Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Jonathan Gervais, Parks Director
Subject: Memorandum of Agreement for the San Andreas Pipeline No. 2 Upgrade Project in Junipero Serra Park and CEQA findings regarding same
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution:
A) Authorizing the President of the Board of Supervisors to execute a Memorandum of Agreement and all necessary ancillary documents between the City and County of San Francisco and the County of San Mateo regarding that portion of the San Andreas Pipeline No. 2 Upgrade Project that crosses Junipero Serra Park; and
B) Adopting CEQA findings regarding the same, contained in Exhibit-A.
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BACKGROUND:
The City and County of San Francisco (CCSF), acting through its Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC), is upgrading the San Andreas Pipeline, which is part of a regional water system that serves San Francisco and twenty-seven wholesale water customers. A portion of the San Andreas Pipeline No. 2 Upgrade Project (Project) is located within a forty-five foot wide easement that crosses San Mateo County's Junipero Serra Park. The easement was granted for purposes that include the construction, reconstruction, repair, replacement, and inspection of the pipeline. In addition, the easement deed grants CCSF the rights of ingress to and egress over County property to any extent necessary or convenient in connection with the exercise and enjoyment of CCSF's easement rights.
The proposed Project will replace approximately 1,800 feet of 54 inch diameter water pipeline with new pipeline of the same size. Replacement will occur by open-cut excavation with an average depth of 10 feet and a maximum depth of 16 feet. The Project will require the clearing of vegetation within the easement, including removal of all trees immediately above or within 15 feet of the pipeline edges. These trees will not be replaced pursuant to SFPUC's Right of Wa...
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