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6.1.A. - Page 5 <br />laying out a cost sharing framework among the municipal agencies for the overall flood <br />protection management of the Bayfront Canal and Atherton Channel watershed. <br />ALTERNATIVES <br />Council may choose to not authorize execution of the agreement. If the MOU is not <br />executed, the Collaborative may not pursue design and construction of the Bayfront <br />Canal and Atherton Channel Flood Improvement Project. The City may proceed with the <br />design and construction of the BC/AC Project separately, however additional funding <br />will need to be allocated to proceed with the project to full completion. <br />FISCAL IMPACT <br />The Memorandum of Understanding allocates costs to each member agency of the <br />Collaborative based on their stormwater flow contributions to the Bayfront Canal and <br />Atherton. The MOU has a maximum expenditure limit of $1,000,000 to be spent by the <br />Collaborative and the financial obligation allocated to the City of Redwood City will be <br />$261,000 if the expenditure cap is reached. As of July 31, 2017, the Capital Outlay <br />Fund has a balance of $3,299,918.38 for Bayfront Watershed Management and Habitat <br />Restoration, which is sufficient to cover the City's entire share of the financial <br />contribution. <br />ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW <br />The MOU is not a project under CEQA as defined in the CEQA Guidelines, section <br />15378, because it will not result in either a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect <br />physical change in the environment. The MOU does not commit any agency to <br />construct a specific project. However, when the design and environmental review are <br />completed for the BC/AC Project, CEQA and NEPA consideration and action will be <br />conducted before commencing with any physical work. The BC/AC project may build on <br />the EIS/EIR already certified for the South Bay Salt Ponds Restoration Project, which <br />analyzed the BC/AC Project as one of the alternatives for Phase II of the Salt Ponds <br />Project. <br />AHMAD HAYA <br />SENIOR CIVIL ENGINEER <br />AARON AKNIN <br />ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR <br />