To: Members of the Commission on Persons with Disabilities
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 the Oakland-Alameda Subregional Adaptation Plan (Subregional Plan). These planning efforts include analyses of conditions and recommendations for consideration by OAAC and the City on the concept designs, funding, phasing and governance. The purpose of this agenda item is to request City Council to endorse the concept designs for the two projects and to provide a status update of the Subregional Plan.
BACKGROUND
This adaptation agenda item is a culmination of several City Council actions over the years with key direction as follows and details provided in the below webpage links:
In 2019, City Council adopted the Climate Action and Resiliency Plan (CARP), which outlines an interagency collaborative approach to prepare for sea level rise and address priority flooding locations, such as flooding on BFI that is hydraulically connected to the State Route 61 (SR-61)/Doolittle Drive Oakland Airport area and parts of the City of Oakland (Oakland).
In 2022, City Council adopted the Climate Adaptation and Hazard Mitigation Plan, and through a series of budget actions and grant authorizations, enabled funding to support OAAC's work on the early concept phase of sea level rise planning and project development. Currently, OAAC is working on the following planning efforts:
* Estuary Adaptation Project: www.alamedaca.gov/AdaptationEstuary
* BFI Adaptation Project: www.alamedaca.gov/AdaptationBayFarmIsland
* Subregional Adaptation Plan: www.alamedaca.gov/AdaptationLongTermPlan
In 2024, City Council held a work session o...
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