BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
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Public Hearing on the Proposed Modifications to the Safe, Clean Water and Natural Flood Protection Program's Upper Llagas Creek Flood Protection Project.
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RECOMMENDATION:
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A. Open the public hearing to receive comments on the Safe, Clean Water and Natural Flood Protection Program's Project E6: Upper Llagas Creek Flood Protection Project;
B. Close the public hearing; and
C. Adopt the resolution APPROVING THE MODIFICATION TO THE UPPER LLAGAS CREEK FLOOD PROTECTION PROJECT OF THE SAFE, CLEAN WATER AND NATURAL FLOOD PROTECTION PROGRAM.
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SUMMARY:
The primary objective of the Project is to plan, design, and construct improvements along 13.9 miles of Upper Llagas Creek from Buena Vista Avenue in Gilroy to Llagas Road in Morgan Hill, including West Little Llagas Creek in downtown Morgan Hill. The Project received the last remaining required Regulatory Agency permit in March 2019.
In September 2019, Santa Clara Valley Water District's (Valley Water) construction contractor commenced building Phase 1 of the Upper Llagas Creek Flood Protection Project. While Phase I construction is underway and fully funded, completing the entire 13.9 mile-long two-phased project will require additional external funding.
Valley Water is pursuing external funding, including a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, to address approximately $70-$80 million Project funding shortfall. Meanwhile, to maximize the efficacy of the available secured funds, Valley Water is proposing changing the reaches to be constructed with local dollars to include building the high-flow underground bypass tunnel and a section of underground reinforced concrete box culverts.
Constructing the tunnel and portions of the proposed box culverts will fully utilize the remaining local funding, thus impacting the ability to fully build Reach 7 (7a and 7b), which is the current local-funding only ...
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