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Recommendation to Authorize the Interim City Manager to Execute a Four-Year Agreement with United States Government for Predator Management Services at Alameda Point for a Total Four-Year Compensation Amount Not-to-Exceed $120,000.
The City previously certified an Environmental Impact Report for Alameda Point. Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines sections 15162 and 15163, none of the circumstances necessitating further CEQA review are present. This action is also categorically exempt from further environmental review pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15307 (Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of Natural Resources). (Base Reuse and Economic Development 29061822, 29161822)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Adam W. Politzer, Interim City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The proposed agreement between the City of Alameda (City) and United States Department of Agriculture, Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services (APHIS Wildlife Services) is for work required under the United States Fish and Wildlife Service's (USFWS') August 2012 Biological Opinion on the Proposed Naval Air Station Alameda Disposal and Reuse Project (BiOp) that was prepared for the Navy's Conveyance of Alameda Point to the City and the Department of Veteran's Affairs, and the City's 2012 Predator Management Plan for Lands West of Main Street (PMP). The proposed agreement would provide four (4) years of predator management services at Alameda Point to protect endangered California Least Terns (least terns) and other federally protected species.
In recent years, staff executed a series of one-year agreements with APHIS Wildlife Services for predator management services west of Main Street during the least tern breeding season to reduce the risk that predator activities would impede successful breeding. APHIS Wildlife Services are trained and have been approved to conduct this work by USFWS. Staff recommends that the City Council authorize the In...
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