RESOLUTION NO. 22-
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HERCULES APPROVING AN AGREEMENT FOR THE JOHN MUIR LAND TRUST (JMLT) TO UNDERTAKE EVALUATION ACTIVITIES PRIOR TO ACCEPTING THE TRANSFER OF THE REFUGIO CREEK CONSERVATION EASEMENT AND ASSOCIATED MITIGATION OBLIGATION FOR THE HERCULES HUB; AND, APPROPRIATING $50K IN PUBLIC BENEFIT FEES OR ANOTHER SPECIFIED FUNDING SOURCE TO FUND SAID ACTIVITIES WHEREAS, the Refugio Creek and North Channel tributary restoration was completed as part of the Path To Transit phase of the Hercules Hub; and WHEREAS, the permits issued by the regulatory agencies for this phase require the 6 acre restored area be protected through a conservation easement, including sufficient endowment funding to oversee and manage the area in perpetuity; and WHEREAS, while no responses were received for a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to assume the conservation easement and associated maintenance obligation, the John Muir Land Trust (JMLT) is agreeable to entering into a service agreement to undertake evaluation criteria and should the City and JMLT find the criteria acceptable, assume said mitigation obligations; and WHEREAS, there is sufficient Public Benefit Fee funding, or other specified funding sources, to cover the cost of the agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Hercules that the City Council hereby approves an agreement for the John Muir Land Trust (JMLT) to undertake evaluation activities prior to accepting the transfer of the Refugio Creek Conservation Easement and associated Mitigation Obligation for the Hercules Hub; and, appropriates $50K in Public Benefit Fees, or other specified funding source, to fund said activities.
The foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City of Hercules on the 9th day of November, 2022 by the following vote of the Council:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
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Dion Bailey, Mayor
ATTEST:
Lauren Berges, City Clerk
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