The City of Yakima (City) has a responsibility to provide for wetland mitigation on projects that have an adverse effect on wetlands; such as its Spring Creek Road Improvement Phase 2 project.
The City will require installation, establishment, weed abatement and monitoring of required wetland plant species as part of offsite project mitigation efforts located near the City’s Wastewater Treatment Plant. The North Yakima Conservation District (NYCD) has an established organization that has the expertise, knowledge and capacity of providing wetland plant establishment services.
The City desires to enter into an Interlocal Agency Agreement (ILA) with NYCD to work together to install, establish and monitor upland, riparian and wetland projects in an efficient, effective and professional manner. All work to be performed shall be identified in a Task Assignment signed by both parties.
The terms of the ILA shall be for five (5) years in an amount not to exceed $212,000 and has been attached for City Council review. |