Creeks Committees, Barron Park (Neighborhood) Association
Committee Chair: Christian Kalar
Government Agencies and Regulations
The creeks within the Barron Park neighborhood are privately owned,
but are subject to rules by a variety of agencies.
The primary agency is the
Santa Clara Valley Water District,
with
California's Department of Fish and Game
also important.
Environmental regulations apply not just to the creeks and their banks but
to land within 50 feet of the center of the creek.
See a partial collection of links.
Resources
Issues: Current and Ongoing
- Matadero/Barron Remediation Project: Final considerations (2002):
Flood wall heights in Midtown (esp Ross, Louis and Greer):
SCVWD Evaluation of Alternatives:
PDF
and
MS Word
- Flooding risk:
in upcoming rainy seasons due to
undersizing of the lower Matadero channel
- Summary:
- Discovered in summer 1997
- Initial problem discovered at Louis Road bridge,
but the scope of the problem grew during several rounds
of exploring the problem.
- Interim measure:
The bypass channel from Barron Creek to Matadero Creek
has had a gate installed and it will be shut if Matadero
is in danger of overflowing.
- In the big storm of February 1998,
the gate was closed and the Barron Creek sediment basin
overflowed briefly.
However, because there was a gate rather than a static
barrier, enough water was moved from Barron to Matadero
early in the storm to avoid flooding
(from the creek: there was some flooding from runoff
from yards and streets).
- Remedy: being delayed by engineering studies and funding
decisions.
- Archive of interactions with Water District (predominantly meetings in Fall 1997 through Summer 1998).
History
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