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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute a Memorandum of Understanding, and any other necessary documents, with the Harbor Department, to implement the Colorado Lagoon Open Channel Restoration Phase 2A Project (Project);
Authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute a Bank Enabling Instrument, and any other necessary documents, with the State and Federal Resource Agencies, to create a mitigation bank at the Colorado Lagoon to finance the Project and sell the established mitigation credits;
Authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an amendment to Contract No. 34377, and any subsequent amendments, with Anchor QEA, LLC, of Huntington Beach, CA, to increase the contract amount by $2,800,000, for a revised total contract amount not to exceed $3,100,000, and extend the term to January 1, 2024; and
Increase appropriations in the Tidelands Operating Fund Group in the Public Works Department by $26,300,000, offset by a transfer from the Harbor Department. (District 3)
DISCUSSION
The Colorado Lagoon Open Channel Restoration Phase 2A Project (Project) is the last phase of the restoration effort that will naturally reconnect the Colorado Lagoon to Marine Stadium and allow full tidal exchange to further improve water quality (Attachment A). Previous phases of the restoration effort have cleaned up the incoming water supply by diverting urban runoff into the sanitary sewer system and collecting trash at the storm drain outlets. Contaminated soils within the lagoon have been dredged and native flora have been planted around the perimeter of the lagoon. The previous work continues to exceed expectations, but tidal exchange at the lagoon continues to be stunted. The existing concrete culvert was not built deep or wide enough to allow for full water circulation. The Project will resolve these remaining constraints.
Memorandum of Understanding with the Harbor Department
The Harbor Department has been an active partner as City sta...
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