DATE: January 16, 2019
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WETLAND MITIGATION BANK AT POND 20, SOUTH SAN DIEGO BAY
A) PRESENTATION AND UPDATE ON THE ENTITLEMENT PROCESS
B) RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AMENDMENT #3 TO THE AGREEMENT WITH GREAT ECOLOGY TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MITIGATION BANK AT POND 20 IN THE AMOUNT OF $164,500 TO ASSESS HYDRODYNAMICS IN COORDINATION WITH AN ADJACENT RESTORATION PROJECT ON REFUGE LAND, PROVIDE SEA LEVEL RISE AND HYDRUALIC MODELING, AND PREPARE A DESIGN ALTERNATIVE FOR A NEW TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED $857,220. FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019 IS BUDGETED
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Pond 20 is a 95-acre undeveloped parcel located at the southernmost portion of San Diego Bay. Pond 20 is within the City of San Diego's Otay Mesa-Nestor Community Planning District and was included in the City of Imperial Beach's former Redevelopment Area. It is not currently included in the Port Master Plan. In July 2015, the Board directed Staff to develop a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the development of a mitigation bank at Pond 20. In November 2015, the Board adopted the Pond 20 Economic Development Fund, BPC Policy No. 774.
In November 2016, the Board authorized an agreement with Great Ecology to prepare design drawings, conduct a wetlands delineation in support of an Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) jurisdictional determination, and prepare mitigation banking documentation, including the Prospectus and Bank Enabling Instrument. Additionally, the Board approved commencing environmental review.
To date, the wetlands delineation, preliminary design, and Prospectus are complete and have been submitted to the ACOE, and environmental review has been initiated. Next steps include completing the 60% design documents and environmental review technical studies, and submittal of the draft Bank Enabling instrument to the ACOE.
Additional design work and support is needed to move the project forward. The third amendment to the agreement with Great Ecology is needed, in the amount ...
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