BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
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Recommendation from the Pacheco Reservoir Exploratory Ad Hoc Committee and Budget Adjustment of $2 Million to Initiate the Project's Planning Phase for the Pacheco Reservoir Expansion Project, Project No. 60954001 (Santa Clara County) (District 1).
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Approve a budget adjustment of $2 million from the PeopleSoft Systems Upgrade and Expansion Project (Project No. 73274002) to the Pacheco Reservoir Expansion Project (Project No. 60954001) to initiate planning phase work in Fiscal Year 2017-18.
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SUMMARY:
On August 14, 2017, District staff and its team of consultants submitted a Proposition 1 Funding application for the Pacheco Reservoir Expansion Project (Project) to the California Water Commission (CWC) for a Water Storage Investment Program (WSIP) grant. District staff has identified what Project deliverables must be completed by statutory deadlines imposed by the WSIP for funding recipients, and has determined that, to meet these deadlines, the Project planning phase work should begin even prior to the announcement of Proposition 1 funding recipients in May or June 2018. Staff is requesting this budget adjustment to immediately begin the consultant selection process for planning phase efforts for the proposed Project.
Project Background
At the January 31, 2017 Board meeting, staff presented the merits of pursuing a State Water Storage Investment Program (WSIP) Proposition 1 funding application for an expansion of Pacheco Reservoir, which could provide 140,000 acre-feet (AF) of storage for emergency supply and supplemental supply to the District. It could also provide environmental flows and groundwater recharge in Pacheco Creek and Pajaro River. Staff recommended the Board authorize the Interim CEO to negotiate and execute a single source agreement with a consultant to prepare a Proposition 1 funding application for the proposed Project.
In response to staff's recommendat...
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