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Adoption of Resolution Amending the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Budget to Increase Authorized Expenditures in the Capital Improvement Project (CIP) Budget by Creating a New CIP Fund No. C71600 for South Shore Adaptation Project and Funding a Geomorphology and Ecology Study for South Shore by (1) Transferring $140,000 From Estuary CIP No. C71300 To C71600; (2) Transferring $60,000 From Available Operating Funds in Fund 10062032 - 52010 to C71600; and
Adoption of Resolution Authorizing the Interim City Manager to Execute All Necessary Documents with the Resilient Cities Catalyst to Accept $40,000 in Grant Funding for South Shore Geomorphology and Ecology Study and Increasing the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Revenue and Expenditure Budgets of Capital Improvement Fund (C71600) by $40,000.
This project is exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under CEQA Guidelines Section 15262 (planning and feasibility studies). (Planning, Building and Transportation)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Adam Politzer, Interim City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Consistent with City Council direction, the City of Alameda (City) has been leading the Oakland Alameda Adaptation Committee (OAAC) to plan for sea level rise adaptation in the Oakland-Alameda subregion since 2021. OAAC has been working on two high-priority projects - the Estuary Adaptation Project (Estuary Project) and the Bay Farm Island Adaptation Project (BFI Project), and leading development of a Shoreline Adaptation Plan (Adaptation Plan). Alameda's Climate Action and Resiliency Plan (CARP) also identifies the South Shore area as a high priority and outlines an interagency collaborative approach to adapting the shoreline to sea level rise. The purpose of this agenda item is to request City Council to create and fund a new Capital Improvement Project (CIP) for the South Shore Adaptation Project and to authorize funding for a Geomorphology and Ecology Study.
BACKGROUND
Alameda's Sou...
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