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Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager to Execute a First Amendment of the Service Provider Agreement with Eastern Research Group for Continued Climate Action and Resiliency Plan Services by Extending the Term Five Months and Increasing the Compensation in an Amount Not to Exceed $78,542, Including Contingency, for a Total Agreement Expenditure of $378,437; and
Adoption of Resolution Increasing the Fiscal Year 2018-19 Capital Projects Fund Budget for the Climate Action Plan Project by $50,000 from the Tidelands Fund. (Public Works 310)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Eric Levitt, City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On May 2, 2018, the City entered into contract with Eastern Research Group (ERG) in the amount of $299,895. The original work scope included development of a new roadmap to reduce greenhouse (GHG) emissions and establishment of new climate action goals beyond 2020. In addition to GHG emission reduction strategies, the work scope included a climate awareness campaign, a public opinion survey, and the development of sea-level rise and other climate change adaptation strategies.
The new work scope for the First Amendment includes an economic assessment for building resiliency and the development of a report for Assembly Bill (AB) 691 compliance. AB 691 - Proactively Planning for Sea-Level Rise Impacts, affirmed that addressing the impacts of sea-level rise for legislatively granted public trust lands must be among the management priorities of a local trustee. The bill also requires local trustees meeting certain criteria, which the City of Alameda (City) does, to prepare and submit to the State Lands Commission, no later than July 1, 2019, an assessment of how it proposes to address sea-level rise.
BACKGROUND
On May 2, 2017, the City Council unanimously approved a high-priority referral directing staff to update the City's 2008 Local Action Plan for Climate Protection. On December 5, 2017, the City Counc...
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