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W A I R h N h B L Y I. l F F RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES Board Memorandum PUBLIC UTILITIES BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES DATE: NOVEMBER 14, 2016 ITEM NO: 10 SUBJECT: RFP 1603 — PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH DUDEK OF RIVERSIDE FOR THE RESTORATION PLAN TO REESTABLISH NATIVE VEGETATION ON A PARCEL OWNED BY RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES LOCATED IN THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO —IN THE AMOUNT OF $114,982 — WORK ORDER NO. 1704462 FOR $170,000 ISSUES: 1) Approve the Professional Consultant Services Agreement with DUDEK, of Riverside, California, from RFP No. 1603 for the Restoration Plan to Reestablish Native Vegetation on a parcel owned by Riverside Public Utilities (APN 029 - 201 -140) located in the City of San Bernardino in the amount of $114,982; 2) Authorize the City Manager or his designee to execute the Professional Consultant Services Agreement with DUDEK, of Riverside, California and 3) Approve the capital expenditure of $170,000 for Work Order No. 1704462. RECOMMENDATIONS: That the Board of Public Utilities: Approve the Professional Consultant Services Agreement with DUDEK, of Riverside, California, for the Restoration Plan to Reestablish Native Vegetation on a parcel owned by Riverside Public Utilities (APN 029 - 201 -140) located in the City of San Bernardino in the amount of $114,982; 2. Authorize the City Manager or his designee to execute the Professional Consultant Services Agreement with DUDEK, of Riverside, California; and 3. Approve the capital expenditure of $170,000 for Work Order No. 1704462, which includes all costs necessary to prepare and implement the Restoration Plan to Reestablish Native Vegetation on a parcel owned by Riverside Public Utilities (APN 029 - 201 -140) located in the City of San Bernardino. BACKGROUND: Riverside Public Utilities (RPU) owns and maintains approximately 16 properties in San Bernardino County along the Santa Ana River floodplain geographically from California Avenue in the City of Redlands to Center Street in the City of Colton. One of these properties, APN 029 - 201 -140, is located at the intersection of Mountain View Street and Central Avenue, and is a potential site for a future well due its location and proximity to the Gage supply line. RPU maintains these remote properties and performs annual maintenance, including the clearing of overgrown vegetation, creating fire breaks, cleaning up abandoned homeless encampments and removing any trash at these properties. In July 2015, RPU was informed of trash and debris on the property, from what appeared to be an abandoned homeless encampment. RPU staff had been made aware of Santa Ana Woolly -Star (woolly - star) habitat in the area. The woolly -star, as an endangered species, is protected by law from being harmed. Knowing that there was an endangered species on site, RPU retained a biologist to determine if the trash and debris could be removed without harming any woolly -star. The biologist identified woolly-