Continuing Authorities Program (CAP) 205 Project

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Continuing Authorities Program (CAP) 205 Project


May 22, 2003 JPA Board Meeting



A flood control project for San Francisquito Creek
was approved by the San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority (JPA) Board at
the May 22, 2003 meeting. The funding for San Francisquito Creek was made
available through the Continuing Authorities Project (CAP) 205, a program of the
Army Corps of Engineers-San Francisco District Office. The Federal offer of
$7 million is for construction work along the 14-mile system that runs from
Interstate 280 to the bay. The board requested that the project -- granted to
the JPA by the Army Corps last summer -- focus on the portion of the creek
between Highway 101 and the San Francisco Bay.

 

Potential plans selected for the Army Corps'
consideration include adding flow capacity at Highway 101 with a new culvert,
widening the channel below 101, or creating a second channel, or flood basin,
inside Palo Alto's municipal golf course. Also to be studied will
be solutions that increase the creek's
capacity, stabilize the banks, and/or deal with in-stream impediments to high
flows.

 

Creek neighbors, frightened by the threat of
flooding and eager to see something done immediately, want the $10 million
project to be the first step in safeguarding all those living near the creek. It
is expected to take three to five years, beginning
with the Army Corps' study, and would require approximately $3 million of local
matching funds. It would also add security for Palo Alto and East Palo Alto
residents and businesses most vulnerable to raging creek water.

 

The following PowerPoint presentation was made at
the May 22, 2003 JPA Board meeting (6.5MB in PDF format):

 

href="http://www.afh.com/dsfna1/SF%20Creek%20CAP/CAP_presentation052203.pdf">http://www.afh.com/dsfna1/SF Creek CAP/CAP_presentation052203.pdf

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