BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
Government Code ? 84308 Applies: Yes ? No ?
(If "YES" Complete Attachment A - Gov. Code ? 84308)
SUBJECT:
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Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider the Santa Clara Valley Water District's Capital Improvement Program Draft Fiscal Years 2026-30 Five-Year Plan.
(Continued from April 22, 2025)
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
A. Open and conduct a Public Hearing to receive public comments and Board feedback regarding the Santa Clara Valley Water District's Capital Improvement Program Draft Fiscal Years 2026-30 Five-Year Plan; and
B. Continue the Public Hearing to the subsequent Special Budget Hearings currently scheduled for April 24, 2025, and the Special Regular Meeting scheduled for May 16, 2025, and conclude the Public Hearing at the regularly scheduled Board Meeting on May 27, 2025.
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SUMMARY:
Santa Clara Valley Water District's (Valley Water) Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Draft Fiscal Years (FY) 2026-30 Five-Year Plan (Attachment 1) includes 76 funded projects distributed among the following categories: 43 Water Supply, 14 Flood Protection, 12 Water Resources Stewardship, 3 Buildings and Grounds, and 4 Information Technology projects, for a total CIP value of $10.267B. This includes Valley Water's prior actuals and future years' planned funding of $9.477B combined with received and planned outside funding of $1.305B, which includes grants from nonprofits, local public agencies, special districts, state and federal grants agencies, state subvention reimbursements and cost-share partnerships.
On March 11, 2025, the Board directed staff to release the CIP Draft FY 2026-30 Five-Year Plan for public review.
Subsequently, on March 12, 2025, the CIP Draft FY 2026-30 Five-Year Plan was released to all cities and land use authorities in Santa Clara County and the County of Santa Clara for review as to its consistency with their General Plans. Valley Water offered to meet with each of these agencies, and to date, plan...
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