Proposed Professional
Services Agreement –
Endowment and
Conservation Easement
Holder for Kelly Farm
Mitigation Bank
Steve Brady, Sr. Environmental Specialist and Sean McNeil, Deputy Director Environmental Services
Contract Review Subcommittee
May 1, 2024
1 Today’s Presentation
• Project Overview
• Current Status
• The RFP Process
• Selection Justification
• Staff Recommendation
2 Project Overview
• Develop ~100 acre CA tiger salamander
(CTS) and wetland mitigation bank.
• CTS on site.
• Leased for hay production.
• Bank would cease irrigation and
enhance and expand CTS and wetland
habitat.
3 Estimated Cost of Establishing 100 Acre Bank
• Studies, fees, permitting, and design $650,000 • Construction $5,000,000
• Interim monitoring and management $250,000
• Endowment $2,000,000
• Total $7,900,000
• Current Cost to buy 100 acres of CTS credit - $20,000,000 • Potential Savings if bank developed (100 ac) - $12,100,000 Current Status
• Biological surveys
completed.
• Bank Prospectus (Plan)
accepted by resources
agencies.
• Draft Construction Plan
(90%).
• This Contract Provides:
Conservation Easement
and Endowment for
Easement Services
5 The RFP Process
• Advertised on January 2, 2024.
• Two proposals received January 30, 2024.
• Review panel – Deputy Director Environmental Services, Associate Civil Engineer, Sr. Environmental Specialist. • Evaluation criteria – Responsiveness to RFP , work plan, qualifications, ability to perform work, experience, and technical ability.
• Staff unanimously selected Center for Natural Lands
Management due to greater experience with conservation
easement management and a higher quality proposal.
6 Recommendation
It is recommended by the Water Department that the Contract Review Subcommittee recommend that the Board of Public Utilities approve a Professional Services Agreement with Center for Natural Lands Management of Temecula, CA to serve as the endowment and conservation easement holder for the Kelly Farm Mitigation Bank in the amount not to exceed $251,975.
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