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City of San Leandro City Council Meeting Date: February 21, 2023 Agenda Number: 10.c. Agenda Section: CONSENT CALENDAR File Number: 22-751 File Type: Staff Report Adopt a Resolution to Accept a California Resilience Challenge Grant in the Amount of $161,000 to Develop a Shoreline Master Plan for Sea Level Rise from Feb 2023 to Jan 2025 COUNCIL PRIORITY ·Infrastructure ·Sustainability & Resiliency SUMMARY The California Resilience Challenge, a grants program administered by the Bay Area Council, has awarded the City of San Leandro grant funds in the amount of $161,000 for the development of the Shoreline Master Plan to address sea level rise. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends the City Council accept grant funds in the amount of $161,000 from the California Resilience Challenge to develop the Shoreline Master Plan, anticipated to take place from February 2023 to July 2024. Staff also recommends City Council approval of appropriating grant funds to expense account 150-57-204-5120. 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 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 California Resilience Challenge grant will cover the compilation of sea level rise data, development of adaptation strategies, and development of the Shoreline 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. A consultant will be identified to conduct the plan development scope of work. Analysis The San Leandro Shoreline 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 businesses being flooded. Invasive plant species and up-shore groins and riprap have interfered Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 2/15/2023