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POLICY BOARD BUSINESS Case #1: Wetlands Study Contract Status Chairperson McDilda asked Coordinator Anderson for an update on the Wetland Study Contract Status. Coordinator Anderson reminded EPB members that at the previous meeting it was requested that Staff come up with an expected dollar amount for a revised supplemental budget from Westwood Professional Services to cover the remainder of the Wetland Study. He stated that he had been informed that they were 80% to 90% complete with the ground-truthing, which is about accurate. He stated that they have ten wetlands left to conduct MnRAMs on. He stated the budget overage arose when they got ahead of themselves slightly in doing the work versus billing the work. He stated there are approximately 70 wetlands that have been looked at that haven't been paid for yet. Coordinator Anderson stated the City Council approved a $35,000 budget, but the contract originally called for $33,000. He stated there is a remainder of approximately $1,500.00 budgeted to be spent. He stated that Westwood Professional Services informed him they would provide Staff with a supplemental budget to indicate what was necessary to complete the project. He stated the remaining dollar amount to complete the project wasn't available at the last EPB meeting. He stated the new supplemental budget came back at $39,000 necessary to complete the study in addition to what has already been spent. Board Member aIds asked what happened to the initial budget proposal. Coordinator Anderson stated that he has asked for a breakdown of the allocation of dollars spent. He stated that Westwood Professional Services has been asked for a logical explanation as to how it can cost more to study approximately half the wetlands covered under the proposal, as opposed to studying all of the wetlands under the original proposal. He stated that the original proposal gave two options. Option one included all Preserve and Manage 1 wetlands, assuming that approximately 60 wetlands were going to come back in those two categories. The second option was to do all 330 wetlands in the City for a budget of about $67,000. Coordinator Anderson stated that in comparison to the original proposal of $67,000, the total dollars spent including the supplemental budget will now become approximately $72,000 for just under Y2 of the wetlands. Board Member aIds asked if Westwood Professional Services has completed more work than they originally intended to do. Board Member Freeburg asked when Coordinator Anderson had his last communication with Mr. Ron Peterson of Westwood Professional Services. Environmental Policy Board / September 11, 2006 Page 2 of 13