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F-5. CONTRACT FOR POWERLINE CHANNEL AND VINEYARD ROAD FLOOD RETARDING STRUCTURES REHABILITATION PROJECT Approve Contract No. FCD 2014C021 for Powerline Channel and Vineyard Road Flood Retarding Structures Archaeological Services. This contract establishes responsibilities with respect to archeological testing and mitigation work to be completed prior to any disturbance or construction within the proposed project limits or Area of Potential Effects (APE). The contract has a value of 2 million dollars for archaeological mitigation. The proposed APE for the archeological work includes the property upstream of the three earthen flood retarding structures (Vineyard Road FRS and Rittenhouse FRS are the other two) located in northwestern Pinal County, east of the Central Arizona Project (CAP) canal and south of Baseline Road. The Powerline, Vineyard Road, and Rittenhouse FRSs Rehabilitation or Replacement Project is a District planning study currently in the design stages with a tentative date of construction in June, 2015. As part of the requirements under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, archeological surveys were completed by the District and identified approximately 15 register eligible sites within the APE which will require monitoring, testing and data recovery prior to the start of construction activities. In order to move forward with data recovery efforts and ultimate construction of the project, approval of the contract for archaeological services is required by the board. Subsequently, the contract will allow for testing and mitigation of sites within the proposed APE prior to project construction. This Project has been selected by NRCS to be fully cost share funded from planning through construction. Per NRCS funding authorization requirements the Project must be constructed by September 30, 2018. Currently the Project is in the design phase. This item impacts Supervisorial Districts 1 and 2. (C-69-15-037-5-00)