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Report regarding a resolution approving the execution of grant funds from the Ocean Protection Council (OPC) under the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006 (Proposition 84), Proposition 68, Environmental License Plate Funds, Once Through Cooling Or General Funds, and approving Budget Amendment #25.011. (Audriana Hossfeld, Senior Civil Engineer)
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RECOMMENDATION
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City staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution approving the execution of grant funds from the Ocean Protection Council (OPC) under the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006 (Proposition 84), Proposition 68, Environmental License Plate Funds, Once Through Cooling or General Funds, and approving Budget Amendment #25.011.
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BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
Ocean Protection Council (OPC) Senate Bill (SB) 1 Grant Program aims to provide funding for coastal communities to develop projects that build resilience to Sea Level Rise (SLR) along the entire coast of California and San Francisco Bay. On March 13, 2024, South San Francisco City Council authorized the application to OPC SB 1 Grant for the South San Francisco Shoreline Protection and Connectivity Project (sd2402) feasibility study. The application was submitted on March 22, 2024.
On June 4, 2024, South San Francisco Shoreline Protection and Connectivity Project (sd2402) application for OPC’s SB 1 Grant program was approved for funding. The budget requested was $997,500. This grant will fully fund a feasibility study that will explore conceptual solutions to address coastal flooding exacerbated by sea level rise and increased storm surges along San Francisco Bay near the outfalls of Colma Creek and San Bruno Creek (see Attachment 1). This planning will include collaboratively working with multiple jurisdictional agencies to examine coastal flood protection alternatives that could benefit residences, businesses, critical transportation infrastructure (US‐101, Caltrain, and SamTrans), and other key regional infrastructure such as SFO and the SSF‐SB Water Quality Control Plant. The work will involve interagency coordination with Caltrans, SamTrans, One Shoreline, San Bruno, Caltrain, BCDC and SFO, and extensive outreach to community and environmental stakeholder groups. The planning will also include developing and applying feasibility criteria to analyzing the viability of the proposed solutions relative to technical, financial, environmental, and community‐acceptance considerations. A community‐driven design process will develop and analyze solutions culminating in a preferred alternative, all of which will be documented in a report with 10% conceptual design documents and order‐of‐magnitude cost estimates.
FISCAL IMPACT
The OPC SB1 grant fund will fully fund the feasibility study phase of sd2402. No local match is required for this grant. Therefore, there is no fiscal impact to the City's general fund in accepting this grant.
Budget Amendment #25.011 will increase budgeted revenues and correspondingly increase appropriations in consulting and staff time by the full amount of the grant ($997,500) for Fiscal Year 2024-25 in project sd2402.
RELATIONSHIP TO STRATEGIC PLAN
Approval of this action will contribute to the City’s Strategic Plan outcome of improved Quality of Life by maintaining and improving infrastructure to serve the public.
CONCLUSION
City staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution approving the execution of grant funds from the Ocean Protection Council (OPC) under the safe drinking water, water quality and supply, flood control, river and coastal protection bond act of 2006 (proposition 84), prop 68, environmental license plate funds, once through cooling or general funds and approving Budget Amendment #25.011.
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1. Flood Map