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11/28/23,9:52 AM Item Coversheet <br /> PHASES TASKS <br /> Technical <br /> Services Subwatersh <br /> 14% ed planning <br /> Waters 19% <br /> Monitoring <br /> 22 <br /> Grant <br /> Manageme <br /> nt <br /> 45°fo <br /> Grant Management—45%( 451,965.74). <br /> 319 Grant Applications and Management. Assist City staff with Section 319 grant management and reporting. <br /> Grant Management and Execution for the$9.88M USDA RCPP grant. Duties include,assist City staff with project <br /> management,partner coordination and contribution tracking,outcome measurement,RCPP-specific monitoring and tracking, <br /> prepare landowner conservation plans and direct RCPP funding to specific fields identified in subwatershed plans. <br /> Watershed Coordination and Plan Implementation. Assist city with cost share program if needed and conduct targeted <br /> landowner and partner outreach and engagement. <br /> To the extent that tasks in this category can be moved to in-house staff,they will be,resulting in a reduction in fees covered <br /> by this agreement. <br /> Subwatershed Planning— 19%L($189,124.44). <br /> Complete Big/Long Creek Watershed Nine Element Plan Update. Nine Element Plans are highly detailed watershed <br /> reviews and are mandatory to apply for state and federal watershed improvement grant funding. <br /> Complete Camp Creek and South Fork Camp Creek Nine Element Plans. <br /> Begin Goose Creek and Finley Creek Nine Element Plans. <br /> Technical Services— 14%($142,283.88). <br /> Special Project Advancement for Watershed Management Plan as directed by the City. Examples include DeWitt wellfield <br /> BMPs,anchored floating treatment wetlands,conservation practices on City-owned properties,water quality and/or carbon <br /> trading, and Sangamon floodplain reconnection. <br /> BMP Engineering and Design. Budget for general consulting for out-of-scope services or support that may be requested <br /> such as assistance with 2024 and 2025 City-funded BMP projects. <br /> Online Watershed Management System(SWAMM). Budget allocated for platform customization to support RCPP and City <br /> cost-share programs, if needed. <br /> Watershed Monitoring—22%( 212,340.08). <br /> Continue installing and overseeing water quality and sediment monitoring program in the Lake Decatur watershed and the <br /> lake itself,including data management. <br /> Lake Sedimentation&Bathymetry Program. 2025 survey of sediment traps and select lake transects to estimate sediment <br /> accumulation from 2022-2025. <br /> WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PLAN PHASE 4 BUDGET: <br /> In depth budget details are on the last three pages of the attached scope of services for a cost not to exceed$997,014.14 over <br /> two years. <br /> Northwater has a four year history of conservatively underbilling the City for their services. To date,Northwater has only <br /> billed the City for 76%of the total amount authorized by the City Council. It is anticipated that this conservative underbilling may <br /> continue depending primarily on the services required to ensure success with the USDA RCPP grant. <br /> It is estimated that between$184,780 and$190,530 of Northwater's fees will be reimbursed to the City from previously <br /> awarded IEPA Section 319 and USDA RCPP grants, so the net cost to the City over two years for Northwater's fees is estimated to <br /> https://decatur.novusagenda.com/agendaweb/CoverSheet.aspx?ItemID=4638 2/3 <br />