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THE CITY OF ~'L£~S~4NTONd CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT March 6, 2007 Public Works Department TITLE: PRESENTATION ON ZONE 7'S STREAM MANAGEMENT MASTER PLAN AND STREAM MANAGEMENT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN SUMMARY The City Council has expressed interest in hearing a presentation from Zone 7 Water Agency regarding the past work and current status of its Stream Management Master Plan (SMMP). The SMMP is a master plan that addresses flood protection, drainage issues and other environmental and community enhancing needs affecting management of the streams and arroyos in the Tri-Valley area. The SMMP identified 45 individual projects to meet several resource area goals and objectives, in addition to the primary purpose of flood protection within the Valley. The Stream Management Implementation Plan (SMIP) is amulti-disciplined approach to prioritize these projects and develop the specific public outreach, engineering, environmental and financial needs of each identified project. This report provides a general summary of the SMMP and the SMIP for Council's information. Representatives from Zone 7 staff and consulting teams are present to give more details on the plans and describe the current and future direction of these important flood control and environmental/community enhancing plans and their related projects within the City and the Tri-Valley area. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that Council hear the presentation and provide input to Zone 7 and City staff, as needed, regarding the future direction of both the SMMP and SMIP projects and process. FINANCIAL STATEMENT The funding to develop the SMMP and proceed with the SMIP has come from a combination of past Zone 7 flood control related property taxes (collected generally for channel maintenance/improvement) and flood control related new development fees. The fees are paid into Zone 7's Special Drainage Area 7-1 Fund and are based upon the increase in impervious area that new development projects contribute to the increase in the timing and amount of runoff into the local streams and arroyos. Future funding alternatives for implementing the 45 projects identified in the SMMP are being developed as part of the work effort within the SMIP.