BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
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Budget Adjustment in the Amount of $3 Million from Fund 12 Watershed and Stream Stewardship Operating and Capital Reserves to the South San Francisco Bay Shoreline Project, Project No. 00044026. (District 3)
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RECOMMENDATION:
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Approve a budget adjustment in the amount of $3 million from Fund 12 Watersheds Stream Stewardship Operating and Capital Reserves to the South San Francisco Bay Shoreline Project, Project No. 00044026.
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SUMMARY:
Overview of the South San Francisco Bay Shoreline Study
The South San Francisco Bay Shoreline Phase 1 Project will provide coastal flood protection to the community of Alviso and to public infrastructure between Alviso Slough and Coyote Creek through the construction of four miles of Federal Emergency Management Agency certifiable coastal levees. The Project will safeguard the Alviso community of approximately 2,500 residents and 3,000 commuters who work and travel through the area each day, the San Jose-Santa Clara Regional Wastewater Facility and the Silicon Valley Advanced Water Purification Center. The Project will also safeguard against future sea level rise, restore and enhance approximately 2,900 acres of tidal marsh and related habitat that was lost due to former salt ponds production activities. The new levees will be used as trails and will have connections to the Bay Trail network, with viewing platforms, interpretive signs, and benches.
The Shoreline Project is being undertaken by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in partnership with the Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water) and the State Coastal Conservancy (Conservancy).
The USACE is planning to design and construct the project in reaches in accordance with the following schedule:
Reach
Estimated Starting Date of Construction
Reach 1 (Alviso Marina to Railroad)
January 2020
Reaches 2 and 3 (Railroad to Artesian Slough)
April 2020
Reaches 4 and 5 Artesian Slough to Coyo...
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