City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: DECEMBER 5, 2018
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MARK B. JINKS, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Consideration of an Amendment to the Agreement Regarding Wetland Mitigation for the Potomac Yard Metrorail Station Between the National Park Service and the City of Alexandria.
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ISSUE: Consideration of amendment to the Agreement Regarding Wetland Mitigation for the Potomac Yard Metro Between the National Park Service (NPS) and the City of Alexandria ("Agreement").
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council authorize the City Manager to enter into an amended Agreement consistent with the proposed amendments to the 2016 Wetland Mitigation Agreement (Attachment 1) between the City of Alexandria and the National Park Service.
BACKGROUND: The NPS and the City entered into the Agreement on November 1, 2016 to provide for the mitigation of up to 4.37 acres of wetlands under the jurisdiction of the NPS resulting from the construction of the Potomac Yard Metrorail Project ("Project"). The Agreement currently states NPS will be compensated $1 million per permanently impacted acre of wetlands; up to a maximum of $4.37 million. The 2016 Agreement called for the mitigation to occur at Dyke Marsh, as requested by NPS at that time.
DISCUSSION: Since executing the Agreement, design work for Phase I of the Dyke Marsh project has been completed and Phase I is currently under construction. Phase II of the project, which included the restoration of the marsh, has not been approved at this time through the permitting process with the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC). Consultation between the NPS and VMRC continues and the results of such consultation will have a bearing on the final design for any proposed wetlands restoration work at Dyke Marsh. Because of the uncertainty associated with Phase II of ...
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