BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:Title
Approve Fiscal Year 2022 Schedule Adjustments to Projects in the Renewed Safe, Clean Water and Natural Flood Protection Program.
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RECOMMENDATION:Recommendation
Approve Fiscal Year 2022 Safe, Clean Water Project Schedule Adjustments.
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SUMMARY:
In November 2020, voters overwhelmingly approved the renewed Safe, Clean Water and Natural Flood Protection Program (Safe, Clean Water Program). The renewed Safe, Clean Water Program included estimated project schedules and identified a Change Control Process that allows for schedules to be adjusted with Board approval.
Project schedules change due to various factors, such as emerging project complexities, coordination with project partners, and ongoing negotiations with various resource agencies for regulatory permits.
These schedule adjustments will be included in the Safe, Clean Water annual report for Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22). The reasons for the schedule adjustments are detailed below:
Project D4.1: Ogier Ponds
The proposed project schedule pushes back project planning and design by a year to be completed in FY26 instead of FY25, as reflected in the current FY2023-27 Capital Improvement Program (CIP). Investigations during the planning phase have revealed additional project complexities, requiring further refining of the project schedule. Furthermore, the project is being considered as a conservation measure in the Anderson Dam Seismic Retrofit Project, adding further complexity to the project and impacting the planning study. As a result, staff anticipates the planning study to be finalized in FY24, followed by a three-year Design Phase to be completed in FY26.
Project D6.2: Bolsa Road Fish Passage Improvement
The proposed schedule adjustment moves completion of project construction to FY24 instead of FY23.
The schedule adjustment is required because the acquisition of permits required lengthier negotiations with the permitting agencies and a later advertiseme...
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