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AGRICULTURAL CONVERSION MITIGATION FEE (ACMF)
AD HOC CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Staff Contact:
Pam Drew, Associate Planner, Community & Economic Development
760-602-4644 pam.drew@carlsbadca.gov
Agenda Item: #4
Subject: Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation – AGP 16-12 Update
Meeting Date: November 29, 2016
Exhibits:
4.1 Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation’s Request for Appropriation and Disbursement of $100,000 to
Support the Preparation of the Batiquitos Lagoon Resiliency Plan
4.2 Batiquitos Lagoon Resiliency Plan Background Information
4.3 Batiquitos Lagoon Resiliency Plan Scope of Work
4.4 Grant Application
4.5 Agricultural Conversion Mitigation Fee Grant Funding Agreement
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Batiquitos Lagoon Resiliency Plan
Background
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is preparing to update the long-term
management and monitoring plan for the Batiquitos Lagoon Ecological Reserve. This updated
plan needs to consider the potential effects of climate change on the physical and natural
environment. The Batiquitos Lagoon Resiliency Plan (BLRP) is intended to assist in this effort.
The process proposed to develop the BLRP is based upon a successful stakeholder-driven
scenario planning program at NOAA’s Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve. The
program, known as Climate Understanding and Resiliency in the River Valley (CURRV), engages
land managers, scientists, regulatory agencies and other stakeholders to evaluate different
climate change scenarios and develop adaptation strategies that can address potential impacts
to sensitive resources under those scenarios. More information on the CURRV program is
available at: http://trnerr.org/currv/.
The BLRP will be a combined effort, led by the Climate Science Alliance – South Coast, and
including California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation and the City
of Carlsbad. The Climate Science Alliance is a network of partners whose mission is to
safeguard the natural and human communities of the South Coast Eco-region in the face of a
changing climate. More information on the Climate Science Alliance is available at:
http://www.climatesciencealliance.org/.
The attached scope of work summary for the BLRP provides more detail on the tasks, timeline
and key deliverables.
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Batiquitos Lagoon Resiliency Plan
Scope of Work Summary
Goal: To outline climate scenarios, perform prioritized data collection, develop adaptation strategies
and prepare a Resiliency Plan to include in the long-term management and monitoring plan for the
Batiquitos Lagoon Ecological Reserve.
Phase I – Scenario Planning and Identification of Data Needs
1. Stakeholder kick-off workshop – establish ideal state and outline scenario framework
2. Physical landscape workshop – convene physical science experts to identify conditions for
scenarios and data needs
3. Habitat vulnerability workshop – convene biological science experts to identify conditions
for scenarios and data needs
4. Stakeholder update meeting – present results of science workshops and receive feedback
5. Prepare Phase I report
Timeline: Winter/Spring 2017
Key Deliverables:
Two science-focused workshops
Two stakeholder workshops
Phase I report outlining scenarios and data needs
Phase II – Baseline Conditions Data Collection
1. Convene Steering Committee
2. Review data needs and prioritization from Phase I report
3. Prepare timeline and budget for data collection
4. Perform data collection
5. Prepare Phase II report
Timeline: Summer/Fall 2017 – Winter/Spring 2018
Phase II – Baseline Conditions Data Collection, cont’d
Key Deliverables:
Steering committee convened
Baseline data collection
Phase II report outlining monitoring findings
Phase III – Adaptation Strategies
1. Conduct stakeholder kick off workshop – review scenarios and baseline data collected,
and begin brainstorming strategies
2. Conduct stakeholder workshops – identify strategies, outline implementation and
monitoring plan, including triggers for action
3. Prepare Phase III report
Timeline: Summer/Fall 2018 - Winter 2019
Key Deliverables:
Two stakeholder workshops (min)
Phase III report outlining adaptation strategies
Phase IV – Resiliency Plan
1. Prepare final Resiliency Plan - to include information from Phase I, II, and III reports
2. As needed, assist CDFW with incorporation of Resiliency Plan into long-term management
plan
Timeline: Spring/Summer 2019
Key Deliverables:
Resiliency Plan outlining results from Phases I, II, & III
September 29, 2006
Ms. Elaine Blackburn
Planning Department,
City of Carlsbad
1635 Faraday Avenue
Carlsbad, CA 92008
Subject: Batiquitos Lagoon Monitoring and Management Plan Program
Dear Ms. Blackburn:
The Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation is pleased to submit an application under the Agricultural
Conversion Mitigation Fee Grants Program. The Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation (BLF) is a
501(c)(3) non-profit organization, founded in 1983 to preserve, protect and enhance Batiquitos
Lagoon. Our application is being submitted under Program Category a. – Restoration of coastal
and lagoon environments.
The Batiquitos Lagoon is a Carlsbad natural treasure. Once on the road to deteriorating and
joining the long list of California’s coastal wetlands that have been lost, it was restored through
the Batiquitos Lagoon Enhancement Project, a $60 million rehabilitation of the entire system
completed through a partnership between the City of Carlsbad and the Port of Los Angeles. A
10-year monitoring program was established to collect data to facilitate assessment of success
and to identify areas were intervention was necessary. This monitoring effort concludes in
December 2006, with no follow-on program. While a limited management program exists for the
lagoon, it needs to be expanded and updated to include additional factors that are vital to
maintaining the ongoing health of the system.
Funding through the City’s Agricultural Conversion Mitigation Fee Grant Program would greatly
assist in securing the future of Batiquitos Lagoon by providing the fiscal and professional
technical resources essential to support the extensive volunteer investment made by the
members of the BLF and citizens of Carlsbad. The proposed program would provide funding for
a 6-year effort that would include biological and physical monitoring, result in the development of
a formalized lagoon management plan, enhance the effectiveness of current maintenance
actions, and finance trail, interpretive, and biological enhancement activities to be predominantly
conducted by volunteers. This work would further the partnership between the City of Carlsbad,
California Department of Fish and Game, and the BLF as stewards of the lagoon.
We appreciate the opportunity to apply and look forward to your support. Please feel free to call if
you have any questions concerning our application at (760) 918-2408.
Sincerely,
Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation
Fred C. Sandquist
President and Board Member
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CITY OF CARLSBAD
AGRICULTURAL CONVERSION MITIGATION FEE GRANTS
APPLICATION
Note: This application and all supporting documents must be received no later than 5:00 p.m.
on September 29, 2006. Submit to: City of Carlsbad; Planning Department; 1635 Faraday
Avenue; Carlsbad, CA, 92008; Attention: Elaine Blackburn
Submittal Formatting Requirements
All submittals must be typed on 8 1/2 x 11 sized paper (drawing exhibits may be larger), and you
must provide twelve (12) full sets of all documents submitted. You must provide a one-page
summary of the proposed project. The project description can be a maximum of three (3)
typed pages with attachments as necessary. All documents submitted become the property of
the City of Carlsbad. In addition to the written application, project proponents may
be asked to make a presentation to the Committee.
Please complete the following application using the guidance provided on the "Application Instructions" page.
You may attach additional pages, subject to the "Submittal Formatting Requirements", above.
Name of Applicant: BATIQUITOS LAGOON FOUNDATION
Address: P.O. BOX 130491, CARLSBAD, CA 92013-0491
Phone: (760) 931-0800 Email: sandquist2@earthlink.net
Contact 1) FRED C. SANDQUIST (760) 918-2408
Contact 2) Rachel Woodfield (858) 560-5465
Please note: Successful applicants will be required to provide a Federal Tax ID # or Social
Security # before any grant funds are released.
Total Amount of Grant Request: $780,589
Application must be for a minimum of $2,500.00.
I. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Your project MUST implement one of the four categories below to be eligible for this grant
program. Please contact Elaine Blackburn at the City of Carlsbad (760-602-4621) for further
information, if desired.
FOR STAFF USE ONLY
Project Number: Date Received:
Project Name:
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BATIQUITOS LAGOON MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT PLAN PROGRAM
PROJECT SUMMARY
In 1997, a $60 million restoration of Batiquitos Lagoon was completed by the Port of Los Angeles under an
agreement between the Port, City of Carlsbad, California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG), National
Marine Fisheries Service and other agencies. Since that time the lagoon has matured to provide a rich aesthetic,
educational, and biological resource to the City of Carlsbad. The lagoon is visited by thousands of residents and
tourists each year to enjoy the hiking, wildlife-viewing, and learning opportunities now available at the lagoon.
However, the lagoon will not retain these values by simply being left alone. Just looking out at the lagoon
reveals some of the challenges facing it, including accumulating beach sand in the outer basins, erosion of the
marsh due to shifting currents around the sand bars, loss of sand on Ponto Beach at the mouth of the lagoon.
Others are less visible, such as loss of tidal circulation, deterioration of water quality, and the gradual inundation
of mudflats and marshlands as tidal drainage diminishes between dredging events. Maintenance of the health of
the lagoon requires continual human intervention. How to intervene, and to what degree, can only be
ascertained through monitoring of the lagoon’s biological and physical status, and preparing a strategic
Management Plan to identify and address these issues.
With the proposed Batiquitos Lagoon Monitoring and Management Plan Program, the Batiquitos Lagoon
Foundation will address these issues in partnership with the CDFG (the current manager of the lagoon) and
Merkel & Associates, who conducted a 10-year monitoring program that will end in December 2006. At this
time, no other provisions have been made to monitor the biological and physical health of the lagoon.
The Batiquitos Lagoon Monitoring and Management Plan Program includes:
1) The implementation of a 6-year monitoring program for physical and biological elements of the lagoon
and South Carlsbad State Beach areas that are replenished with maintenance dredge sands from the
lagoon;
2) The development of a lagoon management plan that addresses management and maintenance activities,
both within the lagoon and those associated with the coastal sand replenishment from the lagoon
dredging;
3) Implementation of maintenance activities focused on the enhancement of public access trails and
interpretive facilities, removal of trash and exotic species, and the repair of erosion that presently
impacts the lagoon as a result of sedimentation.
The Batiquitos Lagoon Enhancement Project was the most extensive, system-wide habitat rehabilitation project
ever undertaken in any estuarine environment on the west coast of North America. The Batiquitos Lagoon
Foundation feels strongly that best way to protect the values we have come to enjoy at the lagoon is through
careful planning and management based on sound science. To demonstrate the commitment of the Batiquitos
Lagoon Foundation to the proposed program, we have pledged to provide 10,536 hours of volunteer time,
valued at $288,600, to offset the cost of this project. A discussion on the need for this program as well as a
scope of work can be found starting on page 10 of this application.
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Please indicate which of the four categories of eligible projects the proposed project would
implement, and please be specific:
a. Restoration of the coastal and lagoon environment including but not limited
to acquisition, management and/or restoration involving wildlife habitat or
open space preservation
b. Purchase and improvement of agricultural lands for continued agricultural
production, or for the provision of research activities or ancillary uses
necessary for the continued production of agriculture and/or aquaculture in
the city's coastal zone, including, but not limited to, farm worker housing
c. Restoration of beaches for public use including, but not limited to local and
regional sand replenishment programs, vertical and lateral beach access
improvements, trails, and other beach-related improvements that enhance
accessibility, and/or public use of beaches
d. Improvements to existing or proposed lagoon nature centers
II. PROJECT DESCRIPTION, SCOPE, AND BENEFITS Describe the proposed project.
The description should a) provide sufficient detail for a clear understanding of the proposed
project; b) include clear intended outcomes of the project; and, c) specifically address how
the project satisfies the eligibility requirement(s). (Please attach separately; maximum 3
typed 8 1/2 x 11 pages plus drawings)
Project Name: Batiquitos Lagoon Monitoring and Management Plan Program. Please see the
project description and scope of work included in Attachment A. The proposed project is multi-
disciplinary and technically complex, employing protocols too detailed to fully outline in 3 pages. A
technical approach with detailed methodology is available upon request.
1. How will the project benefit the citizens of Carlsbad?
In the years following the restoration of Batiquitos Lagoon, it has emerged as a jewel in the crown of
Carlsbad. Each year thousands of residents and tourists visit the lagoon to enjoy its beauty, using its
extensive trails for wildlife viewing, exercising, and dog-walking. It has developed into a premier
bird-watching destination for its rare birds and large populations of migrating waterfowl and
shorebirds. The lagoon serves as a learning laboratory, where teachers bring their students to
demonstrate lessons and the BLF uses the lagoon as the backdrop for environmental stewardship
education programs for children and adults alike.
The citizens of the City of Carlsbad would benefit tremendously from the protection of their
investment in the restored lagoon, which can only be ensured by careful monitoring and management
to maintain the values we have come to enjoy. The Batiquitos Lagoon Enhancement Project was the
most extensive, system-wide habitat rehabilitation project ever undertaken in any estuarine
environment on the west coast of North America. Monitoring the health of the lagoon and developing
a long-term management plan is a fundamental element of continued stewardship of Batiquitos
Lagoon. The Management Plan would include development of a strategic program to manage
dredged sand placement to optimize recreational aspects of beach replenishment while reducing rapid
migration of sand back into the lagoon. This would both benefit the lagoon health as well as
recreational utility of South Carlsbad State Beach at Ponto.
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III. PROJECT FEASIBILITY AND PLANNING
2. What permits/approvals (federal, state, local, other) will the project require?
No regulatory permits would be needed to implement the proposed monitoring program. All survey staff
would maintain their Scientific Collector’s Permit. Access to the project site would continue to be
coordinated with CDFG, the City of Carlsbad, Carlsbad Police Department, and Leucadia Water District.
The Batiquitos Lagoon Management Plan would be subject to review under CEQA.
3. What is the time line for implementation of the project?
A timeline of scheduled activities proposed for the Batiquitos Lagoon Monitoring and Management Plan
Program is presented on the following page.
4. How will the project be implemented? Identify specific milestones that would be used to
measure progress of project implementation and who will be responsible for implementation.
The project would be implemented by the Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation under the direction of BLF
President Fred Sandquist. The BLF would contract with Merkel & Associates to perform Tasks 1
and 2 in conjunction with BLF volunteer staff, and provide advisory and staffing support for Task 3.
All work undertaken by Merkel & Associates would be directed by project manager Rachel
Woodfield, who currently manages the Ten-year Monitoring Program at Batiquitos Lagoon, which
ends in December 2006. Milestones and deliverables are indicated in the timeline on the following
page. Major milestones include the completion of reporting activities as scheduled. Quarterly data
summary reports would be prepared to transmit monitoring data collected along with any important
analyses and management recommendations relating to maintenance actions. Comprehensive annual
reports would then be prepared to provide an analysis the annual data, and comparisons to previously
collected data, to provide insights into long-term system change or stability. They would also
incorporate summaries of maintenance actions that were taken during the monitoring year. These
data would be synthesized into recommended management actions to correct any observed declines in
the physical or biological health of Batiquitos Lagoon. Other milestones include the completion of the
Batiquitos Lagoon Management Plan as well as annual meetings with the City of Carlsbad, CDFG,
and the public to present project status and deliverables.
The Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation would assume responsibility for the timely achievement of all
milestones and delivery of all listed deliverables.
4 Timeline of Scheduled Activities and Deliverable Milestones The following presents a schedule of activities proposed for the Batiquitos Lagoon Monitoring and Management Plan Program. Year 1 of the program would be initiated promptly following award of grant funds in order to provide continuity with the termination of the present monitoring program in December 2006. The tasks listed in the schedule correspond to tasks listed in the scope of work. Solid bars represent periods of work. Red crosses indicate Deliverables. The activities for Task 3.0 will be conducted as appropriate during the course of each year. The solid bars under Task 3 are positioned to indicate that intensive efforts would be undertaken in Years 2, 4, and 6, with small-scale maintenance only in Years 1, 3, and 5. Actual work would be scheduled throughout the year as dictated by the specifications of each maintenance need. Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6TASKQ1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q41.0 MONITORING PROGRAM1.1Physical Monitoring Bathymetric and Beach Monitoring Tidal Monitoring1.2Biological MonitoringAvian SurveysFisheries SamplingVegetation/Habitat Mapping1.3Reporting ProgramQuarterly Summary ReportsAnnual Reports1.4Meetings and CoordinationBLF/M&A/CDFG CoordinationAnnual Public/Agency Meetings2.0 Batiquitos Lagoon Management PlanPreparation of Management Plan3.0 Implementation of Maintenance ActivitiesMaintenance ActivitiesTask Activity Project Milestone / DeliverableMeeting****Bathymetric survey of lagoon inlet onlyScheduled as dictated by dredging
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IV. APPLICANT INFORMATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Individual applicants, please complete items 6 and 10 in this section (Section IV).
Organization/Agency applicants, please complete all items in this section.
6. This applicant is a (an):
Individual Organization (Non-Profit) Organization (For Profit)
Public Agency (State/Local) Other
7 a. Years in Business: 24
b. Number of Employees: 0 (All Volunteer)
c. Number of Volunteers: 63 Active; 140+ Members
Please see the organizational chart in Attachment B.
8. Names of Officers and Board of Directors:
Name: Title:
Fred C. Sandquist President & Board Member
Dave Robertson Vice President & Board Member
Sheila Locko Secretary & Board Member
Rick Ransburg Treasurer & Board Member
Donald Connors Board Member
Paula Kirpalani Board Member
Steve Norton Board Member
Seth Schulberg Board Member
Gary Wayne Board Member
9. What is the purpose or mission of your agency/organization?
To preserve, protect and enhance the environmental and aesthetic features of Batiquitos Lagoon
Ecological Reserve and associated watershed; To help maintain a year-round tidally flushed lagoon
and promote healthy water quality that supports a salt marsh habitat; to promote implementation of
a strong monitoring plan that ensures a healthy habitat for plants, fish, birds and other wildlife; to
educate the public by promoting awareness of the environmental features and public benefits of the
lagoon and wetlands; to work with private individuals or groups and with local, state and federal
government agencies to develop programs for ongoing monitoring, continuing conservation and
restoration of the lagoon habitat; to preserve land in the lagoon watershed for habitat preservation,
watershed management, public access, hiking trails, view point parks, educational interpretive
signage, educational opportunities and scientific research; and to solicit donations of funds and
properties from public and private sources to carry out these important programs so that the lagoon
will be preserved for generations to come.
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10. Describe applicant's experience in the project area:
The Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation (BLF), since its inception in 1982, has had extensive experience
over the years in implementing and managing projects associated with the Batiquitos Lagoon
Ecological Reserve. BLF has worked to improve habitat quality and the interpretive experience at
the lagoon. The Foundation has successfully completed habitat restoration, biological surveys, and
removal of exotic vegetation by drawing on the expertise of its board member and volunteers. The
Foundation has successfully administered city, county, state, and federal grants involving
consultants, subcontractors and purchase of materials.
The BLF will be contracting with Merkel & Associates to conduct the monitoring and Management
Plan portions of the proposed project. Merkel & Associates (M&A) is a San Diego-based
environmental consulting firm specializing in biological resource and regulatory issues in terrestrial,
freshwater aquatic and marine environments. Recognized for its expertise in coastal and marine
resource issues, the firm has worked extensively on coastal resource assessments, long-term biological
monitoring, estuarine construction and dredging projects, and shallow marine habitat management
and restoration projects. The firm regularly designs and conducts multi-disciplinary studies of
physical, chemical, and biological processes in bays and estuaries throughout California.
M&A has unique expertise with investigations, restoration planning and implementation, and
performance monitoring of tidal wetland systems. M&A has conducted the Long-Term Biological
Monitoring for the Batiquitos Lagoon Enhancement Project for the City of Carlsbad for the length of
the program, conducting annual vegetation mapping, quarterly avian monitoring, quarterly fish
community sampling, biannual benthic and epibenthic surveys including grain size sediment
analyses, and water quality sampling, along with bathymetric mapping. M&A has recently been
selected, based on qualifications, to direct the 10-year biological and physical monitoring program at
the newly restored Bolsa Chica Lowlands, including biological monitoring, bathymetric analysis,
tidal muting studies, and beach profile monitoring for sand bar dredging and beach replenishment
effort.
A summary of projects that demonstrate the experience of BLF and M&A to conduct the proposed
project are attached in Attachment C, along with resumes of key project personnel.
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V. FINANCIAL RESOURCES/BUDGET
All applicants must attach a budget for the proposed project request and a proposed funding schedule.
Organization/Agency applicants also provide your organization's most recent audited financial
statement.
The project budget and proposed funding schedule is provided in Attachment D.
The Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation’s financial statements are provided in Attachment E.
11. If other resources/funding will be used, please describe all funding you have already secured
for the proposed project and identify the amount, type, and source(s) of all such funds. If
no other resources/funding will be used, please so indicate.
The Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation will donate a matching contribution to the project in the form of
approximately 10,536 hours of volunteer time, valued at $288,600, to offset the cost of this project.
This estimated match is indicted in the project budget in Attachment D.
12. Describe all other funding from any source that you have requested for the proposed
project and identify the status of such request(s) if applicable.
No additional funds have been requested for the proposed project.
13. Describe any previous City funding requested or received (for any project) in the past five
years.
None.
VI. GENERAL COMMENTS/INFORMATION
14. Is there anything else you wish to make the Committee aware of regarding yourself, your
organization, or your proposed project?
The collaborative project team that has been assembled is comprehensive and designed to ensure
project success. To demonstrate our deep commitment to the success of this program, the Batiquitos
Lagoon Foundation has committed to provide 10,536 hours of volunteer time to provide match to any
funding provided by this grant. The team quality is further enhanced by continuing Merkel and
Associates’ involvement beyond their current 10-year monitoring program, which allows us to retain
the tremendous knowledge and data base that they have amassed, dramatically increasing our
efficiency and success probability. Development of a Batiquitos Lagoon Management Plan will also
ensure that critical management actions are identified, based on sound data, to ensure maintenance
actions are well designed to protect the lagoon’s health and beauty for future generations. Finally,
this project would serve as a model demonstration of how public and private entities can work
cooperatively to manage and maintain our very fragile and disappearing wetland habitats. We
would welcome an opportunity to meet with you and your committee to answer any questions or
provide additional information about this program.
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Disclosures:
These grants may be used in combination with funding from other sources or may be used for projects
for which other funds are not available. Project proponents must submit a written application.
Project proponents may also be asked to make a presentation to the Committee. The Agricultural
Conversion Mitigation Fee Committee will review project proposals and will recommend to the
City Council those projects selected for funding. Final approval of funding will require City
Council approval. This grant opportunity may or may not be available annually or after the first year,
depending upon the number of meritorious proposals, the amount of funds available, and the amount of
funds ultimately awarded by City Council. Projects approved for funding in the first year have no
expressed or implied guarantee for future funding. The full amount of the available funds may
not be disbursed if there are not sufficient meritorious applications. These grants will not be
awarded on a first-come/first-serve basis but will be considered according to specific criteria.
Any project that is awarded funds will be required to meet agreed-upon milestones. Failure to satisfy
the agreed-upon milestones will result in project reconsideration and possible cessation of funding. All
documents submitted become the property of the City of Carlsbad.
We understand the information above. Yes No
Reporting Requirements:
Grant recipients will be required to file with the City a report on how the funds were spent
annually, or when funds are spent, or at other agreed upon intervals (e.g., upon achievement of a
milestone), whichever comes first. Proof of project expenses (i.e., receipts) are required to be held
for at least two years (or longer if so specified in the Grant Funding Agreement), during which
time the City reserves the right to audit the records.
We agree to adhere to the funding and reporting requirements described above. Yes No
Other Requirements
Grant recipients will be required to recognize on all printed material that the project is funded fully
or in part by the City of Carlsbad.
Certification:
We, the undersigned, do hereby attest that the above information is true and correct to the best of our
knowledge. (Two signatures required)
___________________________ President September 29 , 2006
Signature Title Date
___________________________ Board Member September 29 , 2006
Signature Title Date
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List of Attachments
Attachment A – Project Description and Scope of Work
Attachment B – Organizational Chart
Attachment C – Relevant Project Experience and Key Staff Resumes
Attachment D – Project Budget and Proposed Funding Schedule
Attachment E – Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation Financial Documents
Attachment F – Project Location Map - Batiquitos Lagoon
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ATTACHMENT A
Proposed Project and Scope of Work
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SECTION II – PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND SCOPE OF WORK
BATIQUITOS LAGOON MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT PLAN PROGRAM
INTRODUCTION
Less than 150 years ago, Batiquitos Lagoon was a thriving tidal system, but, for most of the past century, the
lagoon was largely closed to the ocean. Extreme fluctuations in water quality had led to seasonal blooms of
algae, offensive odors, and a low diversity of aquatic species. To stop the deterioration of the lagoon, the Port of
Los Angeles (Port), City of Carlsbad, California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) and other agencies
signed an agreement whereby the Port would restore Batiquitos Lagoon to mitigate for off-site biological
impacts. The Port funded the $60 million restoration, which spanned three years (1994-1996). Work was
completed with the permanent mouth opening on December 7, 1996. Since that time the lagoon has matured to
provide a rich aesthetic and biological resource to the City of Carlsbad.
Although it has been restored, it cannot simply be left alone. Maintenance of the health of the lagoon requires
continual human intervention. How to intervene, and to what degree, can only be ascertained through
monitoring of the lagoon’s biological and physical status. To date, the biological monitoring has been
conducted by Merkel & Associates, under the management of the City of Carlsbad and funded by the Port
(Long-Term Biological Monitoring and Pilot Vegetation Program for the Batiquitos Lagoon Enhancement
Project). However, the program is drawing to a close in December 2006. No provisions have been made to
continue the biological monitoring. Regarding the lagoon’s physical health, very little data has been collected
since the restoration. All past reports from the biological monitoring program have identified the most critical
need to ensure the health of the lagoon: the initiation of a physical monitoring program to assess the rate of
lagoon sedimentation and the resulting alterations of tidal circulation, a need that today remains unmet but even
more crucial to address.
There is also a need to develop a strategic plan for beach replenishment with the sands dredged by CDFG from
the lagoon flood shoal. Sands imported to the lagoon from the coastline are replaced on the beach through
maintenance dredging. However, the development of an optimized replenishment strategy to improve sand
distribution and reduce early transfer of the sand back into Batiquitos Lagoon would improve both beach
recreation at Ponto Beach and lagoon inlet maintenance.
Following lagoon enhancement, CDFG assumed responsibility for several aspects of the long-term maintenance
of the lagoon, activities primarily funded by interest revenue generated by an endowment established by the
Port. These funds are limited and typically exhausted by the expensive task of regular lagoon dredging.
However, there are numerous other management tasks that must be picked up by other entities if the lagoon is to
maintain its high ecological value and mature as an important recreational amenity within the City. These tasks
include trail maintenance, interpretive signage, exotic species removal, completion of a Management Plan, and
monitoring the health of the lagoon. Many of these tasks have been undertaken by the Batiquitos Lagoon
Foundation (BLF), using volunteer staff. However, the capacity to undertake major work efforts is limited by
fiscal resources and the ability to retain necessary specialized expertise. Due to shortfalls in management
resources, the imminent conclusion of the existing biological monitoring program, and the dire need for a
physical monitoring program, the Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation proposes to work in partnership with CDFG to
assist in fulfilling some of these outstanding needs at the lagoon through the Batiquitos Lagoon Monitoring and
Management Plan Program.
This application for financial assistance is intended to support:
1) The implementation of a 6-year monitoring program;
2) The completion of the lagoon management plan that addresses management issues within the lagoon
and those associated with the coastal sand replenishment from the lagoon dredging;
3) Implementation of maintenance activities focused on the enhancement and repair of public access trails
and interpretive facilities, removal of trash and exotic species, and revegetation projects.
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The work would be managed by the BLF, with the fieldwork conducted by Merkel & Associates (the monitoring
firm that has completed the last decade of monitoring within the system) and BLF volunteers, in a
complementary effort with CDFG and the management tasks it presently undertakes.
AGRICULTURAL CONVERSION MITIGATION FEE GRANT ELIGIBILITY
The proposed Batiquitos Lagoon Monitoring and Management Plan Program would qualify for Project Type A
of the Agricultural Conversion Mitigation Fee Grant Program, which covers “Restoration of the coastal and
lagoon environment including but not limited to acquisition, management and/or restoration involving wildlife
habitat or open space preservation.” This program involves the monitoring and management of the restoration
of a coastal lagoon: Batiquitos Lagoon and development of a lagoon management plan.
SCOPE OF WORK
TASK 1: MONITORING PROGRAM
Task 1.1: Physical Monitoring
It is often the case that the biological impacts of the physical deterioration of daily tidal cycles, water quality
proper depth, and circulation are not detected through biological monitoring for several years after the decline
has already begun. Monitoring these physical processes would allow for early detection of approaching
problems, providing enough time to identify, prepare for and initiate a management response as well as provide
invaluable insight and data not currently available for the completion of the lagoon Management Plan.
Bathymetric and Beach Monitoring
To assess the volume and rate of sedimentation input from offshore, San Marcos Creek, Encinitas Creek, surface
runoff, and other watershed drainage, bathymetric surveys of the entire lagoon would be conducted once every
two years. In the interim years, surveys would focus only on the accumulation of sand within the sand bars in
the west and central basins. Beach profile and ebb sand bar monitoring would be conducted two times per year
every two years at the mouth of the lagoon. Bathymetric and topographic contour plots would be generated to
evaluate accretion and sedimentation patterns, including analysis of the distribution and transfer of beach sand at
Ponto Beach at the mouth of the lagoon.
Tidal Monitoring
A second critical element to maintaining the health of the lagoon monitoring and evaluation of the degree of
impact that the accumulated sand bars are having on tidal circulation within the system. Tidal monitoring would
provide crucial data to CDFG for maintaining a sand bar dredging schedule and other maintenance activities and
document the level of improvement to the system that is associated with various maintenance actions. With
each dredge event and in interim years, tidal monitoring would be conducted using continuously recording tide
gauges deployed in the west, central and east basins of the lagoon. Collected tidal data would be evaluated to
identify the degree of tidal muting occurring in the system and translated into maintenance recommendations.
Task 1.2: Biological Monitoring Program
The past ten years of intensive biological monitoring has documented the rebirth of the lagoon communities of
plants, fish, and birds, providing tremendous insights into the seasonal trends that occur in these populations.
This now allows for a much less intensive monitoring program, refined to collect the most pertinent data, using
the most effective methodologies. All biological monitoring described below would be conducted using the
methodologies and stations from the original monitoring program, allowing for continuity in tracking of trends
in the biological communities.
Bird Community Monitoring
Bird surveys would be conducted quarterly in January, April, July, and October of each year. The surveys
would be conducted using the saturation techniques presently used to count all of the birds at the lagoon on the
morning of the survey day. Collected data would include survey station, species, count, habitat, and activity to
track avian distribution and activity by habitat over time.
Fish Communities
Fish community monitoring would be conducted once per year in July. Bottom dwelling fish would be sampled
using an otter trawl, open water fish sampled using a purse seine, and nearshore fish sampled using a beach
seine. Each fish would be identified, measured, and weighed. Water quality data would be collected for a one-
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month period coinciding with the fish monitoring. Collected data would be reported as catch per unit area with
catch being summarized by species richness, density, and biomass.
Vegetation/Habitat Mapping
One of the most efficient and useful monitoring tools used at Batiquitos Lagoon has been annual aerial
photography of the site to map all vegetated and non-vegetated habitats. It is the most rapid and cost-effective
means by which to assess vegetation change over such a broad area and employ adaptive management actions if
necessary. A single true-color and a series of false-color infrared aerial photographs would be taken every two
years during September, at the lowest practical tide to attain the best image of habitats. The images would be
scanned and georeferenced using GIS, and the vegetation boundaries digitized, including surface vegetation,
invasive species, and eelgrass. After the habitat map was ground-truthed, each habitat acreage and distribution
would be presented with vegetation maps and management recommendations within annual project reports.
Task 1.3: Reporting
Several of the monitoring elements would result in time-sensitive data for which early evaluation and
application of information would benefit CDFG and BLF management efforts. For this reason, quarterly data
summary reports would be prepared to transmit monitoring data collected along with any important management
recommendations relating to maintenance actions. Comprehensive annual reports would then be prepared to
provide an analysis the annual data, and comparisons to previously collected data, to provide insights into long-
term system change or stability. They would also incorporate summaries of maintenance actions that were taken
during the monitoring year. These data would be synthesized into recommended management actions to correct
any observed declines in the physical or biological health of Batiquitos Lagoon. The reports would be provided
digitally and in hard copy to the City of Carlsbad, and made available to the public at the BLF Nature Center,
Carlsbad Public Library, and at the BLF Website.
Task 1.4: Annual Meetings and Coordination
The Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation would work closely with CDFG throughout the year to integrate monitoring
and management actions undertaken by both parities at the lagoon. Additionally, a public meeting would be
hosted annually by the Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation, following completion of the annual monitoring report.
The meeting would present the current results of the monitoring program, identify emerging management needs,
and develop strategies to achieve the management actions through volunteer mobilization and coordination with
CDFG and other resource agencies. Additionally, during Years 5 and 6, annual meetings would be used to
develop a strategy to address future monitoring needs and identify and secure additional funding sources at the
end of this proposed program.
TASK 2: BATIQUITOS LAGOON MANAGEMENT PLAN
At the present time, there is not a current management plan for Batiquitos Lagoon, nor is there enough data on
the physical status of the lagoon to prepare one. CDFG has gathered preliminary materials, but does not have
the resources to complete the plan. After the first monitoring year of this proposed program, sufficient data
would be available to develop a management plan. The plan would be prepared in the standard CDFG format,
include a summary of the resources, identification of maintenance needs, frequency of maintenance, responsible
party, and costs of actions such as nesting colony maintenance, predator control, infrastructure upkeep, etc. It
would also identify maintenance triggers to ensure appropriate function of the tidal wetlands and to protect
infrastructure, as well as an optimized beach replenishment plan. The management plan would follow the
standard CDFG, CEQA and public review and comment process, and be further refined over the remaining
years of the program to reflect the results of management and maintenance actions taken.
TASK 3: IMPLEMENTATION OF MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES
Under this task the BLF would continue to fulfill its role as partner with CDFG in achieving maintenance goals
previously identified in the current version of the Batiquitos Lagoon North Shore Restoration Trail Plan and
those that emerge as the responsibility of the BLF in the Management Plan. Since some of the property is
owned by the Aviara Master Association, the BLF would assume the role of coordinator with them for
maintenance activities. These will include exotic species removal, revegetation, trash cleanup, interpretative
trail maintenance, and protection of sensitive areas such as the egret rookery. These efforts would be
undertaken by BLF volunteers and habitat restoration specialists Kelly and Associates, with funding for
supplies, plant materials, and professional services either requested from this grant or other BLF sources or
resources. Maintenance achievements would be tracked and reported on in each annual monitoring report (Task
1.3).
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ATTACHMENT B
Organizational Chart
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BATIQUITOS LAGOON FOUNDATION
Board of Directors
Officers
President
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer
Committees
Strategic Planning
Fund-raising/Development
Nature Center
Volunteer
Coordination/Scheduling
Education
Publicity
Newsletter/Website
Trail/Restoration
Grants
Membership
Volunteers
Batiquitos Lagoon
Monitoring and
Management Plan Program
Fred Sandquist - Program Manager
Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation
Bonnie Peterson
Avian Monitoring
Merkel & Associates
Keith Merkel
Project Manager
Merkel & Associates
Rachel Woodfield
Biological Task Leader
Merkel & Associates
Dr. Robert Mooney
Physical Task Leader
Merkel & Associates
Kyle Ince
Vegetation Monitoring
Merkel & Associates
Brad Stein
GIS/Aerial Photography
Merkel & Associates
Keith Merkel
Management Plan
Merkel & Associates
Don Rideout
Manager and City Liason
BLF Volunteer
Dr. Anne Spacie and Seth Schulburg
Scientific Steering Committee Co-Chairs
Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation
Cecile Wadely
Marine and Beach Studies
BLF Volunteer
Nancy Anson
Water Quality
BLF Volunteer
Dr. Mona Baumgartel
Avian Monitoring
BLF Volunteer
Dave Robertson
Maintenance Task Leader
BLF Volunteer
Mike Kelly
Restoration Specialist
Kelly & Associates
Support
Agreements
Bookkeeper
Tax Preparer
Independent Auditor
Land Acquisition
Broker
Insurance Agent
Proposed Project Team:
Tim Dillingham
Batiquitos Lagoon Manager
CDFG
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ATTACHMENT C
Relevant Project Experience and Key Staff Resumes
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Representative projects conducted by the Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation include:
Title: Least Tern Habitat Management and Improvement
Dates: 1998 - Ongoing
Source of Funds: Hillman Properties & Four Seasons Resort - Aviara
Description: Using funding from Hillman Properties and volunteers drawn from the employees of the Four
Seasons Resort the Foundation has removed weeds from least tern nesting sites, filled holes, and maintained
the perimeter fence, all in an effort to improve nesting success for this endangered species. Under the same
program, the BLF has enhanced areas of coastal sage scrub to encourage California Gnatcatcher nesting, and
fenced off pickleweed flats to improve nesting success of the Belding’s Savannah sparrow.
Title: Batiquitos Lagoon Trail Enhancement Program
Dates: June 1995 - 1999
Source of Funds: California Coastal Conservancy
Description: This grant was awarded the Foundation and represents a forerunner of the type of grants that
came to be routinely issued under the Wetland Recovery Project. This multi-task grant was used to design and
purchase interpretive signs for the North Shore Hiking Trail, it funded preparation of an Opportunities and
Constraints study of the habitat in and adjacent to the lagoon, and a revegetation plan for the North Shore.
Title: West Basin Pampas Grass Eradication
Dates: 1999 - Ongoing
Source of Funds: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Agency and Hillman Properties
Description: The Foundation, using funds from the USFWS, contracted with a licensed herbicide applicator
to treat 5 acres of former farmland that was heavily infested with pampas grass. This grant started our
invasive removal program around the lagoon. It continues with donation of labor from Hillman Properties and
the monthly work of our dedicated "weed whacking" corps of approximately 20 volunteers.
Title: Go Now – Restore Now for Tomorrow Restoration Project
Dates: June 23, 2003 through February 22, 2005
Source of Funds: Southern California Wetlands Recovery Project,
California Coastal Conservancy Small Grants Program
Description: Restoration of 1.72 (Gross) 0.86 (net) acres of coastal sage scrub habitat with native plants, and
install rope-based trail access restriction fence. The project involved removal of over three tons of biomass
material and installation of 800 native plants. Over 75 volunteers supported the on-ground work. The BLF is
providing ongoing maintenance to the restored area as part of our overall maintenance program
Title: Batiquitos Lagoon North Shore Restoration Trail Plan
Date: September 1999
Source of Funds: California Coastal Conservancy
Description: This plan focuses on three areas of restoration activities: the eradication and future
management of invasive exotic plant species which degrade wildlife habitat quality; the designation of
permanent trail locations and consistent trail widths; and the revegetation of areas of exotics removal and
previous disturbance with appropriate native plant species. It divides the North Shore Trail up into geographic
areas, defines the existing plants in the area (both native and non-native), and provides restoration
recommendations including appropriate plant pallets.
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Representative projects conducted by Merkel & Associates include:
• Batiquitos Lagoon Enhancement Project Long-term Biological Monitoring Program and Pilot Vegetation
Program – Biological, tidal, and bathymetric monitoring at Batiquitos Lagoon. 1997-2006.
• Batiquitos Lagoon Flood Bar Dredging Program – Bathymetric surveys, sediment sampling and testing
program for CDFG. 2002 and 2006.
• North Ponto Beach Sand Replenishment Project – Beach profiling and grain size analyses. 2001 and 2002.
• Batiquitos Lagoon Shoal Management Plan – Analysis of the flood shoal dredging program within Batiquitos
Lagoon for CDFG to develop an effective maintenance-dredging program for the lagoon. Prepared with Moffatt
and Nichol. 2003.
• U.S. Navy, CVN Wildlife Island Long-term Habitat Development Monitoring Program - Bathymetric and
biological surveys to document the evolution of a created wildlife island. 2003-2006.
• San Francisco Bay, North Basin – Bathymetric monitoring and change analysis is association with a pilot
restoration site development study. 2004-2006.
• Bolsa Chica Lowlands – Ebb bar bathymetric surveys and coastal process study to evaluate sand transport in the
context of beach replenishment and lagoon mouth maintenance. 2006.
• Mission Bay Natural Resource Management Plan – Biological and bathymetric surveys. 1988-2005.
• Buena Vista Lagoon Restoration Hydrologic Regime Feasibility Study – Conceptual design development and
biological analyses. 2002-2003.
• Buena Vista Lagoon Preliminary Engineering Program – Biological support and regional analysis of habitat
values under various restoration regimes. 2004-2005.
• Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles Biological Baseline Study of San Pedro Bay- Avian, fisheries, kelp and
eelgrass monitoring. 2000.
• Agua Hedionda Maintenance Dredging and Lagoon Rehabilitation Program – Environmental, permitting,
construction monitoring, habitat restoration, mitigation monitoring. 1997-2006.
• Famosa Slough Tidal Muting Study and Restoration Impacts Assessment – Evaluation of tidal muting using
deployed instruments and numeric modeling to evaluate the effects of restoration work on tidal inundation and
vegetation response.
• Southern California Dredge Scar Recolonization Study – Statistically robust fish and benthic community post-
dredge recovery studies. 2003-2006.
Resumes of key staff for the proposed project are included on the following pages:
Program Manager – Fred Sandquist, Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation
Scientific Steering Committee Chair – Anne Spacie, Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation
Project Manager and Management Plan Task Leader – Keith Merkel, Merkel & Associates
Biological Monitoring Task Leader – Rachel Woodfield, Merkel & Associates
Physical Monitoring Task Leader – Robert Mooney, Merkel & Associates
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Resume Summary
Fred C. Sandquist
6408 Crossbill Court
Carlsbad, California 92011
Tel: (760) 918-2408 Email: sandquist2@earthlink.net
• Board Member and President of The Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation, Carlsbad, CA
• Board Member, San Diego Conservation Resources Network (SD CRN); member of Global Information
System (GIS) and Web page Development Committees
• Appointed member of City of Carlsbad’s Proposition C Open Space and Trails Ad Hoc Citizens Advisory
Committee
• Member of Carlsbad Watershed Network (CWN); member of Technology and Educational Outreach
Committees
• Former Board Member and Vice President, Poinsettia Homeowners Association
• A Volunteer, Carlsbad Senior Center in their Computer Laboratory
• Guest Lecturer in Computer Science and Systems Analysis, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio; lead and
grade student teams during their senior Capstone course projects
• Former Volunteer Park Ranger, State of Maryland, Department of Natural Resources
• Retired Executive from U.S. Social Security Administration, Baltimore, Maryland after 30 years (Director,
Systems Engineering; Director, Office of Information Systems Development)
• Retired Commander, U.S. Naval Reserve - 20+ years (Naval Security Group Cryptologist (held Naval
Security Group Top Secret/Crypto/SCI security clearance) and Line Officer - Destroyers)
• Former CEO and Treasurer of Centari, Inc., Gaithersburg, Maryland (consulting in Leadership
Development)
• Former Deputy Director, Navy Tri-Service Medical Information System Office, Bethesda, Maryland
(Bureau of Medicine and Surgery/Naval Medical Command)
• Former Consultant, Bradford Computer and Systems, Rockville, Maryland (Trident Submarine Program)
• Former Product Manager, Control Data Corporation, Arlington, Virginia (Professional Services Division
(Information Systems Development, Construction Management)
• Education: Master of Science (1972), Technology of Management, The American University,
Washington, DC; BS in Applied Science (1966), Miami University, Oxford Ohio; Doctor of Science
graduate work, Medical Engineering, The George Washington University, Washington, DC
• Married to Sandra Lee Sandquist with a son Eric (Associate Professor, in Astrophysics, San Diego State
University) and Daughter, Kristin (lives with her husband in Boulder, Colorado)
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ANNE SPACIE
1942 Swallow Ln
Carlsbad, CA 92009
Telephone: 760-918-9302
aspacie@sbcglobal.net
Dr. Spacie retired in 2005 as Professor Emerita of Fisheries and Aquatic Science in the Department of Forestry
and Natural Resources at Purdue University. She has 30 years of experience in aquatic resource management,
environmental education, and water quality assessment. Prof. Spacie coordinated the aquatic monitoring of
Purdue’s 90 sq. mile experimental watershed for more than a decade. This research led to new insight on the
cumulative effects of watershed urbanization on downstream hydrology and fisheries. She co-edited the book
Biological Monitoring of Aquatic Systems in 1994. As an educator, she taught courses in limnology,
ichthyology, watershed management, field techniques, marine biology, and global environmental change. Her
research interests include freshwater and coastal community ecology, ecotoxicology, and watershed
management.
Education
Ph.D. Purdue University, 1975, in limnology.
M.S. University of California at San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1969,
in marine chemistry.
A.B. Mount Holyoke College, 1967, magna cum laude in chemistry,
Professional Experience
2006 - Consultant, Mendocino County Water Agency, on the Noyo/Big River Integrated Coastal
Watershed Management Plan.
1992-2005. Professor, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University.
1993 Visiting scientist, U.S. EPA National Water Research Laboratory, Duluth, MN.
1981-1992 Associate Professor, Purdue University.
1984-1985 Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship, Department of Ecological Chemistry and
Geochemistry, Bayreuth University, Germany.
1975-1981 Assistant Professor, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University.
1969-1974 Project Leader, Aquatic Toxicology, Aquatic Environmental Sciences Group, Union Carbide
Corporation, Tarrytown, New York.
Professional Certifications:
Fisheries Scientist No. 1223, (American Fisheries Society).
PADI Dive Master and Assistant Instructor (Professional Assoc.of Dive Instructors).
Recent Publications
Guenther, C. B., and A. Spacie. 2006. Changes in fish assemblage structure upstream of impoundments within
the Upper Wabash River Basin, Indiana. Trans. Am. Fisheries Soc. 135:570-583.
Lauer, T., and A. Spacie. 2004. Space as a limiting resource in freshwater systems: competition between zebra
mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) and freshwater sponges (Porifera). Hydrobiologia. 517:137-145.
Lauer, T., and A. Spacie. 2004. An association between freshwater sponges and the zebra mussel in a southern
Lake Michigan harbor. Journal of Freshwater Ecology. 19: 631-637.
Wang, H., M. Hondzo, C. Xu, V. Poole, and A. Spacie. 2003. Dissolved oxygen dynamics of streams draining
an urbanized and an agricultural catchment. Ecological Modeling. 160:145-161.
Myers-Kinzie, M., A. Spacie, C. Rich, and M. Doyle. 2002. Relationship of unionid mussel occurrence to
channel stability in urban streams. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnologie 28:1-5.
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Lauer, T.E., A. Spacie, and D.K. Barnes. 2001. The distribution and habitat preferences of freshwater sponges
(Porifera) in four southern Lake Michigan harbors. American Midland Naturalist. 146(2):243-253.
Myers-Kinzie, M.L., S.P. Wente, and A. Spacie. 2001. Occurrence and distribution of freshwater mussels in
small streams of Tippecanoe County, Indiana. Proceed. Indiana Acad. Sci. 110:141-150.2001.
Spacie, A., J. Harbor, B. Engel, and M. Hondzo. 2001. Development and evaluation of ecosystem indicators for
urbanizing Midwestern watersheds. Completion Report. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
NCERQA, STAR Program.
Harbor, J., S. Tatalovich, R. Turco, Z, Reicher, A, Spacie, and V. Poole. 2001. Using constructed wetlands to
reduce nonpoint source pollution in urban areas. National Conference on Tools for Urban Water
Resource Management & Protection, Environmental Protection Agency, Conference Proceedings
Fisher, B.E., S.P. Wente, T.P. Simon, and A. Spacie. 1998 (appeared in 2001) The fishes of Tippecanoe County,
Indiana. Proceed. Indiana Acad. Sci. 107:151-166.).
Doyle, M.W., J.M. Harbor, C.F. Rich, and A. Spacie. 2000. Examining the effects of urbanization on streams
using indicators of geomorphic stability. Physical Geography. 21:155-181
Lauer, T.E., and A. Spacie. 2000. The effects of sponge (Porifera) biofouling on zebra mussel (Dreissena
polymorpha) fitness: reduction of glycogen, tissue loss, and mortality. J. Freshwater Ecology. 15(1):83-
92.
Lauer, T.E., D. Barnes, A. Ricciardi, and A. Spacie. 1999. Evidence of recruitment inhibition of zebra mussels
(Dreissena polymorpha) by a freshwater bryozoan (Lophopodella carteri). J. North American
Benthological Society 18(3): 406-413
Kosian, P.A., E.A. Makynen, P.D. Monson, D.R. Mount, A. Spacie, O.G. Mekenyan, and G.T. Ankley. 1998.
Application of toxicity-based fractionation techniques and structure-activity relationship models for the
identification of phototoxic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in sediment pore water. Environmental
Toxicology and Chemistry 17(6):1021-1033
Lauer, T., and A. Spacie. 1996. New records of freshwater sponges (Porifera) for southern Lake Michigan. J.
Great Lakes Research. 22: 77-82.
Waller, W.T., L.P. Ammann, W.J. Birge, K.L. Dickson, P.B. Dorn, N.E. LeBlanc, D.I. Mount, B.R. Parkhurst,
H.R. Preston, S.C. Schimmel, A. Spacie, and G.B. Thursby. 1996. Predicting instream effects from
WET tests. pp. 271-286. in: Whole Effluent Toxicity.
Lauer, T., and A. Spacie. 1996. New records of freshwater sponges (Porifera) for southern Lake Michigan. J.
Great Lakes Research 22: 77-82.
Spacie, A., L.S. McCarty, and G.M. Rand. 1995. Bioaccumulation in multiphase systems. in: Fundamentals of
Aquatic Toxicology. G. Rand (ed.). Taylor and Francis Publ. Washington DC. pp. 493-522.
Loeb, S.A., and A. Spacie (eds.). 1994. Biological Monitoring of Aquatic Systems. Lewis Publ., Chelsea, MI.
381 pp.
Spacie, A. 1994. Interactions of organic pollutants with inorganic solid phases: are they important to
bioavailability? pp. 73-82 in: J.L. Hamelink, P.F. Landrum, H.L. Bergman, and W.H. Benson (eds.)
Bioavailability: Physical, Chemical, and Biological Interactions. Lewis Publ., Chelsea, MI.
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KEITH W. MERKEL
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Principal Consultant, Merkel & Associates, Inc. 1994-present. Currently providing biological services to
a host of public and private clients including the Agua Hedionda Lagoon Foundation, City of Carlsbad, City
of San Diego, the City of Vista, Port of San Diego, Port of Oakland, Port of Los Angeles, and the U.S.
Navy.
Chief Ecologist and Corporate Officer, Pacific Southwest Biological Services, Inc. 1985-1994. Principal
responsible for biological consulting division and management of regional-scale project for the firm. Mr.
Merkel has coordinated, conducted or assisted in ecological and zoological work on over 2,500 biological
investigations in California Arizona, Washington Oregon and Alaska.
Tuolumne River Fisheries Research Team, Environmental Impact Planning, Corp. 1984. Work
included extensive monitoring of riverine habitats, fish populations, fisheries microhabitat utilization, and
in-stream flow measurements. Assisted in modeling of hydro-project impacts on fisheries for FERC
licensing.
RECENT EXPERIENCE
Mr. Merkel has over 23 years of professional experience and has coordinated, conducted, or assisted in over
3,500 biological investigations performed for a broad range of public and private clients. He has directed
biological investigations, managed numerous subconsultants, and designed and implemented marine
resource assessment programs or coastal habitat restoration monitoring projects in nearly every coastal bay
and estuary system from the U.S./Mexican Border to Morro Bay, in addition to systems in central and
northern California, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska.
Mr. Merkel is a hands-on principal with a strong command of multiple technical disciplines, including
marine ecology, coastal processes, wetland hydrology and hydraulics, geomorphology, sediment chemistry,
study design, habitat restoration, and ecological system evolution. He is recognized for his ability to apply
field observations of natural systems and ecological principals to habitat enhancement and restoration
programs and has a national reputation for seagrass habitat restoration and management. He has served as
program manager and senior scientist for such projects as the Batiquitos Lagoon Enhancement Project
Long-term Monitoring Program, the Marine Resources Inventory and Eelgrass Survey for Mission Bay,
Huntington Beach Wetlands Restoration Plan, Buena Vista Lagoon Restoration Feasibility Study, Oakland
Middle Harbor Enhancement Project, San Francisco Bay Bay-wide Eelgrass Inventory and Ecological
Investigations, the Famosa Slough Enhancement Plan, final design and engineering of the Bolsa Chica
Lowlands Restoration Project, Malibu Lagoon Enhancement Plan and nearly fifty other coastal marina
and/or wetland habitat restoration projects.
Mr. Merkel has designed or been key in the development of nearly all coastal monitoring efforts undertaken
by M&A. These projects include assessment of elements such as bathymetry, tidal muting, water quality,
fisheries, birds, vegetation restoration, soils, and habitat development through aerial imagery interpretation.
He is known for his ability to find creative solutions to logistical and technical complications that often
arise when attempting to monitor and interpret ecological patterns and change. He also is often able
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provide insightful suggestions on ways to improve an on-going monitoring program by re-focusing
resources from less productive efforts to address unanticipated monitoring needs.
Mr. Merkel is extremely knowledgeable about physical processes in coastal wetlands. His understanding of
the physical evolution of coastal wetlands has been invaluable in assessing the health and ecological and
physical condition for projects such as San Mateo Lagoon Bathymetric Profiling, Navy CVN Enhancement
Island Monitoring in San Diego Bay, Agua Hedionda Lagoon Rehabilitation Project, North Basin San
Francisco Bay, and Batiquitos Lagoon.
Mr. Merkel is well respected in the biological and regulatory community. On the basis of nominations by
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station (WES), Mr. Merkel has served as a
technical advisor to the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council’s Committee on the Role
of Technology in Marine Habitat Protection and Enhancement. In addition, he has worked with state and
federal resource and regulatory agencies in the development of resource management and mitigation
policies. Over the past many years, Mr. Merkel has authored numerous papers and spoken at several
national conferences on the topic of ecological impact assessment and marine habitat restoration. Included
among the works are such applicable titles as “Flood Tide Delta Formation, Evolution, and Influence within
Restored Tidal Wetland Systems” (2003), and “Non-linear Habitat Evolution Following Restoration of
Coastal Marine Habitats” (2002). Mr. Merkel is a Corps of Engineers identified wetland delineation
instructor, and is an active member of the Society of Wetland Scientists and Association of State Wetland
Managers.
EDUCATION
1986-1992, San Diego State University, San Diego, California
Graduate studies: Ecology
1985, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
Discipline: B.S. degree in Biology
Emphasis: Ecology and Aquatic Biology
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
• California Department of Fish and Game, Scientific Collecting Permit. 1986-present.
(invertebrates, fish, amphibians, reptiles, mammals)
• California Department of Fish and Game, Memorandum of Understanding for handling of the
Pacific Pocket Mouse, San Joaquin Pocket Mouse, Los Angeles Pocket Mouse, Arroyo Chub
• Endangered Species Act, Section 10(a) survey permit for California Gnatcatcher
• FICWD wetland delineation
• IFIM hydrologic profiling qualified
• Army Corps of Engineers identified wetlands delineation instructor
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RACHEL A. WOODFIELD
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Senior Biologist, Merkel & Associates, Inc., San Diego, California. June 1996-present. Ms. Woodfield's
duties include project management, project permitting, research and report preparation, study design and
data analysis, biological surveys, habitat restoration and monitoring, and technical and field assistance. Ms.
Woodfield is currently the program manager for the rapid response eradication effort to control the spread
of the invasive green alga Caulerpa taxifolia in two coastal southern California lagoons. Much of the work
Ms. Woodfield has performed has been in cooperation with state and federal agencies or funded through
state and federal grant programs.
RECENT EXPERIENCE
Ms. Woodfield is a marine biologist with 11 years of professional field biological experience in California
and is a Senior Biologist at M&A. Her work has focused largely on coastal wetland habitat assessment and
monitoring, avian studies, estuarine fish populations, eelgrass habitats, marine seaweeds, and invasive
marine species ecology.
Ms. Woodfield serves as project manager for many large, long-term biological monitoring projects at
M&A. She currently serves as project manager for the 10-year Batiquitos Lagoon Long-term Biological
Monitoring and Pilot Vegetation Program. Her work includes all aspects of the program including
quarterly fisheries, avian, benthic, and water quality monitoring, annual soils and vegetation monitoring
(through aerial photography and field transect studies), data management and analysis (using an integrated
database and multivariate spatial and relational data analyzer), report preparation, invoicing management,
and field and client coordination. She also manages M&A’s second 5-year as-needed services contract
with the U.S. Navy, directing work on over 37 delivery orders for marine biological survey and assessment
work including avian, kelp, fish, eelgrass, and water quality studies. Ms. Woodfield managed the avian,
macroalgae, and eelgrass tasks of the year-long Biological Baseline Study of San Pedro Bay in 2000. Her
duties included team coordination, field surveys, data management, and reporting.
Ms. Woodfield is most well recognized for her management of the $6 million successful effort to eradicate
the exotic invasive alga, Caulerpa taxifolia, from two infested bays in southern California. She coordinates
and participates in numerous aspects of the Southern California Caulerpa Eradication Program, including
agency presentations, permitting, data management, surveillance and treatment, research and development,
field studies, outreach, media relations, and reporting. She has spoken at numerous scientific conferences
and is regularly invited to speak to the scientific and governmental community on C. taxifolia and the issue
of invasive marine seaweeds.
She is highly experienced in managing and analyzing large data sets in support of these projects. These and
other large projects have also cultivated her exceptional logistical skills that have been crucial for
organizing and mobilizing large field operations, often over great distances, with large crews and a great
deal of equipment.
Ms. Woodfield is an avid birder and regularly conducts both general and focused-species avian surveys.
Not only highly capable of rapid avian identification and enumeration, she is also skilled at coordinating
large teams to survey expansive areas through careful planning, tracking potential double-counts, and
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managing and interpreting massive datasets to assess trends over time, often to detect the ecological impacts
of successful or failing habitat restoration efforts. With two other birders she organized and conducted the
twice-monthly bird census of all avian resources in Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbors, covering an area
of 7,700 acres over a two-day period. She also coordinates a team of 7 ornithologists for quarterly, 2-day,
bird surveys of the 650-acre Batiquitos Lagoon as part of the monitoring program, as well as focused
surveys for Belding’s Savannah sparrows twice during nesting season of each monitoring year. She has
also conducted several assessments of nesting Belding’s Savannah sparrows at Bolsa Chica during the
recent construction period. She leads the 5-year avian monitoring of an enhancement island constructed by
the U.S. Navy in San Diego Bay, conducted three times per year, during night and daytime, to assess the
use of created habitat in comparison to control areas. She also conducted a multi-season avian study of a
restored marsh in comparison to a native marsh in San Francisco Bay. Ms. Woodfield manages a large
digital database to catalog and analyze all avian data collected for large M&A projects.
Ms. Woodfield is also highly experienced in fish community assessments and monitoring in coastal
wetlands, providing logistical, taxonomic, and analytical skills for M&A projects. She coordinates and
participates in all fish monitoring activities at Batiquitos Lagoon, from mobilization to data presentation.
She managed a three-year study of the fish communities of south San Diego Bay using 6 gear types
including purse seine, otter trawl, and beach seines. She currently directs annual fish community
monitoring at the Navy’s enhancement island in San Diego Bay. In San Francisco Bay, she designed and
conducted a habitat utilization study of fish populations, in conjunction with M&A’s bay-wide assessment
of eelgrass community composition and distribution. She recently completed an assessment of the fish
resources in the vicinity of Interstate 5 at San Elijo, Batiquitos, and Agua Hedionda lagoons in support of a
highway-widening project. She has also supported fish community monitoring in the Ports of Los Angeles,
Long Beach, offshore of Newport Beach, and at San Clemente Island.
Ms. Woodfield is a hands-on manager, working regularly in the field, is an expert boat handler, and
operates a wide range of survey equipment including deployed and tended water quality meters, sidescan
and single-beam sonar, underwater photography equipment, and numerous sampling tools such as seines,
trawls, and invertebrate grab samplers.
Ms. Woodfield shows a deep commitment to all of her projects and strives to successfully complete her
projects in the most efficient and cost-effective manner possible, while maintaining a very high standard of
quality.
EDUCATION
1995, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California
Discipline: B.A. degree in Biological Sciences; emphasis in marine biology
CERTIFICATIONS
• PADI certified SCUBA Diver
• Certified Caulerpa Surveyor
• CDFG Scientific Collector’s Permit
• CDFG, MOU for Birds and Mammals (Merkel & Associates, Inc.). Authorized to assist with
surveys for the California Gnatcatcher (June 2001 to present).
• USFWS, ESA, Section 10(a)(1)(A) permit #797999-06. Authorized to assist with surveys for the
California Gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica) (January 1999 to present).
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• USFWS, ESA, Section 10(a)(1)(A) permit #797999-06. Authorized to assist with surveys for
California least tern and western snowy plover (2006).
PUBLICATIONS
Jousson, O., Pawlowski, J., Zaninetti, L., Zechman, F., Dini, F., Di Guiseppe, G., Woodfield, R., Millar, A.,
and Meinesz, A. 2002. Invasive alga reaches California. Nature 408:157-158.
Silva, P., Woodfield, R., Cohen, A., Harris, L., and Goddard, J. 2002. First Report of the Asian kelp
Undaria pinnatifida in the northeastern Pacific Ocean. Biological Invasions 4; 333-338.
Anderson, L., Tan, W., Woodfield, R., Mooney, R., and Merkel, K. 2005. Use of Sediment Bioassays to
Verify Efficacy of Caulerpa taxifolia Eradication Treatments. Journal of Aquatic Plant
Management 43:1-9.
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ROBERT C. MOONEY
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Senior Research Scientist, Merkel & Associates, Inc., San Diego, California. July 2000-Present. As a
Senior Research Scientist at M&A, Dr. Mooney’s duties include project management, bathymetric studies,
marine bottom and sub-bottom profiling, eelgrass monitoring, marine algae identification and monitoring,
experimental design, sampling design, data analysis, marine fish and invertebrate surveys, eradication of the
invasive algae, Caulerpa taxifolia, and preparation of technical documents for both public and private
entities.
Associate Faculty, MiraCosta Community College, Oceanside, California. June 2002-Present. Dr.
Mooney is an associate faculty member with the Department of Biology at MiraCosta Community College.
His primary duty is teaching introductory biology although he is also retained for teaching ecology and
environmental science.
Centre for Applied Conservation Biology, Vancouver, British Columbia. 1998. Dr. Mooney was
responsible for data compilation and analysis in to generate model parameters for the Forestry Computer
Simulation Model (SIMFOR). The program models the long-term effects of forest practices on wildlife
communities.
Teaching Assistant, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia. 1995-1998. Dr.
Mooney has taught undergraduate and graduate students in a variety of topics including: biostatistics,
research methods, sampling design, wildlife management, and vertebrate taxonomy.
RECENT EXPERIENCE
Dr. Mooney has over 12 years of experience studying and mapping coastal marine resources. His recent
work has focused on large scale physical and biological monitoring. He was involved in the design and
implementation of an ecological monitoring and assessment program currently under way to document the
post-dredging recovery of benthic and epibenthic fish and invertebrate communities in San Diego Bay. Dr.
Mooney has conducted several large-scale mapping efforts, including bay-wide eelgrass mapping for San
Francisco Bay and San Diego Bay. He is currently mapping marine habitats in each bay and harbor in
southern California and assessing their invasibility by non-native species such as Caulerpa taxifolia.
At M&A, Dr. Mooney generally serves as research team leader, responsible for study design, logistics and
mobilization, operating and maintaining all instrumentation and survey equipment, and integrating collected
data inputs into time-synchronized and geographically referenced data sets. He continually seeks
innovative improvements to the quality and efficiency of data collection. He regularly works with
bathymetric survey instrumentation, sidescan sonar, sub-bottom profilers, and towed video to map marine
substrates and habitats.
Dr. Mooney is highly competent at finding creative solutions to complex data collection problems. He
designed and implemented a towed equipment array to sample multiple water quality parameters (temperature, turbidity, PAR, salinity, and DO), and water depth within a GIS database. This required integrating a GPS with three other sampling devices and capturing their outputs in real time to a single spreadsheet. Dr. Mooney then incorporated these data into a spatially explicit model to determine the potential impacts of power plant cooling water on the biological and physical regime of south San Diego Bay.
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In addition to his proficiency designing and using equipment for his own projects, Dr. Mooney works well
in a team environment. He is often called upon to assist with projects with complex management
requirements. For instance, he was instrumental in bringing together multiple data sources from team
members to produce a habitat model for eelgrass in San Franscisco Bay. The model required inputs from
historical weather data, modeled hydrodynamic data, sediment data, bathymetry, and photosynthetically
active radiation (PAR). The PAR data were gathered from devices that Dr. Mooney designed and built.
Dr. Mooney has excellent sampling design and data analysis skills. He understands the theory behind
various sampling techniques and uses this information to effectively sample different organisms at a variety
of temporal and spatial scales. He is trained in the use of both univariate and multivariate statistical
techniques. Mr. Mooney has been called upon to utilize his expertise as a member of numerous research
teams, as a guest lecturer for Boston University, and as an associate faculty member at MiraCosta College.
He is proficient at data management and has used a variety of statistical programs to analyze and present
complex data sets to scientists and laypersons. Dr. Mooney believes that taking an ecosystem approach to
scientific investigations often prevents the misinterpretation of data that occurs with single species study.
Dr. Mooney completed his doctoral dissertation at the University of British Columbia on managing
commercial harvest impacts to improve kelp habitat and the vigor of urchins harvested in the commercial
fishery. His academic background in management of harvested species makes him a uniquely qualified
member of the M&A team to assess the status of sensitive species use of evolving habitats. Dr. Mooney
has often been called upon to utilize his statistical expertise as a member of numerous research teams.
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Conservation Biology, University of British Columbia, 2001.
B.Sc. (Magna cum laude), Biological Sciences, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 1994.
SKILLS, AFFILIATIONS, & CERTIFICATIONS
• Naui certified SCUBA Diver
• University of British Columbia scientific diver training (includes rescue and first aid)
• Underwater and wildlife photography
• Advanced Health, CPR / first aid training
• Wildlife telemetry
• Bathymetric profiling and change analyses
• Side-scan sonar surveillance
• Underwater towed camera operation
• Acoustic doppler water current use
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ATTACHMENT D
Project Budget and Proposed Funding Schedule
TOTALTotal Other Total Other Total Other Total Other Total Other Total OtherLabor Direct Labor Direct Labor Direct Labor Direct Labor Direct Labor DirectCosts Costs Costs Costs Costs CostsKEY TASK ACTIVITIES($)($)($)($)($)($)($)($)($)($)($)($)1.0 MONITORING PROGRAM1.1 Physical Monitoring1.1.1 Bathymetric and Beach Monitoring$5,776 $1,360 $7,374 $2,060 $5,776 $1,360 $7,374 $2,060 $5,776 $1,360 $7,374 $2,060$49,7101.1.2 Tidal Monitoring$8,367 $3,210 $5,410 $1,590 $5,410 $1,590 $5,410 $1,590 $7,007 $2,910 $5,410 $1,590$49,4941.2 Biological Monitoring1.2.1 Avian Surveys$35,888 $300 $35,888 $300 $35,888 $300 $35,888 $300 $35,888 $300 $35,888 $300$217,1281.2.2 Fisheries Sampling$13,514 $1,960 $13,514 $1,960 $13,514 $1,960 $13,514 $1,960 $13,514 $1,960 $13,514 $1,960$92,8441.2.3 Vegetation/Habitat Mapping$0$0 $8,065 $4,130 $0$0 $8,065 $4,130 $0$0 $8,065 $4,130$36,5851.3 Reporting Program1.3.1 Quarterly Summary Reports$8,728 $400 $8,346 $400 $8,346 $400 $8,346 $400 $8,346 $400 $8,346 $400$52,8581.3.2 Annual Report$13,208 $600 $14,354 $600 $13,208 $600 $14,354 $600 $14,334 $600 $17,604 $600$90,6621.4 Meetings and Coordination1.4.1 BLF/M&A/CDFG Coordination$1,990 $140 $3,346 $140 $1,990 $140 $1,990 $140 $1,990 $140 $4,248 $390$16,6441.4.2 Annual Agency/Public Meetings$2,223 $80 $2,223 $80 $2,223 $80 $2,223 $80 $2,223 $80 $2,223 $80$13,8182.0 BATIQUITOS MANAGEMENT PLAN2.1 Preparation of Management Plan$0$0 $23,220 $500 $2,272 $0 $2,272 $0 $2,272 $0 $4,544 $0$35,0803.0 IMPLEMENTATION OF MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES3.1 Maintenance Activities$0 $3,000 $0 $15,000 $0 $3,000 $0 $15,000 $0 $3,000 $0 $15,000$54,0004.0 PROJECT ADMINISTRATION4.1 Contract Administration/Operational Overhead$2,009 $9,637 $1,265 $9,637 $1,265 $9,637 $1,265 $9,637 $1,265 $9,637 $1,265 $9,637$66,1564.2 BLF Volunteer Training and Coordination$935$0$935$0$935$0$935$0$935$0$935$0$5,610SUBTOTALS$92,638 $20,687 $123,940 $36,397 $90,827 $19,067 $101,636 $35,897 $93,550 $20,387 $109,416 $36,147ANNUAL TOTAL FUNDS REQUESTED$780,589MATCHING LABOR CONTRIBUTION BY BLF VOLUNTEERS$288,600$40,224 $58,256 $40,224 $58,256$40,224 $51,416$113,325 $160,337 $109,894YEAR 1YEAR 3YEAR 2YEAR 4$137,533PROJECT COST ESTIMATEBatiquitos Lagoon Monitoring and Management Plan ProgramBatiquitos Lagoon FoundationYEAR 6$145,563YEAR 5$113,937September 29, 2006
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PROPOSED FUNDING SCHEDULE
Funding would be requested by the end of each project quarter, in order to minimize the amount
of expense carried by the Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation at any given time. For the purposes of
preparing a funding schedule, it has been assumed that the project would be initiated on January
1 of a given year. The schedule could be shifted and specific years assigned once the timing of the
project is determined.
Period
Date
Funded
Amount
Funded
Cummulative
Funding
Year 1 Quarter 1 March 31, Year 1 $28,331 $28,331
Quarter 2 June 30, Year 1 $28,331 $56,662
Quarter 3 September 30, Year 1 $28,331 $84,993
Quarter 4 December 31, Year 1 $28,332 $113,325
Year 2 Quarter 1 March 31, Year 2 $40,084 $153,409
Quarter 2 June 30, Year 2 $40,084 $193,493
Quarter 3 September 30, Year 2 $40,084 $233,577
Quarter 4 December 31, Year 2 $40,085 $273,662
Year 3 Quarter 1 March 31, Year 3 $27,473 $301,135
Quarter 2 June 30, Year 3 $27,473 $328,608
Quarter 3 September 30, Year 3 $27,473 $356,081
Quarter 4 December 31, Year 3 $27,475 $383,556
Year 4 Quarter 1 March 31, Year 4 $34,383 $417,939
Quarter 2 June 30, Year 4 $34,383 $452,322
Quarter 3 September 30, Year 4 $34,383 $486,705
Quarter 4 December 31, Year 4 $34,384 $521,089
Year 5 Quarter 1 March 31, Year 5 $28,484 $549,573
Quarter 2 June 30, Year 5 $28,484 $578,057
Quarter 3 September 30, Year 5 $28,484 $606,541
Quarter 4 December 31, Year 5 $28,485 $635,026
Year 6 Quarter 1 March 31, Year 6 $36,391 $671,417
Quarter 2 June 30, Year 6 $36,391 $707,808
Quarter 3 September 30, Year 6 $36,391 $744,199
Quarter 4 December 31, Year 6 $36,390 $780,589
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ATTACHMENT E
Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation Financial Statements
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ATTACHMENT F
Project Location – Batiquitos Lagoon
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