Legislation Details

File #: 2026-1148    Version: 1
Type: Executive Status: Executive Approved
File created: 5/4/2026 In control: Executive
On agenda: Final action:
Title: Executive signature on Sub-Award Agreement between Snohomish County and Seattle University for the Snohomish County Critical Area Monitoring and Adaptive Management Planning and Implementation Project
Attachments: 1. SU_HSIL-CAR SubAward_ForSignature, 2. 2.0 COI Exp 7-1-26
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ITEM TITLE:

Title

Executive signature on Sub-Award Agreement between Snohomish County and Seattle University for the Snohomish County Critical Area Monitoring and Adaptive Management Planning and Implementation Project

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DEPARTMENT:  DCNR/Surface Water Management

 

ORIGINATOR:  Rob Plotnikoff/Connie Price

 

EXECUTIVE RECOMMENDATION:  Approved

 

PURPOSE: To approve Subaward Agreement with Seattle University for the Snohomish County Critical Area Monitoring and Adaptive Management Planning and Implementation Project

 

BACKGROUND: Snohomish County was awarded grant funds from the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife Habitat Strategic Initiative Lead program to update the County’s Critical Area Monitoring and Adaptive Management Plan. A major component to CAR Monitoring is determining impacts on wetlands. To support better data on wetland location, size, and category, Seattle University will use Ninety-Five Thousand Dollars ($95,000) in grant funds to geo-reference and digitize Critical Area Site Plans (CASPs) following Standard Operating Procedures provided by the County. Seattle University will also develop a wetland prediction model that integrates terrain-derived wetland indicators. The CASP-digitized wetlands data will be used as the Ground Control Points (GCPs) in the development of a wetland predictive model for two pilot sub-basins (Lake Stevens and North Creek). In addition, wetland probability outputs from two other models: 1) the University of Washington’s (UW) Wetland Intrinsic Potential (WIP) model and 2) the Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.’s (ESRI) Wetland Identification Model (WIM) will be incorporated as input layers to further improve the accuracy of the final wetland model.

 

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

EXPEND: FUND, AGY, ORG, ACTY, OBJ, AU

CURRENT YR

2ND YR

1ST 6 YRS

41550951144101

$60,000

$35,000

$95,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

$60,000

$35,000

$95,000

 

 

REVENUE: FUND, AGY, ORG, REV, SOURCE

CURRENT YR

2ND YR

1ST 6 YRS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

 

 

 

DEPARTMENT FISCAL IMPACT NOTES:  Click or tap here to enter text.

 

CONTRACT INFORMATION:

ORIGINAL

X

CONTRACT#

Sub-Award

AMOUNT

$95,000

AMENDMENT

 

CONTRACT#

 

AMOUNT

 

 

Contract Period

ORIGINAL

START

Date of Execution

END

6/30/2027

AMENDMENT

START

 

END

 

 

OTHER DEPARTMENTAL REVIEW/COMMENTS:  Click or tap here to enter text.