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City of San Leandro City Council Meeting Date: May 15, 2023 Agenda Number: 11.h. Agenda Section: CONSENT CALENDAR File Number: 23-176 File Type: Staff Report Adopt a Resolution to Approve and Authorize the City Manager to Execute a Fully Grant-Funded Consulting Services Agreement with Terraphase Engineering in the Amount of $161,000 to Develop a Sea Level Rise Master Plan COUNCIL PRIORITY ·Infrastructure ·Sustainability & Resiliency SUMMARY California Resilience Challenge has awarded the City of San Leandro grant funds in the amount of $161,000 for the development of a Sea Level Rise Master Plan to address sea level rise. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends the City Council approve and authorize the City Manager execute a consulting services agreement in the amount of $161,000 for Terraphase Engineering and its subconsultants to develop the Sea Level Rise Master Plan, anticipated to take place from May 2023 to December 2024. The grant is effective February 1, 2023 to January 1, 2025 . BACKGROUND Development of sea level rise strategies was identified as an action item in the City’s adopted 2021 Climate Action Plan , as an adaption strategy for improving community-wide public health, maintaining robust and resilient infrastructure, and increasing resilience of vulnerable populations against the hazards of flooding. The City of San Leandro was awarded a California Resilience Challenge grant of $161,000 to cover the compilation of sea level rise data, development of adaptation strategies, and development of the Sea Level Rise Master Plan . The project will result in a complete master plan, with the intent that a second future phase of developing engineering designs for green infrastructure and other future construction could be pursued. City staff will provide in-kind labor for the public outreach and engagement, as well as grant administration. Terraphase Engineering and its subconsultants Raimi + Associates were chosen to be the consultants on the project following a competitive RFP process. Analysis The San Leandro Sea Level Rise Master Plan will provide a framework for resilience to prepare for sea level rise and flooding. The primary goals of the project are to create a resilient shoreline environment for people and ecology, enhance the shoreline environment to reduce risk to critical infrastructure and built assets, build social resilience in the community, build capacity for future generations to adapt to climate change, and engage frontline communities with multi-lingual and culturally relevant strategies. San Leandro’s 2017 Climate Vulnerability Assessment determined significant economic, transportation, and public health impacts that could result from neighborhoods, schools, and Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 5/10/2023