BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
Government Code ? 84308 Applies: Yes ? No ?
(If "YES" Complete Attachment A - Gov. Code ? 84308)
SUBJECT:
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Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider the Santa Clara Valley Water District's Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Draft Fiscal Years 2025-29 Five-Year Plan.
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RECOMMENDATION:
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A. Open and conduct a public hearing to receive public comments and Board feedback regarding the Santa Clara Valley Water District's CIP Draft Fiscal Years (FY) 2025-29 Five-Year Plan; and
B. Continue the public hearing to the regularly scheduled Board meeting scheduled for April 23, 2024, and the subsequent Special Budget Hearings currently scheduled for April 24, 2024, and if needed, April 25, 2024, and conclude the public hearing at the regularly scheduled Board Meeting on May 14, 2024.
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SUMMARY:
Santa Clara Valley Water District's (Valley Water) Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Draft Fiscal Years (FY) 2025-29 Five-Year Plan (Attachment 1) includes 73 funded projects distributed among the following categories: 37 Water Supply, 15 Flood Protection, 13 Water Resources Stewardship, 3 Buildings and Grounds, and 5 Information Technology projects, for a total CIP value of $9.552B. This includes Valley Water's prior actuals and future years' planned funding of $8.347B combined with received and planned outside funding of $1.205B, which includes grants from nonprofits, local public agencies, special districts, state and federal grants agencies, state subvention reimbursements and cost-share partnerships.
On February 27, 2024, the Board directed staff to update the CIP Draft FY 2025-29 Five-Year Plan prior to release for public review, to reflect the staff-recommended assumption presented in the 2024 Protection and Augmentation of Water Supplies (PAWS) Report, which in summary, excludes the Palo Alto Purified Water Project (PAPWP) and includes a preliminary projection for the San Jose Purified Water Project (SJPWP) - Phase 2 (f...
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