Title
Approve Amendment No. 3 to the Agreement for Services with ICF Jones & Stokes, Inc. to include their recent name change to ICF Environmental, extend the term of the agreement for three years to June 30, 2029; and Authorize the General Manager to execute Amendment No. 3.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board of Directors:
Approve Amendment No. 3 to the Agreement for Services with ICF Jones & Stokes, Inc. to include their recent name change to ICF Environmental, extend the term of the agreement for three years to June 30, 2029; and Authorize the General Manager to execute Amendment No. 3.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
In 2018 the Agency entered into an agreement with ICF Jones & Stokes for the development of the Salinas River Operations Habitat Conservation Plan (SROHCP) using a three phased approach. The first phase included the development of the 2019 Salinas River Long-Term Management Plan (LTMP) to document historical and current conditions in the lower Salinas River watershed, identify long-term management goals, and serve as a foundational document for the HCP. The LTMP was completed in 2019 using grant funding from the California Coastal Conservancy.
Beginning in April 2020, the Agency was awarded a series of grants totaling $2.75 M to fund the continued development of the SROHCP. Significant delays in grant funding agreements resulted in a delayed start of work for phase two and the agreement with ICF Jones & Stokes was amended to reflect the changing timeline. Amendment No. 1 was approved in 2021 and included a time extension to June 30, 2023 with no change to the total contract amount.
Amendment No. 2 to the agreement was approved in 2023 to extend the timeline, increase the dollar amount to the current total of $6,409,506 and accommodate minor scope changes. Scope changes in Amendment No. 2 reflected feedback received from the Federal Services, our evolving understanding of project needs based o...
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