BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
Government Code § 84308 Applies: Yes ? No ?
(If “YES” Complete Attachment A – Gov. Code § 84308)
SUBJECT: Title
Approve Santa Clara Valley Water District’s Fiscal Year 2026-27 Annual Member Contribution to the San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority Operating Budget in the Amount of $179,554 (Palo Alto, District 7).
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RECOMMENDATION: Recommendation
Approve Santa Clara Valley Water District’s Fiscal Year 2026-27 Annual Member Contribution to the San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority Operating Budget in the Amount of $179,554 (Palo Alto, District 7).
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SUMMARY:
The Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water) is one of five (5) public entity member agencies (Member Entities) that created the San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority (SFCJPA) in 1999, along with the Cities of East Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, and the San Mateo County Flood and Sea Level Rise Resiliency District (One Shoreline). The SFCJPA operations are funded by equal annual contributions from the Member Entities, subject to each agency’s approval. The purpose of this item is to recommend approval of Valley Water’s Fiscal Year 2026-27 (FY 27) annual member contribution.
Background and History
The SFCJPA has been working with the Member Entities to implement the San Francisquito Creek Flood Protection Project to enhance flood protection along the San Francisquito Creek. The Project is part of Valley Water’s Safe, Clean Water and Natural Flood Protection Program that voters renewed in November 2020. Construction downstream of Highway 101 (Reach 1 Project) was completed in May 2019 to provide 100-year flood protection. Planning is in progress to provide 70-year flood protection upstream of Highway 101 (Reach 2 Project).
SFCJPA Annual Operations Budget
Section 12. Operating Budget, of the current JPA Agreement (Attachment 1), requires the SFCJPA Board of Directors to adopt an annual operating budget, which shall be separate fr...
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