City approves $148,000 amendment for long-running Foster Pilot water-rights project
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Summary
Port Orchard authorized Amendment No. 7 to its Foster Pilot Project services contract with TerraPhase Engineering to cover additional mitigation planning, tribal and Ecology coordination, and hydrological analysis; the amendment raises the contract total to $772,348.
Port Orchard council authorized Amendment No. 7 to contract C053-19 with TerraPhase Engineering (formerly Robinson Noble) to continue the Foster Pilot Project, a decade-long effort to secure water rights and develop streamflow augmentation and mitigation plans. The amendment adds $148,000, bringing the contract total to $772,348.
Public works staff summarized the work as streamflow augmentation studies, restoration evaluation, hydrological analyses and mitigation planning required by the pilot program. Staff said the city has pursued multiple mitigation options over several years and that recent work required extra time after the loss of some mitigation-bank options and extended coordination with tribes and the Department of Ecology.
Council members expressed support for the project and concern about the project's duration and delays. Staff reported regularized communications with partner agencies and tribes and said they expect to submit a revised mitigation plan to Ecology in the first quarter. Council voted to authorize the amendment.
