BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
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Adopt Resolutions of Appreciation for Community Partners in the Coyote Creek Cleanup Event on May 1, 2021.
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RECOMMENDATION: Recommendation
Adopt Resolutions of Appreciation to acknowledge and thank the local agencies, nonprofit organizations, local businesses and volunteers who participated the Coyote Creek Cleanup event on May 1, 2021.
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SUMMARY:
On October 22, 2019, the Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water) Board of Directors approved the Homeless Encampment Committee's recommendation to host an environmental cleanup event at sites along Coyote Creek. The event was scheduled for December 7, 2019; however, it was postponed due to inclement weather, and two subsequent planning efforts were delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was eventually rescheduled and took place on Saturday, May 1, 2021.
Valley Water partnered with the City of San Jose and the County of Santa Clara to bring together the resources needed to carry out the cleanup. The cleanup took place at two sites: 1) Coyote Creek at the Tully Ballfields and 2) Coyote Creek from Montague Expressway to E. Brokaw Road with Valley Water's Brokaw Storage Yard as the central location at that site.
Several organizations helped to bring additional community resources to support the event. Opening Doors, a local nonprofit, provided hot meals and outreach services to the unhoused. Approximately 50 unhoused individuals received meals and information on alternative and supportive housing services on the day of the event. The City of San Jose's Cash for Trash program, partially funded by Valley Water's Safe, Clean Water Grants and Partnerships Program, was also operating at the Tully Ballfields site to provide redemption cards to unhoused individuals for helping to cleanup and fill trash bags. South Bay Clean Creeks Coalition, Trash Punx and Saved By Nature organized 98 volunteers at both sites to help with the cleanup. Additionally, Zanke...
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