BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
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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:
Recommendation
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 an equal contribution of $185,000 by each Member Agency. The contribution by each Member Agency is unchanged from last year’s contribution. Approval of the agenda recommendations will allow the District to pay the FY2019-2020 annual contribution of $185,000 to the JPA.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The District contribution as a Member Agency for FY2020 is $185,000. Adequate funds have been budgeted in FY2020 for this expenditure and are available in San Francisquito Creek Flood Protection Project, San Francisco Bay to Middlefield Road Project No. 26284002.
CEQA:
The recommended action does not constitute a project under CEQA, because it does not have the potential for resulting in direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment.
ATTACHMENTS:
Attachment 1: JPA FY 2019-2020 Operating Budget
Attachment 2: JPA Invoice
UNCLASSIFIED MANAGER:
Manager
Ngoc Nguyen, 408-630-2632