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Director Memorandum 19-039

Date: April 2, 2019

Prepared By: Kathryn Hallberg, Implementation Manager

Subject: Ratification of ECORP Consulting Contract to Expand the Original Study Area
for the Oak Valley Recharge Project for the Initial Study/ Mitigated Negative

Declaration.
Recommendation: That the Board ratifies the contract amendment with ECORP for a sum not
to exceed $4,500.

This item was previously presented and approved on March 19, 2019 as Director Memorandum
No. 19-036. However, due to an error on the meeting agenda, the item is presented again for
ratification.

On December 18, 2018 the Yucaipa Valley Water District Board of Directors approved Director
Memorandum 18-157, which authorized the General Manager to contract with ECORP Consulting
for the completion of the Initial Study/ Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Oak Valley Recharge
Project for a sum not to exceed $47,520. The Oak Valley Recharge Project will encompass the
Calimesa Lakes and Spreading Basins.

This initial approval was for a 20-acre site where it is estimated the lakes and basins will be
located. Under further review it was found necessary to increase the area to be studied around
the lakes and basins to 76 acres. Attached you will find a boundary map of the new proposed
area of study.

The additional cost for the expansion of study by 50+ acres is estimated to be $4500, of which
$1500 would be for biological resource study and $3000 would be for the cultural resource study.

Financial Analysis

This project is not in the current operating budget. Funds for this project will be split equally
between the Water Division – Depreciation Reserves (02-10310) and the Sewer Division –
Depreciation Reserves (03-10310).

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