BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
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Memorandum of Agreement with Santa Clara County and approval of a Budget Adjustment in the Amount of $1,000,000 for Fiscal Year 2018-19 (FY19) from Fund 26 Safe, Clean Water Operating and Capital Reserves for the Ogier Ponds Planning Study, Project No. 26044003 (Unincorporated Santa Clara County) (District 1).
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RECOMMENDATION:
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A. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer to negotiate and execute a Memorandum of Agreement with Santa Clara County solidifying the partnership based on a contribution of 2,200 in-kind labor hours of County staff time towards development of a Planning Study Report; and
B. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer to approve a FY19 budget adjustment transferring $1,000,000 from Fund 26 Safe, Clean Water Reserves to the Ogier Ponds Planning Study, Project 26044003.
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SUMMARY:
The Ogier Ponds Feasibility Study Evaluation Project (Project) is a partnership between the District and the Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Department (SCC Parks). The 591-acre site is owned by Santa Clara County (SCC) and managed by SCC Parks for recreation and environmental conservation as part of the Coyote Creek Parkway recreation area. SCC Parks' Coyote Creek Parkway Integrated Natural Resource Management Master Plan (INRMP), adopted by the Board of Supervisors in 2007, has a natural resource objective to evaluate the potential for constructing a free-flowing channel and connected floodplain through the Ogier Ponds site in cooperation with the District. To address the potential changes to the Ogier Ponds site, the District and County Parks cooperated in preparing a feasibility study.
Because SCC is the landowner, SCC Parks and the District entered a Memorandum of Agreement (May 1, 2016) to undertake the feasibility study. To evaluate the District's potential interest in the Ogier Ponds site, staff analyzed potential benefits of pond-creek separation in the areas of stream stewardship (i.e....
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