Anderson Dam Seismic Retrofit Project Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR)

The Santa Clara Valley Water District is undertaking a major infrastructure initiative to retrofit Anderson Dam to meet modern seismic safety standards, enabling the restoration of Anderson Reservoir to its original capacity while ensuring public safety and minimizing ecological disruption. The project includes decommissioning the existing hydroelectric facility and implementing Conservation Measures along Coyote Creek to offset environmental impacts. Post-construction, the district will operationalize FAHCE-Plus modified reservoir releases and establish an adaptive management program to monitor structural integrity and ecological responses over time. Although the project is extensive in scope, the available documentation does not provide the total project cost or formal contract value; only a $4,173.50 environmental filing fee for the Draft Environmental Impact Report was identified, which is an administrative cost tied to regulatory compliance rather than construction expenditure. The project is governed under the California Environmental Quality Act, with the Lead Agency producing a full Environmental Impact Report and adopting mitigation measures as conditions of approval, including ongoing monitoring and reporting. The place of performance is firmly established at Anderson Dam and Coyote Creek in Morgan Hill, California, with all environmental documentation, approvals, and public notices routed through Santa Clara County and state regulatory channels. The district has designated Tiffany Chao as the primary project manager and Jeremy Farr as the principal planner for coordination and public engagement. Despite the presence of detailed environmental compliance procedures, the documentation does not include standard federal contract elements such as FAR clauses, evaluated award factors, inspection and acceptance criteria, contract type (FFP, IDIQ), payment office instructions, or contractor certifications like UEI or CAGE codes. The absence of structured procurement clauses, delivery schedules, invoicing mechanisms, or formal COR/COTR assignments indicates this is primarily an environmental planning and approval phase under CEQA, not the execution stage of a federal-style contract. All submissions and approvals are managed through the County Clerk-Recorder’s Office, and public access to the Final EIR is provided via the district’s website, reflecting a transparent, locally administered process focused on regulatory adherence and environmental stewardship rather than commercial contracting procedures.