DATE: January 10, 2019
TO: Council Airport Committee
FROM: Interim Director of Public Works
SUBJECT:
Title
Update on the Sulphur Creek Mitigation Design Project
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That the Council Airport Committee (CAC) reviews and comments on the information provided in the staff report.
SUMMARY
The FAA determined that a portion of Sulphur Creek traversing Hayward Executive Airport poses a potential safety hazard to aircraft that may veer off runways in an emergency or for other reasons. The preferred solution is to enclose the open channels of the creek in box culvert and grade the areas immediately surrounding the channels.
This three-phase project is now in the second phase - project design. The consultant for this phase, Kimley-Horn, was approved by Council on July 24, 2018, and the grant for this project from the FAA was also accepted in the same action. After full execution of the agreement in early September 2018, the following tasks were completed:
• Geotechnical studies;
• Topographical surveys;
• Biologist review of project site, and
• Initiation of the permitting process through the Army Corps of Engineers, Regional Water Quality Control Board, and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment I Staff Report