City Beach - Restoration and Green Infrastructure RFP

The City is seeking a vendor who can provide all the materials and services requested herein. The selected vendor shall
provide the services required below:
 

• The proposed project will improve the water quality in Cumberland Bay that is critical to the success of Plattsburgh City
  Beach and many other surrounding areas. The contamination in Cumberland Bay comes from storm sewer, urban runoff,
  and sediments producing levels of mercury and phosphorus in the water. The impaired waterbody also contains priority
  organics (PCBS). Proposed improvements include green infrastructure such as storm water tree trenches and bio retention
  areas, which will help to capture some of the runoff that can come from the beach parking lot. Blowing sand has filled
  drainage structures and limited their effectiveness. Restoring the beach’s sand dunes will also provide an extra layer of
  protection to Cumberland Bay by helping to limit the urban and storm water runoff that makes its way into the catch basins
  and eventually into the bay. This project will also help restore and revitalize Plattsburgh City Beach, a public beach and
  tourist destination in Plattsburgh, New York.
   
• The City Beach project will include about 5,280 square feet of treatment and infiltration area for the storm water tree
  trenches and approximately 7,680 square feet of bio retention areas that will be incorporated to capture and filter
  storm water runoff. The tree trenches will consist of native tree species, and the bio retention areas will incorporate native
  shrubs, grasses, and perennial flowers. The project will also include the restoration of four (4) foot tall of sand dunes
  covering an area of approximately one (1) acre. The dunes will be covered with dune grass. Other plans for vegetation
  include the planting of fifteen (15) trees and approximately one-half (1/2) acre of turf establishment. A conceptual site
  plan for these improvements is included below in Exhibit B.

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