COMMITTEE AGENDA MEMORANDUM
Capital Improvement Program Committee
Government Code ? 84308 Applies: Yes ? No ?
(If "YES" Complete Attachment A - Gov. Code ? 84308)
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Receive Ogier Ponds-Coyote Creek Separation Project Update.
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RECOMMENDATION: Recommendation
Receive information on the feasibility analysis and preliminary Staff-Recommended Alternative for the Ogier Ponds-Coyote Creek Separation Project.
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SUMMARY:
The Ogier Ponds-Coyote Creek Separation Project (Project) is a creek/lake separation project to improve fish habitat under the Safe, Clean Water and Natural Flood Protection Program, Priority D, Project D4, KPIs #1 and #2. The Project is also a component of the critical Anderson Dam Seismic Retrofit Project.
Ogier Ponds includes six large artificial water bodies in southern San Jos? near Barnhart Avenue and Monterey Road, approximately four miles downstream of Anderson Reservoir.
Since 2016, Valley Water and the Santa Clara County Department of Parks and Recreation have studied the potential separation of Ogier Ponds from Coyote Creek to improve steelhead passage and habitat conditions. Under the current configuration, fish get lost and cannot find their way out of the ponds, leaving them vulnerable to non-native predatory fish and to the ponds' higher water temperatures, which can negatively affect fish growth and health.
The Project would construct a channel to separate Coyote Creek from Ogier Ponds. The following planning phase milestones have been completed:
* Problem Definition and Refined Objectives Report
* Conceptual Alternatives Report
* Stakeholder and public outreach
* Feasibility Evaluation
* Selection of the Preliminary Staff-Recommended Alternative
On May 31, 2023, Valley Water hosted a public meeting at the Morgan Hill Community Center to present the Project's conceptual alternatives. The meeting was attended by 33 residents, including 14 in person and 19 virtually via Zoom. Justin Tran from the Office...
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