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Findings 13 findings
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Sea level rise will seriously damage critical San Mateo County infrastructure and assets unless the County and its cities and towns prepare now.
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Sea level rise infrastructure projects can take more than a decade to plan, fund and build. South San Francisco, Request for Proposals, General Plan 2040, January 11, 2019, p. 4, https://www.ssf.net/Home/ShowDocument?id=14571 75 Grand Jury interviews. Grand Jury interviews. Vulnerability Study, supra, at p. 201 2020-21 San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury
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Complex federal and state regulations and procedures delay and increase the costs of already expensive sea level rise mitigation projects. They need to be revised.
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Delaying sea level rise projects will increase costs.
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To remain effective, OneShoreline needs steady, long-term, operational funding.
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Coordination between neighboring jurisdictions is important to reduce costs and improve the effectiveness of a SLR project.
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Competing budget priorities among the entities in a sea level rise project make the projects difficult to fund and manage, leading to risk of delays and missed deadlines.
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Numerous hazardous material sites in the County must be protected from sea level rise flooding.
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Storm surge and sea level rise threaten the County’s wastewater treatment plants affecting everyone in the County – even inland County residents.
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OneShoreline is uniquely positioned to augment San Mateo County’s ability to combat sea level rise by its planning, funding, permitting expertise, and guidance.
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Destruction of low-cost housing on the Bay and coast by flooding and erosion due to sea level rise will further increase inequities in communities such as Belle Haven (Menlo Park), East Palo Alto, Redwood City, and Pacifica.
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OneShoreline effectively collaborates with the Office of Sustainability and others on public engagement campaigns to educate individuals on how sea level rise will affect San Mateo County.
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A loan program to provide cities and towns funds for the required preliminary engineering necessary to obtain partial state or federal funding for SLR projects would be beneficial.
Recommendations 4
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R1Page 23At a public meeting, each city and town council, or board of supervisors should take at least one concrete action toward establishing a continuing funding source for OneShoreline, identify that action in response to this report, and potentially adopt a resolution expressing support for a parcel tax or property tax
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R2Page 23A coordinated lobbying strategy with participation by the County, by San Mateo County cities and towns, by OneShoreline, and by other interested Bay Area cities and counties for federal and state regulatory simplification
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R3Page 23OneShoreline consider establishing and administering a low interest revolving loan fund to enable jurisdictions to prepare the initial engineering and planning necessary to obtain federal and state funding for SLR projects, establishing such program by December 31, 2021. 2020-21 San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury
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R4Page 24The County Board of Supervisors and each city and town council, should ensure that their general plans regarding SLR protection include transportation and utility infrastructure, schools, public safety facilities, and hazardous material sites
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