DESCRIPTION
RCO provides oversight, management, payment processing, and reporting of sub-agreements and the associated budget as funded by the 2019-21 Department of Ecology (Ecology) appropriation for the Chehalis Basin Strategy project number 40000209, and re-appropriated Catastrophic Flood Relief funds from the 2017-2019 biennium, project 40000006. The WDFW shall provide the following services related to flood hazard reduction and aquatic species restoration in the Chehalis Basin and in support of the Office of Chehalis Basin. WDFW will provide the staffing support for implementation of the ASRP Early Action Reach (EAR) projects. Staffing for this Early Action Reach Pilot Project Implementation is described under agreement #18-2261 and is summarized below. Project management, coordination, and oversight including acting as a liaison to the ASRP Steering Committee and Science and Review Team, coordinating the Design Teams, providing day-to-day oversight of acquisition work associated with the Early Action Reach projects, and providing oversight of design firm contracts as outlined in the WDFW/RCO MOU (RCO #19-14, WDFW #17-10458). Project management coordination and oversight of construction management services provided by WDFW’s Capital Asset Management Program, tribal coordination under Executive Order 05-05, Conservation District and landowner outreach andcoordination, engineering and permitting management and support are provided for under RCO #18-2261 and #19-1770.