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AD HOC COMMITTEE ON SUSTAINABILITY

Meeting Date:	07/31/2017
Subject: RECEIVE update on County nominations to Resilient by Design program.
Submitted For:	John Kopchik, Director, Conservation & Development Department
Department:	Conservation & Development
Referral No.:	N/A
Referral Name:	N/A
Presenter:	Jody London, DCD	Contact:	Jody London (925)674-7871

Information

Referral History:

BACKGROUND:
The Rockefeller Foundation is making a $4.6 million grant to the Resilient by Design challenge. This effort is modeled after projects that the Rockefeller Foundation sponsored in New York and New Jersey after Hurricane Sandy. The program will select ten sites that represent the most vulnerable ecological systems and vulnerable bayfront communities, as well as infrastructure, that are at risk from sea level rise, severe storms, flooding, and earthquakes.

Each site will be assigned a design team of architects, engineers, designers, planners, and others, selected through a companion process, that will spend the next year working with key stakeholders and local residents to develop innovative solutions for these communities to address impacts of climate change. Each design team will receive a total of $250,000. Community organizations will have an opportunity to receive funding to participate in the research and design process. So while funds will not come directly to the County, funds will be spent to support climate resiliency in the County.

Anyone can nominate a potential site. The deadline for site nominations was July 14, 2017. It is staff’s understanding that the goal is for nine of the sites to be in each of the nine Bay Area counties, with one additional project.

The Adapting to Rising Tides (ART) study completed last year identified potential hazards and vulnerabilities along the Contra Costa County shoreline from Richmond to Pittsburg; a follow-on study of the eastern Contra Costa County shoreline is anticipated pending a grant from the Delta Stewardship Council to the Bay Conservation and Development Commission. From the ART findings, we have data on physical and social vulnerabilities of shoreline communities to support the site nomination process.

On July 11, 2017, the Board of Supervisors directed staff to nominate the following sites for consideration by Resilient by Design:

Bay Point
Downtown Rodeo
North Richmond

Referral Update:

Please refer to the attachments herein for the current nominations made by the County to the Resilient by Design program.

Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):

RECEIVE update on County nominations to Resilient by Design program.

Fiscal Impact (if any):

There is no fiscal impact at this time.

Attachments
Bay Point - Resilient By Design Nom. Form -final
N Richmond - Resilient by Design Nom. Form -final
Rodeo - Resilient by Design Nom. Form -final