BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
Government Code ? 84308 Applies: Yes ? No ?
(If "YES" Complete Attachment A - Gov. Code ? 84308)
SUBJECT:
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Accept Management Response to the Independent Monitoring Committee Report on the Renewed Safe Clean Water Natural Flood Protection Program Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2021-2022.
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
A. Accept Management Response to the Independent Monitoring Committee Report on the Renewed Safe Clean Water Natural Flood Protection Program Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2021-2022; and
B. Provide additional direction as necessary.
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SUMMARY:
On February 8, 2023, the Independent Monitoring Committee (IMC) issued its report on Santa Clara Valley Water District's (Valley Water) renewed Safe, Clean Water and Natural Flood Protection Program (Safe, Clean Water Program) Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2021-22 (Annual Report).
Over the past months, project managers, Assistant and Deputy Operating Officers managing projects included in the Safe, Clean Water Program met with the IMC and its subcommittees for Program priorities and finance to review the report, answer questions, and provide follow-up information as necessary. The IMC members have shown passion and dedication to the Safe, Clean Water Program throughout this review process.
In its annual report, the IMC made program-wide as well as some project-specific recommendations. Of the eight (8) program-wide recommendations, staff agrees with seven, in some instances proposing a refined approach or alternative approaches for addressing the recommendations and has a different view on one recommendation, which relates to IMC's scope.
Of the 32 projects in the renewed Safe, Clean Water Program, the IMC agreed with the status as stated in the Annual Report regarding all but one of the projects, deeming the Coyote Creek Flood Protection Project to be "Not on Target." The IMC had no recommendations for 26 projects, thus requiring no Board direction for t...
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