Title
Approve the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the County of Monterey and the Monterey County Water Resources Agency regarding the Moro Cojo Slough/Moss Landing Road Tide Gate Repair; and authorize the County Administrative Officer to execute the MOU.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the County of Monterey and the Monterey County Water Resources Agency regarding the Moro Cojo Slough/Moss Landing Road Tide Gate Repair; and
b. Authorize the County Administrative Officer to execute the MOU.
SUMMARY:
Monterey County Water Resources Agency (MCWRA) and the County of Monterey Resource Management Agency (RMA) have met and developed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to work collaboratively to identify the needs for the Moss Landing Road Tide Gates and ensure that the appropriate repairs are made (Attachment A). This MOU identifies responsibilities to each entity for the design, permitting, construction, maintenance and costs of the Moss Landing Tide Gate Facility.
DISCUSSION:
Moss Landing Road was designed with four culverts that connect the Moro Cojo Slough with the Moss Landing Marina. MCWRA attached a headwall and flap gates on the marina side in order to regulate flow of seawater up the slough. A management plan was created to establish thresholds for maintaining this area.
In 1989, MCWRA obtained permits from the California Coastal Commission and contracted with the County of Monterey Department of Public Works (DPW) to reconstruct the Moss Landing Road Tide Gates. DPW worked with Agency staff to attach the tide gates. This assembly included three corrugated metal pipes (CMP) embedded into a concrete headwall with tide gates bolted to the downstream side. The facility was placed at the edge of the roadway with the CMP penetrating reinforced concrete pipe (RCP) under the roadway.
In 2005, DPW became part of the Resource Manageme...
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