BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
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Resolution to Set a Public Hearing on the Engineer's Report for the Coyote Warehouse Project - Project No. 91234011 (Morgan Hill) (District 1).
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Adopt the Resolution PROVIDING FOR THE NOTICE OF TIME AND PLACE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ENGINEER'S REPORT FOR THE COYOTE WAREHOUSE PROJECT to occur on June 27, 2017, at 6:00 PM at the Santa Clara Valley Water District, 5700 Almaden Expressway, San Jose, California.
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SUMMARY:
The proposed Project would construct a suitable storage facility for spare pipeline parts and materials such as valves, gaskets, pumps, hoses, disinfection equipment, electrical supplies, and control systems supplies used in the maintenance and operation of the District’s pipelines and pumping plants. The Project would support the District’s ongoing operations to efficiently provide reliable water to water retailers, businesses, and residents in Santa Clara County. The Project is included in the Board-approved Fiscal Years 2018-2022 Capital Improvement Program.
Background
The District operates the Coyote Pumping Plant, located on United States Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) property at 18300 Peet Road in Morgan Hill. The USBR parcel is approximately 9.8 acres in size and is used as a District satellite facility, with fifteen (15) District employees working onsite.
The District owns 8.2 acres of real property immediately adjacent to the USBR parcel. The District uses the site to stockpile various materials needed for maintaining its pipelines and pump stations; many of these materials are not suited for outside storage. Some of the items have long lead purchase times and are pre-ordered and delivered to the site in advance of project work. The District also stockpiles excess rock and other construction-related materials onsite.
As a temporary measure, some of the spare parts are being stored in sea containers and in the USBR maintenance building and pump station building. The sea containers lack adequate space to house all the parts needed by maintenance staff, and they do not provide adequate space for staff to stage pipeline maintenance work. The USBR facilities were not designed, nor intended to be used, as permanent storage facilities. This Project would construct of a permanent, suitable storage facility on District-owned property for pump and pipeline parts.
Engineer’s Report
Section 12 of the District Act requires the Board to conduct a public hearing to hear testimony on a project when: 1) the project is new construction; and 2) the project is funded by a single or joint zone of benefit. As the proposed Project meets both conditions, staff prepared an Engineer’s Report (Attachment 2) for the purpose of public disclosure. The Notice of Public Hearing for the Engineer’s Report is provided in Attachment 3. The Mitigated Negative Declaration will also be considered at the public hearing.
Prior Board Action(s)
On June 23, 2015, the Board approved the consultant agreement with Siegfried Engineering, Inc. for Design Services.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The estimated cost to plan, design and construct the proposed Project is $6.2 million (in 2017 dollars). The full construction cost is included in the FY 2018 Budget, Project 91234011. The proposed Project would be funded by the Water Enterprise Fund, with 87.7% of the costs allocated to Zone W-2 (North County) and 12.3% of the costs allocated to Zone W-5 (South County).
CEQA:
The recommended action does not constitute a “project” under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because it does not have a potential for resulting in direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment.
ATTACHMENTS:
Attachment 1: Resolution
Attachment 2: Engineer’s Report
Attachment 3: Notice of Public Hearing
UNCLASSIFIED MANAGER:
Manager
Katherine Oven, 408-630-3126