To: Board of Supervisors
From: Planning and Building Department
Agenda Section: Departmental
SUBJECT:
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Status Report on Sea Level Rise Planning Activities by the Planning and Building Department and the Department of Public Works
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Receive the report.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
The salary funding to prepare this report is included is in the General Fund contribution to the Long Range Planning unit, 1100-282
DISCUSSION:
Sea level rise impacts and how to address them are pressing issues all along California's coast. A recent article in the Los Angeles Times (Attachment 1) does a good job explaining the complexity and broad scope of some of the impacts of sea level rise. The addition of sea level rise adaptation policies to the county's Humboldt Bay Area Plan (HBAP) update will be an item for the Board's consideration in 2020. Several documents have been prepared and workshops held as part of this effort which are described on the county's HBAP update website: https://?humboldtgov.org/1678/Local-Coastal-Plan-Update.
In addition, the Department of Public Works has received $425,000 in Adaptation Planning Grant funding, which together with $55,063 in local match, will be used to develop a sea level rise adaptation plan for the Eureka Slough hydrographic area, a highly vulnerable sub-watershed of Humboldt Bay at the northeast side of the City of Eureka. This plan will be completed in 2020. Additional information regarding this project is available at https://humboldtgov.org/2487/Sea-Level-Rise. Public Works is also incorporating sea level rise adaptation measures into the design for the Humboldt Bay Trail South project along the Eureka-Arcata Highway 101 corridor.
Generally, the Humboldt Bay region has many challenges when it comes to addressing sea level rise:
* The region has the highest rate of relative sea level rise on the west coast of the United States ...
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