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Meeting Name: Board of Directors Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 5/27/2025 11:00 AM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: HQ. Bldg. Boardroom, 5700 Almaden Expressway, San Jose, California Join Zoom Meeting: https://valleywater.zoom.us/j/84454515597
Closed Session and Regular Meeting
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda  
Agenda packet: Not available
Meeting video: eComment: Not available  
Attachments: Agenda Packet (1166 pages)
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25-0403 12.1. Closed SessionCLOSED SESSION CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1) San Jose Unified School District v. SCVWD (Santa Clara Co. Superior Court, No. 18CV330233)   Not available Not available
25-0468 12.2. Closed SessionCLOSED SESSION CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6(a) Agency Designated Representatives: M. Richardson, T. Yoke, P. McElroy, A. Lee, E. Meeks, J. Carlos Orellana, B. Hopper, E. Kreisberg Employee Organizations: Employees Association, Engineers Society, Professional Managers Association Unrepresented Employees: All Valley Water Unclassified Positions   Not available Not available
24-0782 1*3.4. Time Certain ItemConduct a Public Hearing to Consider the Santa Clara Valley Water District’s Capital Improvement Program Draft Fiscal Years 2026-30 Five-Year Plan and Adopt a Resolution Approving the Capital Improvement Program Final Fiscal Years 2026-2030 Five-Year Plan. (Continued from May 16, 2025)   Not available Not available
24-0912 13.5. Time Certain ItemConduct a Public Hearing on the Annual Report Recommending Flood Control Benefit Assessments and Adopt a Resolution Setting Benefit Assessment Revenue for Fiscal Year 2025-2026.   Not available Not available
25-0522 1*3.6. Time Certain ItemITEM MOVED TO 3.9 Adopt Resolutions Approving and Adopting the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Operating and Capital Rolling Biennial Budget and Providing for Levy of Ad-Valorem Property Taxes; and Approve the Santa Clara Valley Water District Reserve Policy.   Not available Not available
24-0910 13.7. Time Certain ItemAccept the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Safe, Clean Water and Natural Flood Protection Special Tax Summary Report; and Adopt a Resolution Providing for Levy of the Special Tax Rates and Authorizing a Procedure for Correcting Special Tax Amounts for Fiscal Year 2025-2026.   Not available Not available
24-0911 13.8. Time Certain ItemAdopt Resolutions Setting Increased Groundwater Production, Surface Water, Treated Water, and South County Recycled Water Charges for Fiscal Year 2025-2026.   Not available Not available
25-0391 1*3.9. Time Certain ItemAdopt Resolutions Approving and Adopting the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Operating and Capital Rolling Biennial Budget and Providing for Levy of Ad-Valorem Property Taxes; and Approve the Santa Clara Valley Water District Reserve Policy. (*Previously Listed as Item 3.6)   Not available Not available
25-0441 14.1. Consent Calendar ItemAdopt a Resolution Adopting Employee Salary Schedule Effective June 23, 2025, The Beginning of Pay Period 14 of Fiscal Year 2026.   Not available Not available
25-0427 14.2. Consent Calendar ItemAdopt a Resolution Declaring a Portion of Real Property Owned by the Santa Clara Valley Water District (APN 386-21-37) as Exempt Surplus Land and Authorize the Exchange of Real Property Interests with Saratoga Woods Community Association for Encroachment Mitigation Related to the Saratoga Creek Hazardous Tree Removal and Restoration Project, Project No. 60061058, on APN 386-21-039 (Saratoga, District 5).   Not available Not available
25-0429 14.3. Consent Calendar ItemAdopt a Resolution Declaring a Portion of Real Property Owned by the Santa Clara Valley Water District (APN: 652-03-020) to be Exempt Surplus Land and Authorize the Exchange of Real Property Interests with San Jose Water Company on APN 477-12-024. (San Jose, District 1).   Not available Not available
25-0398 14.4. Consent Calendar ItemAdopt Plans and Specifications and Authorize Advertisement for Bids for the Calabazas Creek Erosion Repair Project, Project No. 62084001, Contract No. C0715 (Cupertino, District 5).   Not available Not available
25-0358 14.5. Consent Calendar ItemAdopt Plans and Specifications and Authorize Advertisement for Bids for Construction of the Palo Alto Flood Basin Tide Gate Structure Seismic Retrofit and Rehabilitation Project, Project No. 10394001, Contract No. CO710 (Palo Alto, District 7).   Not available Not available
25-0093 14.6. Consent Calendar ItemAdopt Recommended Positions on Federal Legislation: H.R. 2594 (Crawford) - To Establish a Water Risk and Resilience Organization to Develop Risk and Resilience Requirements for the Water Sector; H.R. 2344 (Schakowsky) / S. 1118 (Markey) - Water Intelligence, Security, and Cyber (Water ISAC) Threat Protection Act; H.R. 2766 (Fallon) - Special District Fairness and Accessibility Act; H.R. 2774 (Harder) - Safeguarding Our Levees Act; And Other Legislation That May Require Consideration by the Board.   Not available Not available
25-0034 14.7. Consent Calendar ItemAdopt Recommended Positions on State Legislation: SB 598 (Durazo) Construction Manager/General Contractor Project Delivery Method, and Other Legislation Which May Require Urgent Consideration for a Position by the Board.   Not available Not available
25-0394 24.8. Consent Calendar ItemAdopt a Resolution Making Responsible Agency Findings Under the California Environmental Quality Act and Approve and Authorize the Interim Chief Executive Officer to Execute the Joint Use Agreement No. A5407X, with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service’s Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge for the Stevens Creek West Levee Trail on Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Pond A2W East Levee Between Shoreline Regional Park and Edge of San Francisco Bay (Mountain View, District 7).   Not available Not available
25-0357 24.9. Consent Calendar ItemDenial of Claim of Leticia (Lety) Villa.   Not available Not available
25-0316 14.10. Consent Calendar ItemApproval of Minutes.   Not available Not available
25-0486 1*4.11. Consent Calendar ItemAccept the CEO Bulletin for the Weeks of May 9 - 22, 2025.   Not available Not available
25-0412 25.1. Board of Directors ItemApprove the Appointment of a Santa Clara Valley Water District Voting Representative to Vote for the Association of California Water Agencies Board President, Board Vice President, and Region Board Members for the 2026-’27 Term.   Not available Not available
25-0487 1*5.2. Board of Directors ItemBoard Committee Reports.   Not available Not available
25-0449 16.1. Water Utility Enterprise ItemApprove the Standard Consultant Agreement, Agreement No. A5379A, with Brown and Caldwell, Inc. for Technical Support Services for State and Federal Funding Opportunities for Water Reuse, PlanetBids File No. VW0511, for a Total Not-to-Exceed Fee of $2,500,000.   Not available Not available
25-0453 17.1. Watersheds ItemApprove the Standard On-Call Consultant Agreements with Four Consultant Firms: AECOM Technical Services, Inc., Agreement No. A5312A; Balance Hydrologics, Inc., Agreement No. A5313A; FlowWest, LLC., Agreement No. A5314A; and GEI Consultants, Inc., Agreement No. A5315A, to Provide On-Call Design and Technical Services for Fish Passage Remediation and Habitat Enhancement, PB File VW0264, for a Shared Not-to-Exceed Aggregate Fee of $5,000,000.   Not available Not available
25-0440 18.1. Assistant CEO ItemApprove Amendment No. 4 to Agreement No. A3941A with GEI Consultants, Inc., for Design Consultant Services for the Guadalupe Dam Seismic Retrofit Project, Project No. 91894002, Increasing the Not-to-Exceed Fee by $6,559,061 for a Revised Total Not-to-Exceed Fee of $13,934,848 and Extending the Agreement Term to December 31, 2028 (San Jose, District 7).   Not available Not available
25-0488 1*10.1. CEO ItemCEO and Chiefs’ Reports.   Not available Not available
25-0465 113.1. Future Board Agenda ItemReview the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Board Policy Planning Calendar.   Not available Not available



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