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File #: 25-1070    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Board of Directors Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 12/2/2025 In control: Board of Directors
On agenda: 1/27/2026 Final action:
Title: Authorize the Chief Executive Officer to Execute the Grant Agreement for Funding Acquisition of Real Property (Sargent Ranch) with Peninsula Open Space Trust; Approve a Budget Adjustment in the Amount of $3,950,000 to the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget of the Safe, Clean Water and Natural Flood Protection Program's Project D7 Conservation of Habitat Lands, Project No. 26072008; and Authorize Transfer of $3,950,000 of Project No. 26072008 Funds to the Peninsula Open Space Trust for Acquisition of Sargent Ranch.
Attachments: 1. Attachment A: Gov Code § 84308, 2. Attachment 1: Property Location, 3. Attachment 2: Grant Agreement, 4. Attachment 3: CEQA NOE, 5. Attachment 4: PowerPoint
BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM

Government Code ? 84308 Applies: Yes ? No ?
(If "YES" Complete Attachment A - Gov. Code ? 84308)

SUBJECT: Title
Authorize the Chief Executive Officer to Execute the Grant Agreement for Funding Acquisition of Real Property (Sargent Ranch) with Peninsula Open Space Trust; Approve a Budget Adjustment in the Amount of $3,950,000 to the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget of the Safe, Clean Water and Natural Flood Protection Program's Project D7 Conservation of Habitat Lands, Project No. 26072008; and Authorize Transfer of $3,950,000 of Project No. 26072008 Funds to the Peninsula Open Space Trust for Acquisition of Sargent Ranch.


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RECOMMENDATION: Recommendation
A. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer to execute the Grant Agreement for Funding Acquisition of Real Property (Sargent Ranch) with the Peninsula Open Space Trust for the Safe, Clean Water and Natural Flood Protection (Safe, Clean Water) Program's Project D7: Partnerships for the Conservation of Habitat Lands, Project No. 26072008, in the amount of $3,950,000;
B. Approve the budget adjustment in the amount of $3,950,000 from Fund 26 Operating and Capital Reserves to the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget of the Safe, Clean Water Project D7 Partnerships for the Conservation of Habitat Lands, Project No. 26072008, to fully fund the Grant Agreement for Funding Acquisition of Real Property (Sargent Ranch) with the Peninsula Open Space Trust; and
C. Authorize the transfer of funds in the amount of $3,950,000 to the Peninsula Open Space Trust to support the acquisition of Sargent Ranch, consistent with the Safe, Clean Water Project D7 Funding Criteria.


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SUMMARY:
Safe, Clean Water Program's Project D7 Partnerships for the Conservation of Habitat Lands (SCW Project D7)
In November 2020, Santa Clara County voters overwhelmingly approved Measure S, a renewal of Santa Clara Valley Water District's (Valley Water) Safe, Clean Water and Natural Flood Protection Program (Safe, Clean Water Program)....

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