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CONSENT CALENDAR |
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CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THREE TEMPORARY FIELD STAFF POSITIONS FUNDED
THROUGH THE INTERAGENCY CONTRACT BETWEEN MPWMD AND NMFS TO PROVIDE FOR A
COOPERATIVE RESEARCH AND MONITORING PROJECTS |
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Meeting
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June 15,
2020 |
Budgeted: |
Yes |
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From: |
David J.
Stoldt, |
Program/ |
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General
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Prepared
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Suresh
Prasad |
Cost Estimate: |
Up to $21,000 (reimbursable) |
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General
Counsel Approval: N/A |
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Committee
Recommendation: The Administrative
Committee reviewed this item on June 9, 2020 and recommended approval. |
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CEQA
Compliance: This action does not
constitute a project as defined by the California Environmental Quality Act
Guidelines Section 15378. |
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SUMMARY: In 2017, the District entered into an interagency contract with National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Agency’s (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service-Southwest Fisheries Science Center (NMFS-SWFSC) for the purposes of conducting juvenile steelhead population studies. As part of the three-year contract, for fiscal year 2018-2021, MPWMD will provide local employees to support up to three positions. The positions will be filled at one of five levels, depending on increasing skill level, possession of specific certifiable skills in electrofishing, surgical fish tagging, and red-legged frog identification and avoidance. Field work will be conducted for three months from August through October for a total of 1,166 combined hours.
The contract is limited to $21,000 per year. The funding for this contract comes from Cal-Am as a requirement of Water Rights Order 20016-0016. This field work will dovetail and complement the fall population sampling that MPWMD already does and include the tagging of fish that we sample. The data collected will guide future steelhead management by the NMFS and California Department of Fish and Wildlife and may contribute information needed in a future Water Allocations Supplemental Environmental Impact Report, envisioned for some time after 2020.
Authorization
is requested to hire a combination of limited-term Water Resources Assistants,
Fisheries Aides, Fish Rescue Crew Leader, Fisheries Technician, Field Biology
Assistant not to exceed the allocated contract amount for the year. These positions
would prevent the accrual of excessive compensatory time and overtime for
higher level regular full-time positions.
RECOMMENDATION: The Administrative Committee recommends the
Board approve three temporary field staff positions for cooperative research
and monitoring projects with the NOAA/NMFS for fiscal year 2020-2021. This is fully reimbursed project so the
impact to the District will be zero.
IMPACTS TO STAFF/RESOURCES: The total cost of the limited-term staffing described above would not exceed the interagency contract amount. MPWMD will provide the administrative overhead for onboarding, payroll administration, and use of District’s vehicles.
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