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Report regarding a resolution to accept the San Mateo County Community Resilience Grant for $60,000 and approve budget amendment 19.044. (Christina Fernandez, Assistant to the City Manager)
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Staff recommends City Council accept the San Mateo County Community Resilience Grant for $60,000 and approve Budget Adjustment 19.044, appropriating $60,000 in grant funding and amending the City’s Manager’s FY 2018-19 operating budget.
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BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
In 2018, San Mateo County finalized the Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment in coordination with cities, agencies, businesses, community groups, and others. The Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment found that the County has networked infrastructure, which contains highways and roads, electric substations, and wastewater treatment plants essential to our community’s daily lives and they are at risk due to sea level rise and storms. As a next step, San Mateo County’s Office of Sustainability is providing grant funds to support the development of adaptation plans, project concepts, and additional assessments as needed.
In December 2018, San Mateo County awarded the City a Community Resilience Grant in the amount of $60,000 to create a model to address economic and social assets at risk from sea level rise and to inform South San Francisco’s General Planning efforts. This case study by the County will assess potential socio-economic impacts to housing, businesses, infrastructure, emergency services, and transportation caused by sea level rise and storm water flooding.
San Mateo County will replicate this tool for other cities in the County in order to assess their economic and socio-economic risk relating to sea level rise. This model will assess the benefits-cost ratio of potential resilient infrastructure improvements and will use the findings as a starting point for informing the upcoming update of the General Plan on potential adaptation and resiliency policies.
FISCAL IMPACT
Budget Amendment 19.044 is for $60,000 in grant funding for the purpose of creating a model to address economic and social assets at risk from Sea Level Rise. The funding source is the County of San Mateo’s Office of Sustainability.
RELATIONSHIP TO STRATEGIC PLAN
Acceptance of the San Mateo County Community Resilience Grant meets the City’s policy objectives of building and maintaining a sustainable and resilient city.
CONCLUSION
Staff recommends that the City Council approve Budget Adjustment 19.044, appropriating $60,000 in grant funding and amending the City’s Manager’s FY 2018-19 operating budget.
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1. San Mateo County Community Resilience Grant Guidelines