Alviso Slough Restoration Project
5 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2007082071
Lead Agency
Santa Clara Valley Water District
Document Title
Alviso Slough Restoration Project
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Open Space
Document Description
The District will evaluate a range of alternatives to accomplish the following project objectives; (1) Resolve Alviso Slough's channel width and habitat to prior to 1983 conditions; (2) Improve the community's ability to pursue navigation, public access, and aesthetics to allow for the expansion of boating and other recreational and/or tourism opportunities; (3) Maintain one-percent flood protection in Alviso Slough; (4) Reduce mosquito nuisance; and (5) Promote the integration with the Salt Pond Restoration Program (including the Pond A8 Applied Study) to bring salt water connections to the Lower Guadalupe River. To accomplish these objectives, the environmental review process will analyze the removal of up to 24 acres of vegetation and/or sediment from Alviso Slough within the project area.
Contact Information
Name
Mike Coleman
Agency Name
Santa Clara Valley Water District
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
San Jose
Counties
Santa Clara
Cross Streets
Project within the banks of Alviso Slough, from Gold St. Bridge to Alviso Marina County Park
Zip
95002
Total Acres
2.7 to 25
State Highways
SR 237
Railways
United Pacific Railroad
Airports
San Jose (8 mi)
Schools
George Mayne Elementary School
Waterways
Alviso Slough (Guadalupe River); San Francisco Bay
Township
6S
Range
1W
Base
MDB&M
Other Location Info
City/Nearest Community: Alviso (City of San Jose)
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
Air Resources Board, Transportation Projects, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of State Parks, Division of Boating and Waterways, California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics, Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Resources Agency, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC)
Development Types
Recreational (Veg Removal/Dredging near Alviso Marina County Park and SBYC), Other (Channel vegetation removal)
Local Actions
Veg and/or sed removal
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Coastal Zone, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Economics/Jobs, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildlife, Global Climate Change, Environmental Justice
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