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Adoption of Resolution to Nominate Priority Conservation Areas to the Association of Bay Area Governments.
In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act, this project is exempt from environmental review pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21150, feasibility and planning studies. (Planning Building and Transportation 20962710)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jennifer Ott, City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City of Alameda (City) has an opportunity to apply for designation for Priority Conservation Areas (PCAs) that will qualify us for additional regional grant opportunities. PCAs are designated geographic areas nominated by local jurisdictions and recognized by the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) to support regional conservation, resilience, and sustainability goals. The PCA designation process creates a map of areas that have the potential for conservation, enhancement, restoration and public access. Specific projects within designated PCAs may be eligible for future funding from the PCA Grant Program, which helps local governments, park districts, utility districts and other agencies protect or enhance properties designated as PCAs.
In May 2024, the ABAG Executive Board approved reforms to the PCA planning framework, marking the first substantial changes since its creation in 2007. The two-year PCA Refresh created new areas of eligibility, including most of Alameda. City staff has coordinated with the ABAG program manager to create the most cohesive and qualifying areas as possible, based on existing adopted Citywide planning efforts, including the Climate Action and Resiliency Plan, Urban Forest Plan / Equity Priority Planting Areas, Mobility Element, Open Space and Parks Element, Conservation and Climate Element, and historic / important tree corridors. Examples include planting trees in Priority Planting Areas under the urban forest plan to improve the Stargell corridor and Main Stre...
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