BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
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Approve San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2021-2022, and Authorize Santa Clara Valley Water District Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Financial Contribution of $337,240 (Palo Alto) (District 7).
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RECOMMENDATION:
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A. Approve the San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Operating Budget; and
B. Authorize the Santa Clara Valley Water District's Fiscal Year 2021-2022 financial contribution to the San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority in the amount of $337,240.
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SUMMARY:
The Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water), along with four other public agencies, is a member of the San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority (SFCJPA). The San Francisquito Creek JPA is funded by equal contributions from the member agencies and the SFCJPA's annual fiscal year budget is subject to each agency's approval. In 1999, the Cities of East Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, and the San Mateo County Flood and Sea Level Rise Resiliency District (formerly known as the San Mateo County Flood Control District) joined with Valley Water 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 SFCJPA's major focus has been working with the member agencies to implement flood protection projects.
Construction of the San Francisquito Creek Flood Protection Project from the Bay to Highway 101 (downstream project) was completed in May 2019. Planning and design are in progress to provide flood protection along San Francisquito Creek from Highway 101 to Middlefield Road (Upstream Project). The final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) was certified by the SFCJPA board in September of 2019. The SFCJPA is preparing to submit permit applications to regulatory agencies in summer 2021 and aims to begin constructi...
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