DATE:
January 29, 2025
04
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
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AUTHORITY TO ADVERTISE AND AWARD A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AND RATIFY CHANGE ORDERS FOR PREVIOUS CONTRACT FOR THE TIJUANA RIVER VALLEY DREDGING PROJECT AND RELATED CEQA ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW UPDATE CHECKLIST (DISTRICT: 1)
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OVERVIEW
The County of San Diego's (County) Tijuana River Valley Regional Park (TRVRP) is located near the United States/Mexico border adjacent to the Nestor community in the City of San Diego and the City of Imperial Beach. The TRVRP encompasses approximately 1,800 acres of land west of Interstate 5, as shown in the Vicinity Map (Attachment A). The Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) manages recreation spaces and actively works to restore habitat within the TRVRP. Part of managing recreation and open space areas within the TRVRP includes efforts to manage issues arising from transboundary flows of sewage, trash, and sediment that enter the United States from Mexico. Over the last several years, federal, State, and local agencies have identified potential projects and management strategies to address issues associated with transboundary flows.
In 2020, the County completed the Tijuana River Valley Needs and Opportunities Assessment (NOA) Report with Senate Bill 507 funding. The NOA Report identified potential projects and management strategies that could be implemented to minimize impacts of cross-border flows of sewage, trash, and sediment. One of the short-term management strategies identified included removal of trash and sediment from the Tijuana River and associated channels to increase the capacity of the channels to accommodate future wet weather events.
In 2023, DPR leveraged $750,000 from the County's Fiscal Year 2023-24 Capital Outlay Fund to obtain a $4,250,000 grant from the State Water Resources Control Board and $100,000 from California Department of Fish and Wildlife to complete comprehensive sediment and trash removal efforts in the Tijuana Ri...
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