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Home My WebLink AboutSWP2702817_2Golder Associates 18300 NE Union Hill Road, Suite 200 Redmond, WA 98052-3333 Telephone (425) 883-0777 Fax (425) 882-5498 TRANSMITTAL LETTER TO: Distribution SENT VIA: ❑ Federal Express x U.S. Mail ❑ Courier ❑ Hand Delivery ❑ Other: �F _Golder Associates DATE: August 29, 2003 PROJECT NO.: 013-1405.700 See Below Document USACE SECTION 205 CEDAR RIVER FLOOD DAMAGE REDUCTION PROJECT 2003 SOCKEYE FRY MONITORING REPORT FOR THE ELLIOT REARING/SPAWNING SIDE - CHANNEL DATED: AUGUST 28, 2003 Per Paul Conrecode/pgL Distribution: Larry Fisher 1 co Roger Peters/Roger Tabor (1 copy each Washington Department of fish & Wildlife US Fish & wildlife Service 3190 160 Avenue SE Western Washington Office Bellevue, WA 98008 5120 Desmond Drive, Suite 102 Lacey, WA 98503 Eric Warner 1 co Muckleshoot Tribe Christian Munter, P.E. 2 Copies) 39015 172" Avenue. SE City of Renton Auburn, WA 98092 Planning Building -Public Works Dept. Utility systems -Fifth Floor Rustin Director (1 copy) 1055 South Grady Way U.S. Army corps of Engineers Renton, WA 98055 PO Box 3755 Seattle, WA 98124-3755 In House Copies: Paul Conrecode, Shelley Lyback `t 0(" From: "Conrecode, Paul" <PConrecode@golder.com> To: 'Christian Munter' <Cmunter@ci.renton.wa.us> Date: 4/8/03 12:42PM Subject: RE: Cedar River 2002 Vegetation Monitoring Report Hi Christian, Thanks for your note. It's true, the 2002 report is very similar in content and format to earlier reports. Our practice thus far after Gary's review and approval of reports, has been to send hard copies out to all the involved agencies (Corps, WDFW, Muckleshoot Tribe, US F&WS). Please let me know what you think. The contact at Earthcorps is Pieter Bohen. His e-mail is Pieter@earthcorps.org, and his telephone number is (206)322-9296 or cell (206)255-4160. 1 think Earthcorps does very good work. Gary had a concern last year about Renton legal procedures for contracting with non -profits, so he wasn't sure if we'd be able to work with them. I can meet with you almost anytime soon to discuss what we need to do to improve the riparian vegetation situation. I have some recommendations that Gary asked me to put in a separate memo for internal Renton/Golder use only, and I can provide those to you as a starting point in developing a work plan. I'll also be happy to help out with funding sources, etc. Paul Conrecode Project Fisheries Biologist Golder Associates Inc. 18300 NE Union Hill Rd., Ste 200 Redmond, WA 98052 tel: (425) 883-0777 fax: (425) 882-5498 9, 04 c-6181 taus -----Original Message ----- From: Christian Munter[mailto:Cmunter@ci.renton.wa.us] Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 10:59 AM To: pconrecode@golder.com Subject: Cedar River 2002 Vegetation Monitoring Report Paul: I'm taking over for Gary and Ron as Project Manager for the Cedar River Flood Damage Reduction Project. I've had a chance to go over your Vegetation Monitoring Report sent to Ron back in February and it looks pretty similar to the previous couple. I don't suspect any dramatic changes are in order. Is it worth summarizing comparisions to previous years? I've talked with Ron about contracting with Earthcorp to do vegetation Z(.')�' 0-1'1� (.vwe-Jr CITY OF RENTON Planning/BuildingftblicWorks Department I� a Mayor Gregg Zimmerman P.E., Administrator Jcssc Tanner, February 20, 2003 Paul Conrecode Golder Associates, Inc. 18300 NE Union Hill Road, Suite 200 Redmond, WA 98052-3333 SUBJECT: USACE CEDAR RIVER 205 FLOOD DAMAGE REDUCTION PROJECT 2003 MONITORING CONTRACT (CAG-03-017) NOTICE TO PROCEED Dear Mr. Conrecode Enclosed for your records is a fully executed original consultant contract (CAG-03-017) for the 2003 monitoring work associated with the USACE Cedar River Section 205 Flood Damage Reduction Project. You are authorized to proceed immediately with work on the project in accordance with the project contract and scope of work. I look forward to working with you on this project. Please contact me at 425-430-7248 if you have any questions or need information. Sincerely, 6 Ronald J. Paka.E. Engineering Supervisor Surface Water Utility H:\File Sys\SWP - Surface Water Projects\SWP-27 - Surface Water Projects (CIP)\27-2817 Cedar River Section 205 Project\10.0 - Monitoring\10.01 - Scope of Work\Golder 2003 NOP.doc\RJS\tb R E N T O N 1055 South Grady Way - Renton, Washington 98055 ® This paper contains 50 % recycled material, 30 % post consumer AHEAD OF THE CURVE ZvS' Cis p-�— Cam.,.► „1-f From: Christian Munter To: pconrecode@golder.com Date: 4/8/03 10:58AM Subject: Cedar River 2002 Vegetation Monitoring Report Paul: I'm taking over for Gary and Ron as Project Manager for the Cedar River Flood Damage Reduction Project. I've had a chance to go over your Vegetation Monitoring Report sent to Ron back in February and it looks pretty similar to the previous couple. I don't suspect any dramatic changes are in order. Is it worth summarizing comparisions to previous years? I've talked with Ron about contracting with Earthcorp to do vegetation maintenance and we feel that is the way to go. Do you know who the contact was at Earthcorp? Once I get hold of them, we should probably get together to discuss the various planting and picking options to keep their contract values down. Thanks. Chris Christian D. Munter, P.E. City of Renton Surface Water Utility 1055 S. Grady Way - 5th Floor Renton WA 98055 Phone: 425-430-7205 Fax: 425-430-7241 cmunter@ci.renton.wa.us From: Christian Munter To: pconrecode@golder.com Date: 4/8/03 10:58AM Subject: Cedar River 2002 Vegetation Monitoring Report Paul: I'm taking over for Gary and Ron as Project Manager for the Cedar River Flood Damage Reduction Project. I've had a chance to go over your Vegetation Monitoring Report sent to Ron back in February and it looks pretty similar to the previous couple. I don't suspect any dramatic changes are in order. Is it worth summarizing comparisions to previous years? I've talked with Ron about contracting with Earthcorp to do vegetation maintenance and we feel that is the way to go. Do you know who the contact was at Earthcorp? Once I get hold of them, we should probably get together to discuss the various planting and picking options to keep their contract values down. Thanks. Chris Christian D. Munter, P.E. City of Renton Surface Water Utility 1055 S. Grady Way - 5th Floor Renton WA 98055 Phone: 425-430-7205 Fax: 425-430-7241 cmunter@ci.renton.wa.us Ronald Straka - 2002 vegetation report attached Page 1 From: "Conrecode, Paul" <PConrecode@golder.com> To: "'RStraka@ci.renton.wa.us"' <RStraka@ci.renton.wa.us> Date: 2/7/03 4:21 PM Subject: 2002 vegetation report attached Hi Ron, Thanks for the note about the sockeye. Based on what I've read, temperature determines the time period for when salmon enter, spawn, and for when fry emerge. The Cedar River and Lake Washington have a wide time frame for sockeye - because temperature conditions are more forgiving, including for the nursery stage in the lake. River systems in Alaska have huge sockeye runs, but have a much narrower range for timing of the life stages (because of the more extreme climate). Please find attached the 2002 vegetation report with tables. I will send the figures in another e-mail. Gary usually reviewed the electronic copy first, suggested revisions or additions, and then we sent out the hard copies to the various agencies (the Corps, WDFW, Muckleshoot Tribe, US Fish - & Wildlife Service). The vegetation part of the mitigation requirements has had mixed results. Lower River right bank (Cedar River Trail Park) is doing okay, as is Maplewood and Landsburg, but Lower River left bank and Elliot Side Channel are not on track with respect to percent survival and percent cover of plantings. This is mostly because of lack of maintenance - the weedy, invasive plants take over quickly. I want to emphasize my commitment to doing more than just evaluating the vegetation - I will work with whatever maintenance crew (Earthcorps or a private contractor) to get the riparian areas to a passable level. Our work with Earthcorps went very well last year. There was a contracting problem for City of Renton to work with Earthcorps (apparently because they were a non-profit), and Gary suggested we (Golder) might subcontract them, but there are some problems there, too since City of Renton contract doesn't allow mark-up of subcontractors. Maybe we can take a closer look at that after this year's contract is finalized. Paul Conrecode Project Fisheries Biologist Golder Associates Inc. 18300 NE Union Hill Rd., Ste 200 Redmond, WA 98052 tel: (425) 883-0777 fax: (425) 882-5498 Attachments are virus free!