Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Michael P. Callagy, County Manager
Subject: Board of Supervisors' Response to the 2020-2021 Civil Grand Jury Report "San Mateo County: California's Ground Zero for Sea Level Rise"
RECOMMENDATION:
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Approve the Board of Supervisors' response to the 2020-2021 Civil Grand Jury Report, "San Mateo County: California's Ground Zero for Sea Level Rise."
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BACKGROUND:
On August 11, 2021, the 2020-2021 San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury issued a report titled "San Mateo County: California's Ground Zero for Sea Level Rise." The Board of Supervisors is required to submit comments on the findings and recommendations pertaining to the matters over which it has some decision-making authority within 90 days. The Board's response to the report is due to the Honorable Judge Amarra A. Lee of the Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo, no later than November 11, 2021.
DISCUSSION:
The Grand Jury made 13 findings and four recommendations in its report. Staff has collaborated with cities and OneShoreline, where applicable, on the County's response to the Grand Jury Report. The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors (Board) responses follow each finding and the four recommendations that the Grand Jury requested that the Board respond to within 90 days.
FINDINGS
Finding 1:
Sea level rise will seriously damage critical San Mateo County infrastructure and assets unless the County and its cities and towns prepare now.
Response: The County of San Mateo agrees with this finding.
Finding 2:
Sea level rise infrastructure projects can take more than a decade to plan, fund and build.
Response: The County of San Mateo agrees with this finding.
Finding 3:
Complex federal and state regulations and procedures delay and increase the costs of already expensive sea level rise mitigation projects. They need to be revised.
Response: Th...
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