BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
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Opportunities for Coordination and Collaboration on Projects Benefiting Milpitas (District 3). (Previously Listed as Item 5.4)
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
That the Board and City Council acknowledge District and City staff efforts and provide direction to work collaboratively on land rights exchanges, recreational trail planning, and recreation and flood protection benefits.
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SUMMARY:
Santa Clara Valley Water District (District) and City of Milpitas (City) own fee title lands and easements along waterways in City. Both agencies have improvements along or near waterways that provide flood protection and municipal services for City residents and businesses. Both agencies need collaboration and cooperation to continue building and maintaining their infrastructure for the benefit of City residents and businesses. There have been challenges in the past at the staff level in implementing District and City's projects in exchanging land rights, planning of trails and flood protection work.
Exchanging Land Rights
As the two agencies proceed with land rights transactions for on-going projects, it's important to dedicate resources and direct staff to resolve outstanding land rights transactions. There are land rights transactions that have been unresolved for more than ten years due to different expectations on appropriate land rights to be provided to or accepted by each agency. Resolution of these land rights exchanges would ensure that each agency has appropriate rights to access and maintain the infrastructure and improvements installed as part of the completed projects.
For water supply infrastructure constructed by the District, the District has expectations to obtain sufficient land rights over its pipeline infrastructure where located on City property to properly maintain, inspect, reconstruct, and operate its facilities to provide continuous service of water. The City would like to provide the Distric...
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