BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
Government Code ? 84308 Applies: Yes ? No ?
(If "YES" Complete Attachment A - Gov. Code ? 84308)
SUBJECT: Title
Adopt a Resolution Making Responsible Agency Findings Under the California Environmental Quality Act and Approve and Authorize the Interim Chief Executive Officer to Execute the Joint Use Agreement No. A5407X, with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service's Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge for the Stevens Creek West Levee Trail on Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Pond A2W East Levee Between Shoreline Regional Park and Edge of San Francisco Bay (Mountain View, District 7).
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RECOMMENDATION: Recommendation
A. Adopt the Resolution CONSIDERING THE FINAL PHASE 2 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT/REPORT FOR THE SOUTH BAY SALT POND RESTORATION PROJECT AND MAKING CEQA RESPONSIBLE AGENCY FINDINGS FOR APPROVAL OF JOINT USE AGREEMENT NO. A5407X, WITH THE UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE'S DON EDWARDS SAN FRANCISCO BAY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FOR THE STEVENS CREEK WEST LEVEE TRAIL.
B. Approve and authorize the Interim Chief Executive Officer to execute Joint Use Agreement No. A5407X, with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service's Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge for the Stevens Creek West Levee Trail; and
C. Delegate authority to the Interim Chief Executive Officer to approve future renewals and amendments to Joint Use Agreement No. A5407X with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service's Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge for the Stevens Creek West Levee Trail.
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SUMMARY:
Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water) owns a portion of the east levee around Pond A2W, a former salt-production pond adjacent to Stevens Creek at its confluence with San Francisco Bay (Attachment 1). The South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project (SBSPRP) will breach the Pond A2W levees to convert the pond into tidal habitat. The United States...
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