TO: Napa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District
FROM: Richard Thomasser - District Manager
REPORT BY: Andrew Butler - District Engineer
SUBJECT: Amendment No. 3 to Agreement No. 220223B (FC) with HDR Engineering
RECOMMENDATION
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Approve and authorize Amendment No. 3 to Agreement No. 220223B (FC) with HDR Engineering, Inc. (HDR), increasing the maximum amount by $1,603,891 to a new total of $8,480,351 to complete design and other related tasks described below for Floodwalls North of the Bypass Project. (Fiscal Impact: $8,480,351 Expense, Flood Project; Budgeted; Discretionary)
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BACKGROUND
$48.3 million was appropriated in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) budget for Federal Fiscal Year 2021 in the USACE annual Work Plan for the Napa River/Napa Creek Flood Protection Project (Flood Project) to complete the federal responsibilities on the Floodwalls North of the Bypass Project (Increment 2) and the Imola to Hatt Floodwalls Project (Increment 3). These two projects are the remaining elements of the Project that were found to have Federal interest according to the Federal Interest Determination that was produced by USACE in 2020. Staff have been working with the USACE since 2021 on a process to move forward to use the appropriated funds to complete these two elements.
Water Resources Development Act section 204, subd. (b), as amended (33 U.S.C. 2232), authorizes non -Federal interests to undertake construction of certain water resources development projects, with potential credit or reimbursement of the Federal share of that construction pursuant to section 204, subd.(d), subject to several requirements including that the Assistant Secretary of the Army, before initiation of construction, makes certain determinations, approves the plans for construction, and enters into a written agreement with the non-Federal interest for construction.
This amendment increases the maximum compensation of the District's contract with HDR Engineerin...
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