Summary of Specifications:
The largest flood control structure that the City owns and maintains is the Las Cruces Flood Control Dam (LC Dam) which is a 3 mile long, earthen dam and is the main flood control facility for the City downtown area. The City must perform maintenance activities to comply with inspection reports from the US ACOE, USACOE Technical Letter ETL 1110-2-571, Guidelines for Landscape Planting and Vegetation Management at Levees, Floodwalls, Embankment Dams, and Appurtenant Structures, State of New Mexico Office of the State Engineer (OSE) Guidelines for Woody Vegetation Removal on Dams, and inspection reports from the OSE. In addition, there is an on-going joint project between the City and the USACOE to perform habitat and vegetation restoration within the LC Dam known as the 1135 Riparian Restoration Project. The City seeks proposals from firms capable of developing, as a supplement to the current Operation & Maintenance Plan, a Las Cruces Flood Control Comprehensive Maintenance Plan with an emphasis on ecological maintenance.
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