File #: 18-0372    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Time Certain Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 5/1/2018 In control: Board of Directors
On agenda: 5/2/2018 Final action:
Title: Update on the California WaterFix, Authorization to Execute Agreements, Designation of District Representative, and Adoption of CEQA Findings.
Attachments: 1. *Attachment 1: Draft Option Agreement, 2. *Attachment 2: Draft DCA Agreement, 3. Attachment 3: SCVWD Resolution 17-68, 4. Attachment 4: 091217 Board Agenda Item, 5. Attachment 5: 101717 Board Agenda Item, 6. Attachment 6: Guiding Principles Evaluation, 7. Attachment 7: Resolution, WaterFix Partipation, 8. Attachment 8: Resolution, CEQA, 9. *Attachment 9: PowerPoint, 10. *Supplemental Board Agenda Memo, 11. *Supplemental Attachment 1: Revised Resolution, CEQA, 12. *Handout 2.1-A: Supporting Comments, 13. *Handout 2.1-B: Opposing Comments, 14. *Handout 2.1-C: Supporting Comments
BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM


SUBJECT:
Title
Update on the California WaterFix, Authorization to Execute Agreements, Designation of District Representative, and Adoption of CEQA Findings.


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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
A. Receive an update on the California WaterFix (WaterFix);
B. Consider the potential environmental effects of the project as discussed in the Lead Agency's Final Environmental Impact Report and adopt the Resolution, MAKING RESPONSIBLE AGENCY FINDINGS PURSUANT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT TO AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF AGREEMENTS RELATING TO DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND FINANCING OF THE CALIFORNIA WATERFIX PROJECT;
C. Consider the potential costs and benefits of the WaterFix to Santa Clara County and adopt the Resolution, AUTHORIZING SUPPORT OF, AND PARTICIPATION IN, CALIFORNIA WATERFIX;
D. Approve and Authorize the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to execute a Capacity Interest Option Agreement with Metropolitan Water District of Southern California that is in substantial conformance with the Capacity Interest Option Agreement provided in Attachment 1;
E. Approve and authorize the Board to execute a Joint Powers Agreement Forming the Delta Conveyance Design and Construction Joint Powers Authority (Design and Construction JPA) that is in substantial conformance to the agreement provided in Attachment 2, and designate a District representative and alternate to serve on the Board of Directors of the Design and Construction JPA for the first two years following formation;
F. Direct the CEO to negotiate terms and conditions for the District to participate in the WaterFix Financial Arrangements (See section 4.3), including a joint powers authority for financing construction of the WaterFix and bring the necessary agreements to the Board for approval;
G. Delegate authority to the CEO to negotiate terms and conditions and execute an agreement between the Department of Water Resources and the District for preconstruction capital costs for the...

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