BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
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Memorandum of Understanding By and Between Google LLC and the Santa Clara Valley Water District to Negotiate a Cost-Sharing Agreement for a Portion of the District's Sunnyvale East and West Channels Flood Protection Project, Project No. 26074002 (Sunnyvale), (District 3).
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RECOMMENDATION:
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Approve the Memorandum of Understanding By and Between Google LLC and the Santa Clara Valley Water District to Negotiate a Cost-Sharing Agreement for a Portion of the District's Sunnyvale East and West Channels Flood Protection Project.
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SUMMARY:
In September 2014, the Board of Directors (Board) certified an environmental impact report (EIR) for the District's Sunnyvale East and West Channels Flood Protection Project (Project). Since Project approval, District staff have completed the design documents and are currently working with regulatory agencies to obtain the necessary permits for Project construction. In October 2017, Google LLC approached District management regarding a potential partnership to modify the Project along an approximate 1,110 linear foot section of the Sunnyvale West Channel where Google is currently planning a campus development project. As described below, the proposed modification to the Project along this section of the channel would potentially enhance the biological resources value and recreational opportunities for the District's Project. In recent months, staff have worked with Google staff to discuss concepts of the Project modifications and negotiate terms of the partnership. This effort resulted in a Memorandum of Understanding (Attachment 1) which is before the Board for consideration.
Project Background
The Clean, Safe Creeks & Natural Flood Protection Program, approved by the voters in 2000, whose funding was subsumed into the more recently voter-approved Safe, Clean Water measure in November 2012, provides funding for the planning, design and construction of f...
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