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City of San Leandro Heron Bay Maintenance Assessment District No. 96-3 Page 5 B. Mitigation and Monitoring Mitigation of the Heron Bay project was accomplished by construction of wetlands, tidal wetlands, and upland or high ground for wildlife habitat. In order to verify that the habitat is healthy and in order to identify maintenance requirements a monitoring report is prepared annually. For Fiscal Year 2014/2015 a monitoring report will be prepared by a consultant and funded by the District. C. District Reserve Fund A Maintenance Reserve Fund is maintained by the District in the amount of $300,000 to fund capital improvements and unexpected or emergency repairs. There have not been any withdrawals from the reserve fund this past fiscal year and none are anticipated for the coming fiscal year. D. Capital Improvement Projects Levee Maintenance 2014-15 The nature of the levees that protect the Heron Bay marshland is such that they require periodic maintenance; specifically, the heavy stone rip rap that prevents erosion shifts, settles, or washes away and needs to be replaced. This work is most efficiently done by an outside contractor in large quantities. In fiscal year 2009-10 the Heron Bay Levee Maintenance account was established. Provided that there are funds available, the District will contribute to the account each year. The District has contributed $350,000 towards the maintenance of the levee, which appeared sufficient to address areas of the levee City staff has identified that need repair. However, recent proposals received for environmental review consulting exceeded staff’s expectations of the costs of the task related to environmental clearance. Upon staff investigation of the higher costs for the environmental clearance, the consultants cited inflation relative to the last time similar exercise was undertaken, and more realistic accounting of the effort involved in dealing with the multiple agencies involved in granting the permits for work at the site. Any unused funds will be returned to the District. City staff, through a consultant, is in the process of obtaining permits from various regulatory agencies in preparation of constructing the levee sections identified for repair. At the same time, City staff has started preparing the construction documents for the repair. Upon the issuance of the necessary permits, City staff on behalf of the District will bid and contract for the construction of the repairs. Based on past experience from the last levee repair, in the same general vicinity, and without any unforeseen delays, it is anticipated that construction window to be allowed by the permitting agencies will be sometime in late Summer into early Fall of 2015.