BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
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Approve Amendment No. 1 to Agreement No. A4257R, with the Santa Clara County Office of Education for the Environmental Education and Student Assessment Project, a Safe, Clean Water and Natural Flood Protection Program FY 2019 Priority D3 Restore Wildlife Habitat Partnership Funding Agreement.
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RECOMMENDATION:
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Approve Amendment No. 1 to Agreement No. A4257R between the Santa Clara Valley Water District and the Santa Clara County Office of Education retroactively extending its term and modifying the Project scope due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.
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SUMMARY:
On May 14, 2019, the Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water) Chief Executive Officer approved and executed a partnership Agreement with the Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE) in the amount not-to-exceed $50,000 to support the Environmental Education and Student Assessment Project (Project) (Attachment 1). The Project would enhance creek and bay ecosystems by engaging students in Santa Clara County through environmental literacy and education curriculum in partnership with the Morgan Family Foundation. The Project would comprehensively assess the disparities of environmental education throughout the county to better serve the higher-need school districts.
To date, the SCCOE has invoiced and been paid the amount of $6,414.87 for the Environmental Literacy analysis and report deliverable of the Project. The findings identified in the analysis and report showed that environmental education was implemented by individual teachers based on their specific interests, instead of through a district-wide or school-wide program as expected when the original scope was conceived. Therefore, the subsequent deliverable of creating a database of underserved environmental literacy areas was no longer feasible and not the best use of the remaining partnership funds.
As a result of the report findings, in May 2020 SCCOE requested the ...
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