REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL
To:Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From:Jason Simpson, City Manager
Prepared by:Yu Tagai, City Engineer
Date:October 28, 2025
Subject:Amendment No. 1 to the Professional Services Agreement with HELIX Environmental Planning, Inc. for Environmental Services for the Murrieta Creek Multi-Use Trail Project
Recommendation
Approve and authorize the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 1 to the Professional Services Agreement with HELIX Environmental Planning, Inc. in the amount of $639,600 plus 10% contingency for additional services to complete revegetation, rehabilitation, and monitoring of habitat for the Murrieta Creek Multi-use Trail Project for a total contract amount not to exceed $970,700, in such final form as approved by the City Attorney.
Background
In 2019, the City applied for and was awarded the Active Transportation Program Cycle 4 grant to design and construct the Murrieta Creek Multi-Use Trail extending between Skylark Drive and the Lake Levee Trail. Murrieta Creek Trail is a multi-jurisdictional, active transportation trail consistent with the City’s General Plan and East Lake Specific Plan adopted in 2017.
Construction contract for the project was awarded on August 12, 2025, with a Notice to Proceed date scheduled for October 27, 2025. Construction is anticipated to be completed in Fall of 2026.
HELIX Environmental Planning, Inc. (HELIX) was the lead environmental consultant for the environmental document approval and final engineering phases. HELIX is providing environmental services as part of the construction phase of the project, which consists of pre- construction surveys, environmental monitoring, implementation, maintenance, and monitoring of restoration and revegetation of temporarily and permanently impacted areas.
MCT Environmental Services
Discussion
As requirements of regulatory permitting agencies, the project is required to mitigate for the temporary and permanent project impacts, which includes 0.046 acres of impacts to the Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) jurisdictional area, and Western Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation (MSHCP) revegetation area of 2.63 acres and least Bell‘s vireo (LBVI) mitigation area of 0.41 acres. The scope of work would be completed over five years.
The scope of work includes the following:
Biological Monitoring of the RWQCB Area for a Two-Year Period Biological Monitoring of the MSHCP and LBVI Mitigation areas for a Five-Year Period Development of irrigation plans for the 0.35 LBVI mitigation area Restoration/Revegetation Installation and mobilization RWQCB Mitigation Area Seed Installation and Mitigation Area Maintenance LBVI Mitigation Area Plant and Seed Installation, Handing Watering, and Area Maintenance
MSHCP Revegetation Area Seed Installation and Maintenance Easement Coordination and Support
MSHCP Revegetation Area Hand Watering (Optional Task)
LBVI Mitigation Area Fine Grading (Optional Task)
Fiscal Impact
Amendment No. 1 will result into a cost of $639,600 plus an additional 10% in contingency, and total contract amount not to exceed of $970,700. The costs associated with this amendment has been programmed in the City’s CIP Budget.
Attachments
Attachment 1 - Amendment No. 1
Exhibit A - Proposal
Attachment 2 - Original Agreement
Engineering