BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
Government Code ? 84308 Applies: Yes ? No ?
(If "YES" Complete Attachment A - Gov. Code ? 84308)
SUBJECT:
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Approve a Budget Adjustment in the Amount of $5,000,000 and Approve an Increase of $4,500,000 to the Construction Contract Contingency Sum for the Anderson Dam Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Order Compliance Project, Coyote Creek Stream Augmentation Fish Project Measure: Chillers Plant Project, Project No. 91864008, Contract No. C0701 (Morgan Hill, District 1).
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RECOMMENDATION:
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A. Approve a Fiscal Year 2025 budget adjustment in the amount of $5,000,000 to the Coyote Creek Stream Augmentation Fish Protection Measure: Chillers Plant Project; and
B. Approve an increase of $4,500,000 to the construction contract contingency sum, bringing the total contingency sum to $5,304,592 for the Coyote Creek Stream Augmentation Fish Project Measure: Chillers Plant Project.
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SUMMARY:
The objective of the Coyote Creek Stream Augmentation Fish Project Measure: Chillers Plant Project (Project) is to decrease the temperature of imported water and deliver the chilled water to the Coyote Creek functional cold-water zone.
Project Background
The Project is being undertaken as part of the Anderson Seismic Retrofit Project. Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water) is undertaking the Anderson Dam Seismic Retrofit Project (ADSRP) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Order Compliance Project (FOCP) as a result of the February 20, 2020, directive from the FERC to implement interim risk reduction measures at Anderson Dam. In addition to lowering the reservoir at Anderson Dam to its lowest point, Valley Water collaborated with environmental regulatory agencies to develop additional measures to reduce impacts from the lowered reservoir. One of those measures is the Coyote Creek Stream Augmentation Fish Protection Measure, which is intended to maintain suitable aquatic habitat for native species, and to p...
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