REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Authorize the City Manager to Execute a Revised 2023 Amended and Restated Joint Use Agreement Between the City of Sunnyvale and Santa Clara Valley Water District for the Sunnyvale West Channel and Sunnyvale East Channel Project
Report
BACKGROUND
In August 2015, the Sunnyvale City Council (RTC No. 15-0665) authorized the City Manager to enter into a Joint Use Agreement (JUA) with Valley Water for trail improvements and recreational uses along the Sunnyvale West and Sunnyvale East Channels. The JUA was executed in 2016 following approval by the Valley Water Board of Directors.
The 2016 JUA provided that Valley Water would construct a series of infrastructure upgrades for additional flood protection and improved water quality in the Sunnyvale West Channel and Sunnyvale East Channel. The City committed to providing funding ($500,000) to pave the maintenance road on each channel for use as a public trail. After project completion, the City will be responsible for maintenance of the public trails. Valley Water has not yet completed the infrastructure improvements.
In May 2020, City Council approved a Special Development Permit for development of a Google office campus at 360 W. Caribbean Drive (RTC No. 20-0433). The project is under construction and includes proposed trail improvements to a portion of the West Channel and modified the planned Valley Water Flood Protection Project on Sunnyvale West Channel in the area from Caribbean Drive. In March 2022, City Council approved a Revised JUA between the City of Sunnyvale and Valley Water (RTC No. 22-0028) that included inclusion of the east side of the West Channel on the Google Caribbean campus. The Revised JUA was executed on April 13, 2022 (Attachment 1).
In June 2022, Google submitted a Miscellaneous Plan Permit (MPP) 2022-7354 for a different project abutting the West Channel, entitled as the Google Moffett Park Green Link Bordeaux-Borregas Bridge (Project). The Project proposes ...
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