Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Jim Eggemeyer, Director, Office of Sustainability
Subject: Agreement with Revell Coastal for South Coast Sea Level Rise Vulnerability and Adaptation Plan Project
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an agreement with Revell Coastal for consulting services to conduct a sea level rise vulnerability assessment and develop adaptation strategies for the southern coast of San Mateo County for the term of March 12, 2019 through June 30, 2020, in an amount not to exceed $200,000.
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BACKGROUND:
The South Coast of San Mateo County is known for its natural assets, its ocean views, farms and other working lands, redwood forests, State Route 1, and extensive parks and open space. Because of these assets and limited urban development, the South Coast is the most rural zone in the greater Bay Area. A large portion of the coast is protected open space held by public agencies or land trusts. Small towns, such as Pescadero, with historic and rural coastal character are dotted in between ranches and open space. However, sea level rise is expected to affect the people, property, economy, infrastructure, and ecosystems of south coast San Mateo County.
In 2015, the County launched Sea Change SMC, which is a County program addressing the issue of sea level rise. In 2018, Sea Change SMC released a Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment (Assessment) for the entire Bayshore and the North Coast (Half Moon Bay north). The County worked with a broad coalition of governments and community stakeholders to develop the Assessment. At that time, certain sea level rise data was not available for the South Coast, but that data will be available this fiscal year. The selected consultant, Revell Coastal, will utilize that data and complete the last phase of the County's sea level rise vulnerability assessment for the South Coast of the County, from the so...
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