SUMMARY:  The Board will consider authorizing staff to contract with the California Conservation Corps (CCC), which will provide a crew of approximately 14 workers to help District staff carry out vegetation management activities on the Carmel River during the fall of 2017.  Vegetation management this year will involve cutting, removing, and dragging large tree limbs out of the river bed and removing debris from the channel in preparation for potential high winter and spring river flows. The amount of work required this year warrants the use of CCC workers.  This program is conducted in accordance with the District’s “Guidelines for Vegetation Management and Removal of Deleterious Materials for the Carmel River Riparian Corridor.”

 

RECOMMENDATION:  Authorize the General Manager to enter into an agreement with the CCC to assist with Vegetation Management for a not-to-exceed amount of $14,000.

 

DISCUSSION:  The District plans to perform in-channel vegetation management this fall at fifteen sites along the Carmel River.  After last winter’s high flows, many large trees have fallen across the Carmel River.  If these trees are not cut into smaller sections there is an increased risk of streambank erosion along riverfront properties in multiple locations if winter flows rise above five-year return intervals (approximately 5,000 cubic feet per second).  Erosion can occur as high flows are directed away from the center of the channel by vegetation and debris dams into streambanks.

 

IMPACT TO STAFF/RESOURCES:  Funds for this project are included in the FY 2017-18 budget under “Riparian Mitigations,” line item 2-1-4 Address Vegetation Hazards and Remove Trash, Account 24-03-787040.

 

EXHIBIT

None

 

 

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