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File #: AB2019-415    Version: 1
Type: Contract (FCZDBS) Status: Authorized
File created: 7/24/2019 In control: Council Finance and Administrative Services Committee
On agenda: 8/7/2019 Final action: 8/7/2019
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into Contract Amendment No. 1 to BGC Engineering Inc. Contract for Services for Glacier-Gallup Creeks Alluvial Fan Restoration Feasibilty and Alternatives Analysis in the amount of $163,300 (Council acting as the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors)
Indexes: FCZD, Flood Damage Prevention, Floods
Attachments: 1. Memo, 2. Contract, 3. Contract #201812026-1
Department Public Works Department

Primary Contact Email:    sdraper@co.whatcom.wa.us

 

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Request authorization for the County Executive to enter into Contract Amendment No. 1 to BGC Engineering Inc. Contract for Services for Glacier-Gallup Creeks Alluvial Fan Restoration Feasibilty and Alternatives Analysis in the amount of $163,300 (Council acting as the Whatcom County Flood Control Zone District Board of Supervisors)

 

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This amendment to the Contract for Services with BGC Engineering Inc. will include Phase 2 tasks as follows: hydrogeomorphic hazards characterization for developing a frequency and magnitude relationship for debris floods, habitat characterization, risk assessment, conceptual alternatives development, conceptual alternatives analysis including hydraulic modeling, selection of a preferred alternative, community outreach, and reporting. The alternatives analysis will involve identifying and weighing conceptual design alternatives for restoring the alluvial fan and providing structural protection measures for adjacent landowners and the community of Glacier. Community engagement will occur throughout the project..  

 




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