Environmental Monitoring Services for Roadside Vegetation Management Risk Reduction

Description

The Town of Los Gatos (Town) is soliciting Request for Qualifications (RFQ) from qualified firms to provide Project Planning, Project Management, Environmental Consulting, and Biological Monitoring for roadside vegetation management fire risk reduction work along certain Town roadsides. Locations include hillside roadways that have been identified by the Town as roadways of high concern. The selected Submitter will be expected to deliver complete, high-quality services, and to consult and work with Town staff and contractors who are involved with the services. The Town has been awarded a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to support implementation of a Roadside Vegetation Management Project (Project). This RFQ is focused on implementation of tasks that include completion of community outreach and right of entry milestones, consulting to develop the plan and scope of field work for the Project, and consultation to provide Project Management, environmental oversight and permitting assistance. Permitting may be required along roadways adjacent to waterways and the selected consultant is expected to guide the Town on permit requirements.  Phase 1 of this project has been determined to be Categorically Excluded from the need to prepare either an Environmental Assessment or an Environmental Impact Statement in accordance