BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
Government Code ? 84308 Applies: Yes ? No ?
(If "YES" Complete Attachment A - Gov. Code ? 84308)
SUBJECT:
Title
Accept the Work as Complete and Direct the Clerk to File the Notice of Completion of Contract and Acceptance of Work for the Hale Creek Enhancement Pilot Project (Stage 1), McGuire and Hester, Contractor, Project No. 26164001, Contract No. C0667 (Mountain View, Los Altos, District 7).
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
A. Accept the work on the Hale Creek Enhancement Pilot Project (Stage 1), Project No. 26164001, Contract No. C0667 as complete; and
B. Direct the Clerk of the Board to sign the Notice of Completion of Contract and Acceptance of Work and submit for recording to the Santa Clara County Clerk-Recorder.
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SUMMARY:
The construction contractor, McGuire and Hester, has completed Stage 1 (Milestones 1 and 2) for the Hale Creek Enhancement Pilot Project (Project).
Project Background
Hale Creek is a major tributary to Permanente Creek. The purpose of the Project was to restore geomorphic and habitat functions to a 650-foot-long section of Hale Creek, between Marilyn Drive and North Sunshine Drive in Mountain View and Los Altos, by replacing the existing concrete channel with a soft-bottom channel comprised of natural substrates and vegetation.
The objective of the Hale Creek Enhancement Pilot Project was to provide Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water) the opportunity to examine a new approach using a hybrid method of hardscape vertical structures combined with a vegetated soft bottom channel to test the potential for restoration of geomorphic habitat functions in an urbanized and constrained setting while maintaining and enhancing flood protection. The results of the Project will be used to inform future work for the rest of Hale Creek, as well as miles of concrete channels in Santa Clara County as they reach the end of their life cycle.
The Project is being constructed in two stages. Sta...
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