BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
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San Francisquito Creek Flood Protection Project, San Francisco Bay to Middlefield Road, Project No. 26284002, (San Francisquito Creek Flood Protection Project) Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18) Budget Adjustment in the Amount of $2,119,897 from Watersheds Stream Stewardship Fund (Fund 12) and FY18 Budget Adjustment in the Amount of $300,000 from the Safe, Clean Water and Natural Flood Protection Program Fund Project Reserves (Fund 26 Project Reserves), (Palo Alto) (District 7).
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
A. Approve a FY18 budget adjustment in the amount of $2,119,897 from Fund 12 to Fund 26, Project No. 26284002; and
B. Approve a FY18 budget adjustment in the amount of $300,000 from Fund 26 Project Reserves, Project No. 26284002.
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SUMMARY:
San Francisquito Creek is the dividing line between San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. After the historic flood of 1998, the cities of Palo Alto, Menlo Park and East Palo Alto, the San Mateo County Flood Control District and the Santa Clara Valley Water District (Water District) joined together to create the San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority (SFCJPA). The SFCJPA is governed by a board of directors with elected officials representing each of the five (5) member agencies.
Over the years, the San Francisquito Creek Flood Protection Project, San Francisco Bay to Highway 101 Reach (S.F. Bay to Highway 101), has faced numerous challenges. Prior to construction, the issues related to environmental regulatory permitting and construction funding. Now, during construction, the Project faces issues such as physical work restrictions due to protected environmental habitat and the off-haul of excavated soil that falls outside the Project scope. To overcome these issues, each member agency continues to work together collaboratively to identify and implement workable solutions.
As a result of this collaborative, solutions-oriented approach, construction of the S.F. Bay to H...
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