BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
Title
Update on the South San Francisco Bay Shoreline Project.
End
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
That the District Board and Sunnyvale City Council receive information on the South San Francisco Bay Shoreline Project.
Body
SUMMARY:
The overall goal of the South San Francisco Bay Shoreline Project (Shoreline Project) is to safeguard hundreds of homes, schools, and businesses along Santa Clara County's 18 miles of shoreline from the risk of coastal flooding. The Shoreline Project will also restore tidal marsh and related habitat that was lost due to former salt production activities, provide opportunities for recreational and public access along the bay shoreline, and takes into consideration safeguarding against sea level rise over a 50-year period (through Year-2067).
The Shoreline Project is being undertaken by the Santa Clara Valley Water District (District) in partnership with the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the State Coastal Conservancy (Conservancy). Congressional authorization to conduct the Shoreline Project was granted by the Water Resources Development Act in 1976. The District and Conservancy are the non-federal sponsors, also referred to as "local project sponsors." The Shoreline Project efforts began in 2005 for all of Santa Clara County, which was divided into 11 areas, called Economic Impact Areas (EIA). In September 2010, the District requested that USACE re-evaluate the project scope and conduct the project in phases beginning with the area among the highest potential for flood damages and economic impacts. The District's Board endorsed this new scope in March 2011, and the project was thereafter refocused to the EIA 11 area located in north San Jose between the Alviso Slough and Coyote Creek. The first phase of the Shoreline Project in north San Jose has been progressing on schedule and received authorization for design and construction in December 2015, followed by receipt of $1...
Click here for full text