Searsville Watershed Restoration Project
Summary
SCH Number
2023020346
Lead Agency
California Department of Water Resources
(DWR)
Document Title
Searsville Watershed Restoration Project
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
General Plan Designations: Mixed, Institutional/Open Study/Future Study; Residential; Major Educational & Institutional Uses; Medium Density Residential
Zoning: Residential Estates District/Residential Density Districts #10 and #11; Single Family Suburban Residential District; Special Conservation Area; One-family Residential-Weekend Acres; Open Space and Field Research; General Use
Document Description
The proposed Project involves modifying Searsville Dam to reestablish sediment transport processes and fish passage conditions past Searsville Dam, restoring stream and riparian habitats above the dam, removing a substantial amount of sediment trapped behind the dam, relocating the Searsville Reservoir water diversion downstream to the San Francisquito Creek Pump Station, expanding the Pump Station’s capacity, and relocating historic non-potable water supply and storage from Searsville Reservoir to an expanded Felt Reservoir and new Felt Dam, to enhance water supply reliability during drought and other emergency conditions and improve public safety.
Contact Information
Name
Steve Rothert
Agency Name
Department of Water Resources
Job Title
DWR Project Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
East Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, Portola Valley, Woodside
Counties
San Mateo, Santa Clara
Regions
Citywide, Countywide, San Francisco Bay Area, Unincorporated
Cross Streets
Multiple, see NOP
Zip
94062
Total Acres
510
Parcel #
Varies - see NOP
State Highways
280, 84, 82, 101
Railways
Caltrain
Airports
Palo Alto Airport
Schools
Woodland School, Fusion Academy, Silicon Valley International
Waterways
Searsville and Felt reservoirs, San Francisquito and Los Trancos Creeks, SF Bay
Township
5S, 6S
Range
2W, 3W
Section
9-24
Base
MD
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marin Region 7 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Delta Protection Commission, Delta Stewardship Council, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office of Historic Preservation, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT)
Development Types
Other (Restoration Project)
Local Actions
Restoration Project
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
Local Review Period Start
Local Review Period End
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
State Comment Letters [Comments from state reviewing agencies]
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