BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
Government Code ? 84308 Applies: Yes ? No ?
(If "YES" Complete Attachment A - Gov. Code ? 84308)
SUBJECT: Title
Approve Agreement No. A5752A with Stillwater Ecosystem, Watershed & Riverine Sciences for Guadalupe River Mitigation and Monitoring Water Years 2026-2029, Project No. 30151026, PB File No. VW0643, for a Not-to-Exceed Amount of $1,063,284.
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RECOMMENDATION: Recommendation
Approve Agreement No. A5752A with Stillwater Ecosystem, Watershed & Riverine Sciences for Guadalupe River Mitigation and Monitoring Water Years 2026-2029, for a Not-to-Exceed Amount of $1,063,284.
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SUMMARY:
The permit-required annual monitoring of the mitigation for the Guadalupe River flood projects (the Downtown Project and Upper Guadalupe River Project) includes numerous monitoring indicators/methods and locations, as well as an annual Adaptive Management Team (AMT) meeting with the permitting agencies and regional environmental organizations. The amount of monitoring required each water year, which requires a high intensity of field work in July-October, exceeds Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water) staff capacity and, as a result, has been contracted out since monitoring began in the early 2000s. Although efforts are made each year to streamline monitoring requirements, a consultant continues to be needed to ensure the annual monitoring, reporting, and AMT process is completed on schedule and the associated regulatory process is complied with. In addition, it has been instrumental to have a consultant facilitate frequently contentious discussions with the AMT and provide supplemental technical expertise.
Valley Water and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers constructed the downtown and upper Guadalupe River flood projects to provide flood protection from Alviso upstream to approximately Blossom Hill Road in southern San Jose (not all reaches for the upper project have been constructed). In addition, mitigation for the downt...
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