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Recommendation to Authorize the Interim City Manager to Execute a First Amendment with San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) for up to $44,200 for a Total Agreement Amount Not-To-Exceed $79,140 to Provide Additional Scientific Peer Review Services Related to Sea Level Rise Adaptation Projects.
Five items to be considered concurrently: Bay Farm Island adaptation project grants and funding and four agreements: Conger Moss Guillard Landscape Architecture, Greenbelt Alliance, Community Action for a Sustainable Alameda, and San Francisco Estuary Institute
This phase of the project involves planning studies for further actions, which are yet to be approved, and is thus exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review under CEQA Guidelines section 15262 - Feasibility and Planning Studies. Further environmental review will be conducted for the individual resilience projects upon development of infrastructure design work. (Planning Building and Transportation C71100)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Adam W. 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. The City with OAAC has been working on high-priority projects, including the Bay Farm Island Adaptation Project (BFI Project), and leading development of a Shoreline Adaptation Plan (Adaptation Plan).
City Council first authorized funding for the Bay Farm Island Project to protect the area from flooding in 2020. The purpose of this agenda item is for the City Council to authorize amending the agreement with the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) to continue the work as the Scientific Advisor for the BFI project and Adaptation Plan, funded by Prop 68 and SB1 grants. Action to approve this item needs to be considered concurrently with three other...
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