REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Consider Friends of Stevens Creek Trail Funding Request to Support the Local Match for a Grant Application to the Santa Clara Valley Water District to Remove a Fish Barrier on Stevens Creek; and Approve Budget Modification No. 45 to Appropriate up to $9,900
Report
BACKGROUND
In February 2016, the City Council approved the City's support of a share of the local match for a grant project to conduct planning studies to improve steelhead trout passage along Stevens Creek and approved $9,800 in funding towards the project (Attachment 1). The grant project was sponsored by the Friends of Stevens Creek. Sunnyvale's portion of the local match was funded by the City Council's Service-Level Set Aside allocation. The grant was awarded by the Santa Clara Valley Water District (Water District) in 2016. The study was completed in November 2017 and looked at the feasibility of removing eight fish migration barriers along Stevens Creek.
The Friends of Stevens Creek is now seeking partnerships with local agencies to support the local match funding needed for a grant that will construct improvements of one of the eight study sites. A letter was submitted to the Mayor and City Council during the February 6, 2018 City Council meeting (Attachment 2) requesting that the City of Sunnyvale contribute $9,900 towards this project. Similar requests have been made to and are being considered by the cities of Cupertino and Mountain View, town of Los Altos and Mid-Peninsula Open Space District.
EXISTING POLICY
General Plan, Chapter 7, Environmental Management, Goal EM-8 Protection of creeks and Bay; Assure the reasonable protection of beneficial uses of creeks and San Francisco Bay, established in the regional board's basin plan, and protect environmentally sensitive areas.
Pursuant to Sunnyvale Charter Section 1305, at any meeting after the adoption of the budget, the City Council may amend or supplement the budget by motion adopted by affirmative votes ...
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