Stream Maintenance Program Renewal

Stream Maintenance Program Renewal

Since 2002, the Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water) has administered the Stream Maintenance Program (SMP or Program) to guide, manage, and conduct routine maintenance of streams, improved channels, and related flood protection facilities such that these facilities can continue to provide adequate flow conveyance capacity and function properly. Routine maintenance is necessary to reduce flood risks, ensure structural integrity of Valley Water facilities, enhance ecologic function, and ensure public safety. The general Program Area includes Santa Clara County below the 1,000-foot-contour in both the Santa Clara Valley basin and Pajaro River Watershed. However, Valley Water maintains a much smaller subset of channels and streams within the overall Program Area. Maintenance activities are generally limited to locations where Valley Water has land rights, approximately 333 miles of creeks and channels. The EIR for the original SMP and associated Manual was certified in 2002. In 2011, Valley Water updated the Program and Manual (referred to as "SMP-2") to reflect the 2014 through 2023 planning period and various refinements to the Program. A subsequent EIR (SEIR) was prepared for this update and was certified in 2012. Valley Water has updated the Program Manual again to reflect modifications to maintenance techniques and activities, Program work limits, best management practices, mitigation strategies, and other refinements since the last program update. The current planning process also includes updating the SMP's environmental compliance documentation and renewing the Program's permits. The current update is referred to as the "Program Renewal" or "SMP-3" throughout the Notice of Completion. The Program Renewal is intended to cover the 10-year planning period between 2027 and 2036. The Program Renewal involves six categories of work activities: vegetation management, sediment removal, bank stabilization, management of animal conflicts, downed tree management, and minor maintenance. A full description of the activities are described in the attached Subsequent DEIR in Chapter 2, "Project Description."

Campbell, Cupertino, Gilroy, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Los Gatos, Milpitas, Monte Sereno, Morgan Hill, Mountain View, Palo Alto, San Jose, Santa Clara, Saratoga, Sunnyvale

Santa Clara

Countywide

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Coastal Commission (CCC), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marin Region 7 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR), California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region 3 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), California State Coastal Conservancy (SCC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Delta Stewardship Council, Office of Historic Preservation, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, University of California Natural Reserve System (UCNRS)

Other (not applicable)

Other (Maintenance Program Renewal)

Aesthetics, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire