UCSD staff request Board authorization for the Executive Director to execute an Engineering Services Agreement with Living Waters Consultants for a not‑to‑exceed amount of $100,000 to provide design, bidding, and construction phase services for the Saline Branch Bank Stabilization and Habitat Improvement Project. The attached proposal outlines a full suite of services, including geomorphic evaluation, final engineering plans, permitting, grant administration, bidding support, construction phase engineering, public outreach assistance, and native plant maintenance and monitoring inspections. This action selects Living Waters as the lead engineering and grant-administration consultant for the project, but leaves construction and related implementation work open for future procurement.Construction contractors, ecological restoration specialists, and monitoring vendors can use this intelligence to coordinate with Living Waters on design assumptions and prepare for upcoming bid packages, while competing engineers may focus on future phases or separate reaches of the Saline Branch or similar projects in the District.

Scope includes design, bid, construction-phase engineering, grant administration, and native plant maintenance/monitoring, making Living Waters a central partner throughout project delivery.