TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Carrie Tai, AICP, Community Development Director
Dana Murray, Environmental Sustainability Manager
SUBJECT:Title
Receive Update on Climate Ready Manhattan Beach (Community Development Director Tai).
RECEIVE REPORT
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council receive an update on Climate Ready Manhattan Beach.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
No fiscal impact associated with this action.
BACKGROUND:
The City's Environmental Work Plan was approved by the City Council at a dedicated Environmental Study Session on January 31, 2018. Under the adopted Environmental Work Plan priorities, adopted Strategic Plan goals, and compliance with state and General Plan mandates, the City is creating a Climate Resiliency Program, now called Climate Ready Manhattan Beach (Climate Ready MB).
The Climate Ready MB program includes: completing a sea level rise vulnerability assessment; creating a Climate Action and Adaptation Plan; and updating the City's Local Coastal Program (LCP) - Land Use Plan, Local Hazard Mitigation Plan, and General Plan. Supported in part by an LCP Planning Grant for $225,000, the most awarded to any jurisdiction over the past three years by the California Coastal Commission (CCC), Climate Ready MB will help the City be more prepared for climate change, especially during a confluence of events such as sea level rise, extreme high tides, storm surges, heavy precipitation, and coastal erosion.
The City executed the grant contract with the CCC in March 2019, which includes work scope related to, but beyond the original Work Plan goals, such as a cutting-edge Multi-Hazard Confluence Modeling on Stormwater Infrastructure vulnerability, a Groundwater and Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Analysis, and novel public engagement including virtual reality visualizations.
In February 20...
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