To: Board of Supervisors
From: Planning and Building Department
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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A Resolution Approving Grant Funds from the State Coastal Conservancy for Coastal Resilience Planning for Frontline Communities on Humboldt Bay and Supplemental Budget in the Amount of $138,740 (4/5 Vote Required)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
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That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Adopt the attached resolution:
a. Approving the award of grant funding from the State Coastal Conservancy (SCC) for Resilience Planning for Frontline Communities on Humboldt Bay, and
b. Authorizing and directing the Planning and Building Department Director to execute in the name of the County of Humboldt the Standard Agreement, and all other documents required by SCC for participation in the grant program, and any amendments.
2. Approve the attached Supplemental Budget for $138,740 in budget unit 1100282605 (4/5 vote).
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
The Coastal Resilience Planning Program is funded from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and is administered by the State Coastal Conservancy for urgent sea-level rise adaptation and coastal resilience needs.
DISCUSSION:
This item accepts $693,700 in funding from the State Coastal Conservancy to develop a coastal resilience planning framework, conduct community and tribal engagement, complete a sea level rise and flood vulnerability assessment and an adaptation feasibility analysis, and prepare conceptual designs and preliminary engineering plans for sea level rise adaptation projects for the communities of King Salmon and Fields Landing. Through community-engaged planning, potential adaptation strategies will be developed to address current nuisance flooding as well as the long-term effects from future sea level rise. This item also authorizes the Planning and Building Department Director to execute agreements and instruments necessary to complete the project and to comply with the Conservancy's grant requirements.
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