Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Jim Eggemeyer, Director, Office of Sustainability
Subject: Final Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment and Climate Change Preparedness Action Plan
RECOMMENDATION:
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Accept the Final Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment for the Bayside and North Coast of San Mateo County and direct staff to complete the assessment for the South Coast and County Facilities and continue work on the County's Climate Change Preparedness Action Plan.
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BACKGROUND:
The County launched Sea Change SMC in 2015 to bring together and provide resources to local governments and agencies in San Mateo County on the issue of sea level rise. The first two Sea Change SMC tasks included developing a Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment (Assessment) and initiating a community engagement process to build support for cross jurisdictional collaboration on preparations for climate change impacts.
The County has worked with a broad coalition of governments and also with community stakeholders to develop the Assessment. The study area for the Assessment includes the entire Bayshore and the North Coast (Half Moon Bay north) and focuses on the most significant impacts of climate change in San Mateo County: increased flooding and erosion due to sea level rise. The Assessment lists assets by city and unincorporated areas that are exposed to sea level rise across different sectors, including transportation, energy, wastewater infrastructure, hospitals, schools, and natural and recreational areas. The study also explores public health risks and community vulnerability, provides a detailed vulnerability analysis of 29 assets and one community, and includes asset exposure inventory lists for all 20 cities and the unincorporated areas in San Mateo County.
Since presenting the draft Assessment to the Board of Supervisors on April 11, 2017, staff reviewed and responded to comm...
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