BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
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San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority Budget for Fiscal Year 2019-2020, and District Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Financial Contribution of $185,000.
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RECOMMENDATION:
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A. Approve the San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Operating Budget; and
B. Authorize the District's Fiscal Year 2019-2020 financial contribution to the San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority in the amount of $185,000.
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SUMMARY:
The District, along with five other public agencies, is a member of the San Francisquito Joint Powers Authority (JPA). The San Francisquito Creek JPA is funded by equal contributions from the member agencies and the JPA's annual fiscal year budget is subject to each agency's approval. In 1999, Cities of East Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, and San Mateo County Flood Control District joined with the Santa Clara Valley Water District to establish the San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority to provide an environmentally sensitive, long-term watershed plan to enhance flood protection from the San Francisquito Creek. Since then, the JPA's major focus has been working with the member agencies to implement a flood protection project.
We have recently completed construction of the San Francisquito Creek Flood Protection Project from the Bay to Highway 101(downstream project). Planning and design are in progress to provide flood protection along San Francisquito Creek from Highway 101 to Middlefield Road (upstream project). The draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the upstream project was released on April 22, 2019. Three public hearings were held in May and June to solicit the public's comments. The Final EIR will be completed in late Fall 2019.
On April 25, 2019, the Board of Directors of the JPA unanimously adopted its FY 2019-2020 budget identifying revenues of $1,076,500, which includes operating revenues from State grants, interest earned, and ...
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