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Budget Narrative <br />Restoring off-channel habitat for anadromous spring Chinook salmon at Delta Ponds <br />Riparian Bench Construction Quantit Cost/Uni <br />Y Unit t TOTAL <br />Haul and Place Dragonfly Bend material 30,000 cu yds $ 8.5 $255,000 <br />Buy, haul and place additional fill material 33,800 cu yds $ 15 $507,000 <br />Grand Total $762,000 <br />Soil Amendment and Seeding of New Riparian Benches: $54,487 <br />Contractors will be hired to spread 3" of soil/compost blend on approximately 4.6 acres of new <br />riparian bench. Funds will cover the costs of contract management, soil/compost, truck operators, <br />manual laborers, and other project equipment/supplies. The City will provide native seed to <br />ensure that seed source is from a local genotype. This cost estimate is based on the per acre cost to <br />do this same work at Delta Ponds in 2008. For this project we used 2008 contract costs plus an <br />additional 5% to account for cost increases. All personnel hired by project contractors will be paid <br />prevailing wages, based on job type and project locality. <br />Quantity <br />Unit <br />Cost/Unit <br />TOTAL <br />Soil Amendment and seeding <br />4.6 <br />acres <br />$ 11,845 <br />$ 54,487 <br />Channel Excavation: $62,000 <br />Contractors will be hired to excavate seven channels between ponds. Funds will cover the costs of <br />the contract manager, heavy equipment operator, heavy equipment rental, and other project <br />equipment/supplies. This cost estimate is based roughly on the cost to excavate four similar <br />channels at Delta Ponds in 2005. All personnel hired by project contractors will be paid prevailing <br />wages, based on job type and project locality. <br />Quantity <br />Unit <br />Cost/Unit <br />TOTAL <br />Channel excavation <br />7 <br />channel <br />$ 8,857 <br />$ 62,000 <br />Weed Control (manual): $32,800 <br />Contractors will be hired to remove invasive vegetation on 16.4 acres of existing riparian habitat <br />using manual methods. Funds will cover the costs of contract management, manual laborers, <br />equipment fuel, and other project equipment/supplies. This cost estimate is based on a phone <br />quote provided by Second Growth Inc. All personnel hired by project contractors will be paid <br />prevailing wages, based on job type and project locality. <br />Quantity <br />Unit <br />Cost/Unit <br />TOTAL <br />Weed control - manual control <br />16.4 <br />acres <br />$ 2,000 <br />$ 32,800 <br />Weed Control (spot sprang): $4,920 <br />Contractors will be hired to carefully spot spray weeds (primarily Armenian blackberry) that <br />remain following manual weed control on 16.4 acres of existing riparian habitat. Funds will cover <br />the costs of contract management, manual laborers, herbicides, and other project <br />equipment/supplies. This cost estimate is based on the cost to do this same work at Delta Ponds in <br />Page 4 <br />