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Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager to Execute a First Amendment with CMG Landscape Architecture for up to $75,000, Including Contingencies, for a Total Contract Amount Not-To-Exceed $2,842,000, to Provide Additional Technical Services Related to the Sea Level Rise Adaptation Projects.
This project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under CEQA Guidelines section 15262 - Feasibility and Planning Studies. (Planning Building and Transportation 10062032)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jennifer Ott, 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). They have also been supporting the Oakland-Alameda Subregional Adaptation Plan (Subregional Plan). The purpose of this agenda item is to request City Council authorize the City Manager to execute a First Amendment with CMG Landscape Architecture for up to $75,000, including contingencies, for a total contract amount not-to-exceed $2,842,000, to continue providing technical services related to the abovementioned adaptation projects.
BACKGROUND
This adaptation agenda item is a culmination of the following City Council actions:
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 BFI that is hydraulically connected to State Route 61 (SR-61)/Doolittle Drive Oakland Airport and parts of the City of Oakland (Oakland).
In 2022 and 2023, City Council adopted the Climate Adaptation and Hazard Mitigation Plan, and through a series of budget, g...
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