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Upper Llagas Creek (E6)

Fiscal Year ‘14 ‘15 ‘16 ‘17 ‘18 ‘19 ‘20 ‘21 ‘22 ‘23 ‘24 ‘25 ‘26 ‘27 ‘28 Upper Llagas Creek Permitting FY 19 Design and Purchase Flood Protection Project Schedule

PHASE 1 Construction

Priority E Permitting : Provide flood protection to homes, businesses, schools and highways. FY 19 Design and Land Purchase Schedule

PHASE 2 Construction Submit to FEMA for certification. Project update After a complex planning and design effort, acquisitions of approximately Topics Inside: Periodic community meetings and project updates 150 parcels and Agency permit negotiations, the Upper Llagas • Protecting people and Creek Flood Protection Project is ready to break ground in fall 2019. Your Vote at Work • Project map and reaches This project by extends approximately 13.9 miles from • Construction overview than 800 miles of in Santa Clara County, Valley Water In November 2012, voters passed the Safe, Clean Water and owns and manages about 275 miles of streams. We operate downstream of Buena Vista Avenue in Gilroy, and upstream to just beyond • Project funding Natural flood Protection Program. The 15-year program makes it nearly 400 acres of recharge . We provide • Project timeline Llagas Road within the City of Morgan Hill. Construction will occur in two possible to protect homes, schools and businesses from flooding; wholesale water and groundwater management services to • Your Vote at Work improve the health of creeks and bay ; and create local municipalities and private water retailers who deliver phases each with specific planned improvements. The phases are identified • About Valley Water trails and parks for recreational enjoyment. to homes and businesses. Valley Water is the on the project map (inside). This project is Priority E in the Program, which is providing flood protection authority for Santa Clara County, annually $54.4 million of the approximate $180 million project cost. preparing creeks for winter through maintenance, Funding sources include: the City of Morgan Hill ($3 million); removal, repair and management. 2000 voter approved Clean, Safe Creeks and Natural Flood We have invested more than $1 billion in flood protection Protection Fund ($17.3 million); 2012 voter approved Safe efforts to protect nearly 100,000 parcels with many more Clean Water Fund ($37.1 million); Department of projects planned. Water State Subventions Program ($32 million); and Watershed and Stewardship ($40 million).

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valleywater Join our mailing list: https://delivr.com/2uz9z The Upper Llagas Creek runs through South Santa Clara County. © 2019 Santa Clara Valley Water District • 7/2019 JL Upper Llagas Creek Flood Protection Project

Priority E: Provide flood protection to homes, businesses, schools and highways.

PAE (4.2 miles)

a Reach 4 2.4 miles d r o Reach 5 0.3 miles El Toro n Elementary E Main Ave e organ ill Reach 7a 1.5 miles School C Tennant Creek N a E Dunne Ave Silveira On-site mitgation n Britton n Murphy Ave School e Llagas Rd l PAE Galvan Park PAE (9.7 miles) Morgan Hill Community Center Reach 5 eac Peak Ave 0.2 miles Reach 6 Barrett 3.2 miles Cesbro San PedroElementary Ave Morgan Hill City Hall School Tennant Ave Reach 7b 1.4 miles eservoir and Civic Center 101 Reach 8 1.5 miles Llagas CreekWest Little PAE Reach 14 3.4 miles Fisher Ave eac b Est. 100-year ood area Sycamorer Ave

Maple Ave E Middle Ave k e Coyote e Edmundson Ave Center Ave Columbet Ave r eservoir C Paradise

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Wiechert Park Lake L la ilveira Center Creek g San Martin/ a W Middle Ave Gwinn s Elementary C Watsonville Rd School r California Ave e East Little Llagas Creek PAE ek eac ew Creek Foothill Ave an W San MartinPAE Ave South County artin Airport eac 6 k ee Uvas Cr Curc Percolation Ponds urc eservoir Church Ave C ayes Creek Highland Ave Monterey Rd PAE West ranc Llagas Creek eac New Ave The project runs 13.9 miles through City of Gilroy, City of Morgan Hill and the unincorporated area of San Martin. S a n ta T e Masten Ave Construction overview Work in non-residential areas could go until 10 p.m. re s L a la g Night work activities could include construction on bridges, B a lv s Two construction phases are planned d eac C roadways, utility relocation, mobilization, preparatory work, r PAE e where improvements will occur. Phase 1 Rucker Ave e traffic control, and clearing. Rucker k Elementary construction is anticipated to start in fall School PAE 2019 and includes Reaches 4, 7a, eac Residents can expect increased truck traffic, noise, dust and Lake Silveira and a portion of Reach 5. ilroy temporary road and trail closures at various project points Phase 2 construction is anticipated to start Buena Vista Ave during construction. Valley Water will continue to use best in 2020 and includes the remainder management practices to minimize construction disturbances of Reach 5, Reaches 6, 7b, 8 and 14. (i.e., noise, dust, etc.) to the neighborhood as much as is Protecting people and property point for specific project activities shown on the project practical and work with the contractor to address resident Some constructed elements will consist of creek widening concerns as they arise. Valley Water is dedicated to keeping residents and businesses safe map (above). and deepening, a high water flow bypass , box through its flood protection programs. Each winter, hundreds of replacements, utility relocations, of streamside households and businesses in Morgan Hill are susceptible When completed, the project will: habitat, and instream habitat improvements for . Mitigation Project funding to flooding from Llagas Creek and its during major • Provide flood protection for approximately 1,100 homes, improvements at Lake Silveira include creation of and The total cost of the Upper Llagas Creek Flood Protection Project events. 500 businesses, and more than 1,300 acres of agricultural land restoration of 2,000 linear feet of Llagas Creek that is currently is approximately $180 million, including planning, design, real in southern Santa Clara County. abandoned. estate acquisitions, utility relocations and construction. Funding The Upper Llagas Creek Flood Protection Project consists of • Save residents and businesses thousands of dollars on flood comes from the voter-approved Clean, Safe Creeks and Natural approximately 13.9 miles of flood protection improvements along insurance each year (upon completion and Federal Construction will occur year-round, with in-channel work done Flood Protection fund; Safe, Clean Water Protection Program East Little Llagas Creek, West Little Llagas Creek, and Llagas Creeks Management Agency certification). during the dry season (early May through mid-October). Phase 1 fund; Watershed Stream Stewardship Fund; State of California; • Provide increased public safety by protecting residences and within the cities of Gilroy, Morgan Hill, and the unincorporated construction in residential areas will take place Monday-Saturday, and the City of Morgan Hill. area of San Martin. The project is separated into sections, called businesses from flooding. from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Work in these areas will be subject to local reaches, with each reach representing a geographic start and end • Preserve and enhance the creek habitat for fish and wildlife. noise ordinances.