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6.1.A. - Page 2 <br />Recent Studies and Conceptual Proiect <br />Numerous studies and analyses have been completed over the past 30 years related to <br />the Bayfront Canal and Atherton Channel to evaluate the widespread flooding. In 2012, <br />the City of Redwood City hired Moffatt & Nichols to evaluate possible flood <br />improvements for the Bayfront Canal. As a result of this study, Moffatt & Nichols created <br />a feasibility study and conceptual plans to divert peak storm waters flows to the South <br />Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project at the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National <br />Wildlife Refuge (Salt Ponds Project). The Moffatt Nichols work became the basis for the <br />"Bayfront Canal and Atherton Channel Flood Management and Restoration Project" <br />(BC/AC Project). The conceptual design work was used to obtain a $1,135,000 grant as <br />part of the Proposition 84 Integrated Regional Water Management Plan grant program. <br />Finally, the BC/DC Project is the basis for the "Project" described in the MOU. An <br />overall area map that includes an approximate location of these improvements is <br />attached to this report. <br />In 2017, BKF Engineers completed a hydraulic and hydrology analysis of the whole <br />watershed for the Bayfront Canal and Atherton Channel on behalf of Stanford <br />University. The BKF study also recommended the BC/AC Project to improve flood <br />management in the watershed. For the purposes of this MOU, the BKF study became <br />the agreed upon basis to establish flow contributions among the various jurisdictions in <br />the watershed, which is presented below in Table 1. <br />Table 1. Flow Contribution to Bayfront Canal and Atherton Channel by Flow Contribution <br />Based on BKF Study <br />Jurisdiction <br />Town of Atherton <br />City of Redwood City <br />San Mateo County <br />City of Menlo Park <br />Town of Woodside <br />Watershed Area <br />43.7% <br />13.4% <br />19.8% <br />16.8% <br />6.4 <br />Flow Contribution <br />(rounded) <br />38.0% <br />26.0% <br />22.0% <br />10.5 <br />3.5 <br />Collaboration Effort <br />The Town of Woodside, Town of Atherton, City of Menlo Park, City of Redwood City <br />and the County of San Mateo (County) have participated in general discussions relative <br />to the Bayfront Canal/Atherton Channel Flood Management and Restoration Project for <br />several years. <br />On May 11, 2017, City Managers from the City of Redwood City, the City of Menlo Park, <br />and the Town of Atherton, met with the County Manager's Office about collaborating on <br />this Project. The consensus from the meeting was to draft an MOU for planning, design, <br />