August 15, 2024 Commission Meeting

CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN:

GOOD AFTERNOON, ALL. AND

WELCOME TO OUR, ONCE AGAIN,

HYBRID BCDC COMMISSION MEETING.

MY NAME IS ZACK WASSERMAN, AND I

AM THE CHAIR OF THIS COMMISSION.

I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONERS

HERE AT METRO CENTER HERE FOR

ATTENDING THE MEETING IN PERSON,

AS WELL AS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE

WHO ARE PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY.

OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS

THE VIDEO. THAT’S WHAT IT SAYS.

[LAUGHTER]

ROLL THE VIDEO.

[RECORDED ANNOUNCEMENT].

"RECORDING STOPPED"

ONE MOMENT.

A SLIGHT TECHNICAL GLITCH.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

WELCOME TO THIS MEETING OF THE

SAN FRANCISCO BAY CONSERVATION

AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.

THIS MEETING WILL OPERATE AS A

HYBRID MEETING UNDER THE

TELECONFERENCE RULES ESTABLISHED

BY THE BAGLEY-KEENE OPEN MEETING

ACT. COMMISSIONERS ARE LOCATED

BOTH AT METRO CENTER AND

PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE VENUES

THROUGHOUT THE BAY AREA AS

SPECIFIES ON THE MEETING NOTICE.

TO PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY WILL

KEEP THEIR CAMERAS ON IF YOU

WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK DURING

PUBLIC COMMENT, ITEM THREE ON

THE AGENDA OR PERIOD RESERVED

FOR PUBLIC COMMENT DURING

ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM, YOU WILL

NEED TO DO SO IN 12 OF WAYS. IF

YOU ARE ATTENDING VIRTUALLY ON

ZOOM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IN

ZOOM. TO DO SO CLICK THE

PARTICIPANT ICON AT THE BOTTOM

OF YOUR SCREEN, FIND YOUR NAME

AND SMALL HAND TO THE LEFT AND

CLICK ON THAT HAND. IF YOU ARE

JOINING THE MEETING VIA PHONE

YOU MUST PRESS STAR SIX ON YOUR

KEY PAD TO MAKE A COMMENT.

INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE RAISED

THEIR HANDS WILL BE CALLED IN

ORDER THAT THEY HAVE BEEN RAISED

THEY WILL BE UNMUTED. THOSE

MEETING IN-PERSON EITHER AT THE

METRO CENTER OR AT A NOTICED

TELECONFERENCE LOCATION WHO WANT

TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION SHOULD

FOLLOW THE PROTOCOL AT YOUR

LOCATION. WHEREVER YOU CHOOSE

TO ATTEND FROM, PLEASE STATE

YOUR NAME PRIOR TO PROVIDING

YOUR COMMENTS. ALL MEMBERS OF

THE PUBLIC WILL BE ALLOWED THREE

MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE

COMMISSION AT THE DISCRETION OF

THE CHAIR. COMMENTS MUST BE

RESPECTFUL AND FOCUSED AND EACH

INDIVIDUAL HAS THE

RESPONSIBILITY TO ACT IN A CIVIL

MANNER WITHOUT USING HATE

SPEECH, DIRECT, OR INDIRECT

THREATS, AND/OR ABUSIVE

LANGUAGE. BCDC HAS ALSO

ESTABLISHED AN E-MAIL ADDRESS TO

COMPILE PUBLIC COMMENTS. ITS

ADDRESS IS PUBLIC COMMENT AT

BCDC.CA.GOV. E-MAILS RECEIVED

BEFORE TEN THIS MORNING HAVE

BEEN SHARED WITH COMMISSIONERS

AND ANY RECEIVED SINCE THEN WILL

ALSO BE SHARED WITH

COMMISSIONERS AND THE PUBLIC.

WELCOME TO THIS MEETING OF THE

SAN FRANCISCO BAY CONSERVATION

AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.

[RECORDED ANNOUNCEMENT]

"RECORDING IN PROGRESS" 29:37

CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN: OUR

FIRST — WELL, OUR SECOND ORDER

OF BUSINESS IS TO CALL THE ROLL.

COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE BE SURE

YOUR CAMERA IS ON THROUGHOUT THE

MEETING IF YOU ARE PARTICIPATING

VIRTUALLY. AND FOR THOSE WHO

ARE PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY,

PLEASE DO UNMUTE YOURSELVES

WHICH YOU RESPOND TO ROLL CALL,

AND THEN MUTE YOURSELVES AGAIN.

SIERRA, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE

ROLL?

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

COMMISSIONER ADDIEGO?

MARK ADDIEGO: PRESENT.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

COMMISSIONER AMBUEHL?

DAVID AMBUEHL: PRESENT.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

COMMISSIONER BURT?

PAT BURT: PRESENT.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

COMMISSIONER ECKLUND?

PAT ECKLUND: PRESENT.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

COMMISSIONER GILMORE?

MARIE GILMORE: HERE.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

COMMISSIONER GIOIA?

JOHN GIOIA: HERE.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

COMMISSIONER GUNTHER?

ANDREW GUNTHER: HERE.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

COMMISSIONER KIMBALL?

JUSTINE KIMBALL: HERE.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

KISHIMOTO?

YORIKO KISHIMOTO: HERE.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

COMMISSIONER JOHN-BAPTIST?

ALICIA JOHN-BAPTISTE:

PRESENT.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

COMMISSIONER PEMBERTON?

SHERI PEMBERTON: HERE.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

COMMISSIONER RAMOS?

LARRY GOLDZBAND: SIERRA,

COMMISSIONER RAMOS JUST TEXTED

ME AND SAID HER AUDIO IS NOT

WORKING. SO, I CAN SEE HER.

CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN:

SAYING SHE IS HERE.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: OKAY.

I CAN COUNT HER.

COMMISSIONER RANCHOD?

SANJAY M. RANCHOD: HERE.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

COMMISSIONER SHOWALTER?

PATRICIA SHOWALTER: HERE.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

VAZQUEZ?

JOHN VASQUEZ: HERE.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: I

HAVE MISSED ANYONE? PARDON ME.

VICE CHAIR EISEN.

V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN:

HERE.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: AND

CHAIR WASSERMAN?

CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN:

HERE.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: THANK

YOU COMMISSIONERS. I HAVE

MISSED ANYONE ELSE? SEEING NO

HANDS, YOU HAVE A QUORUM

PRESENT.

CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN:

THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, ALL,

AGAIN, FOR BEING HERE. NEXT

ORDER OF BUSINESS, ITEM THREE IS

PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS IS THE

TIME TO ADDRESS MATTERS THAT ARE

NOT ON OUR AGENDA TODAY, AND

THEY’RE NOT SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC

HEARINGS. IF ANYONE WISHES TO

ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON

GENERAL MATTERS, NOW IS THE

TIME. BUT WE WILL ALSO

RECOGNIZE THAT COMMISSIONER

RANDOLPH HAS JOINED US.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

NOTED.

CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN:

THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY

PUBLIC COMMENT IN THE CENTER

HERE? IT APPEARS NOT. DO WE

HAVE ANYONE VIRTUALLY?

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

REGGIE CAN YOU TELL ME IF WE

HAVE ANY HAND RAISED? I SEEM TO

BE HAVING SOME TROUBLE WITH MY

ZOOM. WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL OUR

SPEAKERS?

SPEAKER: BRUCE BEYERT.

SPEAKER: BRUCE BEYERT. CHAIR

OF THE TRACK TRAILS RICHMOND

ACTION COMMITTEE I WOULD LIKE TO

LET THE COUNCILS OF BOTH

RICHMOND ALBANY HAVE ADOPTED

RESOLUTIONS STATING THE SAN

RAFAEL BRIDGE TRAIL SHOULD

REMAIN OPEN 24 HOURS SEVEN DAYS

A WEEK, THE WEST CONTRA COSTA

TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION

ADOPTED RESOLUTION WILL BE KEPT

OPEN 24/7 UNTIL THE OPEN ROAD

TOLLING AND WILL BE AT LANE

EXTENSION COMPLETED ON WESTBOUND

I-580. BAY AREA COUNCIL FORUM

E-MAILS FLOODING, THE BRIMMING

TRAIL IS NOT SIGNIFICANTLY

INCREASED TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON

580 WESTBOUND. CALTRANS YOU SEE

BERKELEY’S PARTNER’S ADVANCED

TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY GROUP

AFTER STUDY MAY 8TH EVALUATING

THE IMPACT OF THE PILOT I QUOTE

PEAK TRAVEL TIMES ACROSS THE

BRIDGE ONLY INCREASED BY LESS

THAN ONE MINUTE DUE TO SLIGHT

LOWER SPEED ON THE BRIDGE HAVE

BEEN MORE VARIABLE DUE TO

INABILITY TO DISABLED VEHICLES

HOWEVER THESE IMPACTS HAVE NOT

TRANSLATED INTO SIGNIFICANTLY

INCREASED CONGESTION UPSTREAM OF

THE BRIDGE. [INDISCERNIBLE]

THERE IS NO STATISTICAL EVIDENCE

THAT THE BRIDGE MODIFICATIONS

ARE PRODUCING LONGER CRASH

RELATED INCIDENTS OR CHANGING

LOCATION WHERE CRASHES TEND TO

OCCUR ON THE BRIDGE. THERE IS

NO STATISTICAL EVIDENCE THAT THE

MODIFICATIONS ARE INCREASING THE

TIME NEEDED TO CLEAR CRASHES.

FINAL [INDISCERNIBLE] VEHICLE

EMISSIONS ON I-580 WEST,

DEPENDING UPON THE POLLUTANT

SEASON, REDUCTIONS IN EMISSIONS

VARYING 0.2% AND 13% ESTIMATED

RESULT FROM THE BRIDGE

MODIFICATION PRIMARILY DUE TO

REDUCTION IN SHARE OF VEHICLES

TRAVELING ABOVE 60 MILES AN

HOUR. STUDY DEMONSTRATES THAT

BAY ACCESS PROVIDED BY THE TRAIL

IS FEASIBLE. SHUTTING DOWN THE

RICHMOND SAN RAFAEL BRIDGE TRAIL

FOUR DAYS A WEEK WOULD BE

PRECIPITOUS AND UNJUSTIFIED AND

WOULD NOT QUALIFY FOR THE

REQUIRED PERMIT AMENDMENT BY

BCDC BECAUSE BAY TRAIL CLOSURE

WOULD BE ANTITHETICAL TO BCDC’S

LEGISLATIVE MANDATE OF ENSURING

MAXIMUM FEASIBLE ACCESS TO SAN

FRANCISCO BAY. THANK YOU FOR

YOUR TIME, AND I’LL BE GLAD TO

ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS SHOULD YOU

HAVE THEM.

CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN:

THANK YOU.

SPEAKER: NEXT PUBLIC SPEAKER,

SCHUYLER, GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE

YOURSELF.

SPEAKER: HI. THANK YOU. MY

NAME IS SCHUYLER. I’M AN

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ORGANIZER

WITH GREENACTION FOR HEALTH AND

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. WHILE

I’M EAGER TO READ THE REGIONAL

SHORELINE ADAPTATION PLAN IN

SEPTEMBER THERE ARE CONCERNS I

HAVE. I UNDERSTAND THE REGIONAL

SHORELINE ADAPTATION PLAN HAS

JURISDICTION OVER LOCAL

GOVERNMENT IN THE BAY AREA

BECAUSE OF SENATE BILL 272, BUT

NOT OVER PRIVATELY OR FEDERALLY

OWNED LANDS, WHICH IS A CONCERN

FOR SITES LIKE HUNTERS POINT

NAVAL SHIPYARD OWNED BY THE

UNITED STATES NAVY. THE HUNTERS

POINT NAVAL SHIPYARD CONTAINS

BURIED TOXIC AND RADIOACTIVE

WASTE THAT’S VULNERABLE TO SEA

LEVEL RISE AND GROUNDWATER RISE.

THE NAVY’S LATEST FIVE-YEAR

REVIEW REPORT RELEASED LAST

MONTH CONTINUES TO USE CAPPING

AND DURABLE COVER OF

UNACCEPTABLE FORMS OF

REMEDIATION IN MULTIPLE PARCELS

OF THE SITE EVEN THOUGH THIS

WILL LEAVE WASTE BURIED ALONG

THE SHORELINE.

WILL THE REGIONAL SHORELINE

ADAPTATION PLAN INCLUDE

GUIDELINES OR STANDARDS

PROHIBITING CAPPING WASTE ALONG

THE SHORELINE? AND IF NOT

ALREADY INCLUDED, IT SHOULD BE

AN ADDITION THAT I HOPE TO SEE

IN THE FINAL DRAFT. AND, ALSO,

HOW WILL WE ENSURE THAT AREAS OF

THE SHORELINE THAT DO NOT FALL

UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF SENATE

BILL 272, SPECIFICALLY, THE

FEDERAL OWNED AND PRIVATELY

OWNED LANDS WITH CONTAMINATION

VULNERABLE TO SEA LEVEL RISE AND

GROUNDWATER RISE TO BE

PROTECTED, INCLUDING THE

SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. THANK

YOU.

CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN:

THANK YOU. NO OTHER PUBLIC

SPEAKERS?

SPEAKER: WE HAVE TWO MORE.

HOLD ON.

NEXT PUBLIC SPEAKERS,

JOHN JOHNSON.

SPEAKER: HELLO MY NAME IS.

JOHN JOHNSON, AND I CAPTAIN A

SAILBOAT OUT OF ALAMEDA AND I AM

A FREQUENT USER OF CLIPPER COVE.

AND, WHICH IS REALLY A JEWEL IN

THE BAY. BUT RECENTLY THE — AN

ORGANIZATION FLOAT LABS HAS PUT

IN AN EXPERIMENT MOVED IT FROM

THE MIDDLE HARBOR ON THE ESTUARY

AND PLACED IT IN CLIPPER COVE

AND WHILE MYSELF AND EVERYONE I

KNOW AND ALL MY FRIENDS WHO USE

CLIPPER COVE ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT

THE GOOD WORK THAT FLOW LABS IS

DOING AND IMPORTANT RESEARCH

THAT’S GOING ON, UNFORTUNATELY,

THEY HAVE PLACED IT DIRECTLY IN

THE MIDDLE OF THE NORTH CHANNEL

WHICH IS THE ONLY WAY TO ACCESS

CLIPPER COVE. AT LOW TIDE

CLIPPER COVE GETS DOWN TO TWO OR

THREE FEET. MY BOAT DRAFTS SIX

FEET WHICH IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR A

SAIL BOAT. I HAVE FRIENDS THAT

HAVE REACHED OUT TO FLOAT LABS.

THEY INDICATED THAT IT WAS THIS

COMMISSION THAT SPECIFIED WHERE

THEY SHOULD PLACE IT. SO ON

BEHALF OF MYSELF AND THE OTHER

USERS THAT FREQUENTLY USE

CLIPPER COVE, THE PEOPLE THAT

HAVE TO GO IN AND OUT OF

TREASURE ISLAND MARIN A I WOULD

RESPECTFULLY SUBMIT THAT THIS

COMMISSION WORK WITH FLOAT LABS

TO FIND — THERE IS 100 OTHER

PLACES THAT YOU COULD PUT THAT

RESEARCH BE THING, BUT THAT IS

THE ONLY — THE NORTH CHANNEL IS

THE ONLY PLACE THAT’S DEEP

ENOUGH FOR A LARGE MAJORITY OF

THE BOATS THAT USE THE COVE TO

GET IN AND OUT. SO, WHERE IT

SITS RIGHT NOW, IT’S A HAZARD TO

NAVIGATION, AND I THINK IT WOULD

TRULY BE A TRAGEDY IF, YOU KNOW,

A BOAT, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO

AVOID IT, YOU KNOW, HIT THE

EXPERIMENT, COMPROMISED AND

DAMAGED THE BOAT WHEN IT COULD

HAVE BEEN PLACED SOMEWHERE ELSE.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO WORK

WITH FLOAT LABS TO MOVE IT TO

FIND A DIFFERENT LOCATION THAT

IS SAFER AND NOT A HAZARD AND

NAVIGATION. THANK YOU.

SPEAKER: NEXT PUBLIC SPEAKER

GLEN.

SPEAKER: HI. MY NAME IS GLEN

DESINSKI. I’M CALLING IN FOR

THE SAME REASON AS JOHN, CALLING

IN WITH REGARD TO THE FLOAT LAB

EXPERIMENT. I ALSO OPERATE A

SAILBOAT IN THE BAY AND USE

CLIPPER COVE FREQUENTLY FOR

ANCHORING AND WANTED TO POINT

OUT CONCERNS AROUND

ACCESSIBILITY OF CLIPPER COVE AS

A RESULT OF THE EXPERIMENT

ITSELF AND ANCHOR LINES GOING

OUT FROM IT BLOCKING THE DEEP

CHANNEL. I WON’T GO ANY FURTHER

I THINK JOHN PUT IT PRETTY WELL,

BUT SIMILARLY CONCERNED. THANK

YOU.

CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN:

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SPEAKER: MAX, YOU’RE NEXT.

SPEAKER: GOOD AFTERNOON. MY

NAME IS MAX PEREZ, I HAVE BEEN

SPEAKING WITH THE DIRECTOR OF

FLOAT LAB AND WANT TO REITERATE

WHAT JOHN AND GLEN HAVE RAISED.

WE DEFINITELY SUPPORT THE AIMS

AND GOALS OF FLOAT LABS RESEARCH

DEVICE, JUST THAT IT DOES IMPACT

THE ONLINE CHANNEL IN AND OUT OF

THE CLIPPER COVE ANCHORAGE. AND

I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THE

DIRECTOR OF FLOAT LAB, I

BELIEVE, IS WORKING WITH A

REPRESENTATIVE OF BCDC AND THE

CENTER TO COME UP WITH SOME

SOLUTION. I APPRECIATE

COOPERATION TO RESOLVE THIS

ISSUE. THANK YOU.

CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN: ARE

WE SURE? THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES OUR

PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. AND

BRINGS US TO MY REPORT.

THE FIRST MATTER THAT I WISH TO

REPORT ON IS A REVIEW OF OUR

FIRST BAY ADAPT SUMMIT HELD LAST

THURSDAY AT THE SAN FRANCISCO

EXPLORATORIA. IT WAS A

RESOUNDING SUCCESS. THERE WERE

225 ATTENDEES, AND 100 PEOPLE ON

THE WAIT LIST. SO, CLEARLY, IT

IS A MATTER OF INTEREST AND

CONCERN. I DO WANT TO THEY

THINK OUR PARTNERS, THE STATE

COASTAL CONSERVANCY AND BARC FOR

FUNDING, AND THE GREENBELT

ALLIANCE FOR ORGANIZING THE

AMAZING EVENT, AND TO THANK THE

EXPLORATORIA WHICH HOSTED US

WITHOUT CHARGE IN THEIR

OBSERVATORY WITH A WONDERFUL

VIEW OF THE BAY. AND ACCESS TO

THE EXHIBITS.

MORNING TOURS TO VARIOUS SITES

THROUGHOUT THE BAY WERE SOLD

OUT. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

PANEL KICKED IT OFF WITH A RANGE

OF INTERESTING COMMENTS AND

OBSERVATIONS ABOUT THE CONCERNS

OF IMPACTED AND UNDERREPRESENTED

COMMUNITIES WITH RISING SEA

LEVEL. THERE ARE BREAKOUT

SESSIONS ON A RANGE EVER TOPICS,

AND THE GENERAL COMMENTS I HEARD

FROM ALL OF THEM WERE EXCELLENT.

WE HAD BAY ADAPT AWARDS

RECOGNIZING CLIMATE CHANGE

LEADERS WHO ARE MAKING

SIGNIFICANT STRIVES IN

ADDRESSING THE CRITICAL

CHALLENGES POSED BY RISING SEA

LEVELS. AND THE AWARD WINNERS

WERE VIOLET SAENA, WHO IS A

BCDC’S EJ ADVISOR. AND

DR. CHRIS MAY WHO HAS BEEN A

PART OF MANY PERMITS AND STUDIES

FOR US, AND OUR OWN SUPERVISOR

AND COMMISSIONER DAVE PINE.

AND THERE WAS GOOD NETWORKING

AMONGST PEOPLE AT THE BREAKS AND

AFTERWARDS, AND AT THE RECEPTION

WHERE WE HAD SOME WONDERFUL

NATURAL WINES FROM A WOMAN WHO

IS FORMERLY WITH FEMA HERE IN

THE BAY AREA AND HAS A WINERY

DOWN IN MEXICO, AND A FEW STAYED

ON TO ENJOY AFTER DARK AT THE

EXPLORATORIA, WHICH MANY OF YOU

HAVE NOT DONE. AND IT’S JUST

FUN A FUN EVENING. IT’S ADULTS,

NOT KIDS, PLAYING WITH THEIR

ARRAY OF EXHIBITS AND

EXPERIMENTS.

[LAUGHTER]

I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT

PROPOSITION FOUR ON THE NOVEMBER

BALLOT PROPOSES TO ALLOCATE

$10 BILLION TO HELP PREPARE THIS

STATE FOR THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE

CHANGE. INCLUDED IN THE BOND

ARE PROVISIONS TO PROTECT WATER

QUALITY, INCREASE WATER

SUPPLIES, PREVENT WILDFIRES AND

REDUCE FIRE IMPACTS, AND HELP

FRONTLINE COMMUNITIES ACCESS

SAFE DRINKING WATER, SHADE, AND

GREEN SPACE, AND PROTECT AND

EXPAND NATURAL HABITATS, SUCH AS

THE WETLANDS THROUGHOUT THE BAY.

WHILE BCDC AS AN ENTITY IS

UNABLE TO TAKE A POSITION ON THE

BALLOT PROPOSITION AS A STATE

AGENCY, I KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU

EITHER HAVE OR ARE CONSIDERING

ENDORSING THE BOND MEASURE AND

CERTAINLY URGE YOU AS AN

INDIVIDUAL TO SUPPORT THAT. IF

YOU DO SO, I REMIND YOU TO DO SO

AS AN INDIVIDUAL AND NOT AS A

BCDC COMMISSIONER IN TERMS OF

IDENTIFICATION. SO WE’RE NOT

USING STATE ASSETS IN SUPPORT OF

A BOND MEASURE.

I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT A

COUPLE OF MEETINGS THAT ARE

COMING UP THAT ARE LISTED ON OUR

WEB SITE’S NEW CALENDAR

FUNCTION. NEXT WEDNESDAY, THE

SAND MINING STUDIES COMMISSIONER

WORKING GROUP WILL MEET

VIRTUALLY AT 10:00 A.M. TO

CONTINUE THEIR REVIEW AND

RESEARCH INTO MANY OF THE ISSUES

THAT LIKELY WILL ARISE DURING

CONSIDERATION OF THE FUTURE SAND

MINING PERMITS BY ALL OF US NEXT

YEAR. COMMISSIONERS ARE WELCOME

TO THAT AND THE LINK CAN BE

FOUND ON THE WEB SITE. THE NEXT

MEETING OF OUR RISING SEA LEVEL

WORKING GROUP IS PROVISIONE

SCHEDULED FOR THE MORNING OF

THURSDAY OCTOBER 17TH, AND WE

WILL BE TALKING TO STAFF AND THE

PUBLIC ABOUT HOW THE DIFFERENT

TYPES OF CHALLENGES THAT CAN BE

FACED BY COMMUNITIES AND HOW

THEY RELATE TO OUR AUTHORITY AND

JURISDICTION. WE WILL NOT HAVE

A COMMISSION MEETING ON

OCTOBER 3RD, BECAUSE IT’S THE

FIRST DAY OF ROSH HASHANAH. OUR

NEXT MEETING WILL BE

SEPTEMBER 5TH WHICH IS THE

THURSDAY MEDICAL FOLLOWING LABOR

DAY. AT THAT MEETING WE EXPECT

TO TAKE UP THE FOLLOWING

MATTERS, A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT

ASSOCIATED WITH FUTURE PERMIT

AND POSSIBLE VOTE ON CARGILL’S

OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

PERMIT IN THE SOUTH BAY AND

BRIEFING ON SAFETY MEASURES

INTENDED TO PROTECT BRIDGES

WITHIN THE BAY FROM VESSEL

COLLISIONS IN LIGHT OF THE

BALTIMORE BRIDGE COLLISION, AND

I GUESS IT’S CALLED AN ALLISION

BECAUSE IT DIDN’T HIT IT JUST

BRUSHED. IS THAT THE

DIFFERENCE?

SPEAKER: I BELIEVE IT’S A

NAUTICAL TERM, SO, A CAR IS

COLLIDE, AND BOATS COLLIDE.

CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN:

THAT BRINGS US TO THE MOST

EXCITING PART OF OUR AGENDA EX

PARTE COMMUNICATION. IF YOU

HAVE RECEIVED AN EX PARTE

COMMUNICATION THAT’S OUTSIDE OF

A COMMISSION MEETING ABOUT A

MATTER THAT WE ARE GOING TO

CONSIDER. YOU DO NEED TO REPORT

THAT, YOU NEED TO REPORT IT IN

WRITING. YOU MAY REPORT IT NOW.

YOU DON’T HAVE TO. PLEASE

REMEMBER THAT THE WRITTEN REPORT

SHOULD BE DETAILED ENOUGH SO

THAT THE PUBLIC HAS SOME SENSE

OF WHAT WAS COMMUNICATE TO YOU

DURING THE CONVENTIONS. DOES

ANYONE HAVE AN EX PARTE?

COMMISSION ARE RANCHOD?

SPEAKER: I PARTICIPATED IN

MEETINGS REGARDING MTC’S

APPLICATION FOR MODIFICATION OF

OPERATION OF THE BIKE PEDESTRIAN

LANE ON THE RICHMOND SAN RAFAEL

BRIDGE. THOSE WERE MEETINGS

WITH BAY COUNCIL AND EAST BAY

BICYCLE COALITION RESPECTIVELY

FOR AND AGAINST THE APPLICATIONS

PROPOSAL.

CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN: ANY

OTHERS? PEMBERTON.

SHERI PEMBERTON: I ALSO

PARTICIPATED IN A COUPLE OF

MEETINGS REGARDING THE

APPLICATION INVOLVING THE

RICHMOND SAN RAFAEL BRIDGE WITH

PROPONENTS FOR THE ACTION AND

ALSO INDIVIDUALS IN OPPOSITION.

THANK YOU.

CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN: I

DON’T SEE ANY OTHERS.

THAT BRINGS US TO THE REPORT OF

THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WHO IS

PARTICIPATING REMOTELY. AND MAY

HAVE TO LEAVE A LITTLE EARLY,

WHICH IS WHY OUR GENERAL COUNSEL

IS SEATED NEXT TO ME TO MAKE

SURE YOU DON’T GO TOO FAR OFF

SCRIPT. GO AHEAD, LARRY.

LARRY GOLDZBAND: GOOD LUCK

WITH THAT. THANK YOU CHAIR

WASSERMAN. APPRECIATE IT. THE

NOBLE PRIZE WINNING ECONOMIST

JOHN NASH WAS FOND OF SAYING

THAT YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE A

MATHEMATICIAN TO HAVE A FEEL FOR

NUMBERS. THIS DATE DEMONSTRATES

THAT AUGUST 15TH, 1620, 102

BRAVE SOULS BOARDED THE

MAYFLOWER IN LONDON FOR THEIR

TRIP TO THE NEW WORLD. 345

YEARS LATER ON AUGUST 15TH,

1965, 55,000 SCREAMING FANS

PACKED SHAY STADIUM IN QUEENS TO

SEE BUT NOT HEAR THE BEETLES.

EXACTLY FOUR YEARS LATER 460,000

PEOPLE BRAVE THE RAIN AND MUD

AND BAD ACID TO PARTICIPATE IN

WOODSTOCK MUSIC ART FAIR. I WAS

REMINDED OF THIS LAST THURSDAY

AT THE BAY ADAPT SUMMIT THAT

CHAIR WASSERMAN DISCUSSED. NOT

THAT THERE WAS ANY BAD ACID BUT

THAT IF BCDC HAD ISSUED

INVITATIONS TO A RISING SEA

LEVEL SUMMIT SIX OR SEVEN YEARS

AGO WE LIKELY COULD HAVE HOSTED

IT IN OUR BACKYARD. ON THE

OTHER HAND WE HAD 225 PEOPLE AT

THE EXPLORATORIA ON AN AND A

WIGHT LIST OF 100 WHO COULDN’T

ATTEND. BAY AREA VOTERS

CONCERNED ABOUT FLOODING, I

HESITATE TO SAY THAT BCDC IS

RIDING A WAVE HERE BUT WE

UNDERSTAND THAT MORE WAVES ARE

COMING IN OUR PROGRAMS ARE

STRIKING A CORD. I AM VERY

HAPPY TO LET YOU KNOW THAT

RYLAND GERVAIS HAS AGREED TO

BECOME BCDC’S FIRST DIRECTOR AND

LEGISLATIVE AND EXTERNAL OF

CURRENT AFFAIRS IN THE SENIOR

LEADERSHIP OF THE STATE

DEPARTMENT WATER PROJECT AT THE

DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES

WHERE HE MANAGES PROJECTS IN THE

INTERSECTION OF ENGINEERING

LEGISLATION AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS

INCLUDING IMPLEMENTING STRATEGIC

PLAN MANAGING PROJECT PUBLIC

LEGISLATE I COMMUNICATIONS.

EARNED HIS GRADUATE DEGREE FROM

SACRAMENTO STATE, AFTER WHICH

THE HORNET BECAME AN UNRUH

ASSEMBLY FELLOW AND WORKED THEN

FOR ASSEMBLYMEMBER RON BONTA

HANDLING A VARIETY OF

LEGISLATIVE ISSUES. HE LEFT THE

BUILDING AND SPENT TWO YEARS

LOBBYING FOR THE CALIFORNIA

SPECIAL DISTRICT AN ASSOCIATION

PRIOR TO EARNING HIS

GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTMENT TO

DWR. RYAN WILL HANDLE BCDC’S

LEGISLATIVE PORTFOLIO DEVELOP

HAS SKILLS AS OUR PUBLIC

INFORMATION OFFICER AND WORK

CLOSELY WITH THE PLANNING AND

REGULATORY DIVISIONS TO REACH

OUT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND

EDUCATE THEM ABOUT BCDC’S

AUTHORITY AND JURISDICTION.

RYAN WILL START WITH US IN

SEPTEMBER. PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE

THAT BCDC WILL HIRE BEN FOR OUR

LONG RANGE PLANNING TEAM

WATERFRONT PLANNER COMES FROM

THE OCEAN PROTECTION COUNCIL

WHERE HE’S A SEA GRANT FELLOW

WORKING ON OPCS CLIMATE CHANGE

PROGRAM ALSO HELPED LAUNCH THE

OPCS RISING SEA LEVEL LOCAL

GRANTS PROGRAM ASSISTED WITH

DEVELOPING THE RECENT RISING SEA

LEVELS GUIDANCE AND SERVED AS

OPC REPRESENTATIVE ENGAGING WITH

BCDC’S BAY ADAPT. HE IS A

BANANA SLUG, ONCE AGAIN, WITH A

DEGREE IN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES.

BEN WILL HELP SUPPORT OUR WORK

WITH THE STATE LAND’S COMMISSION

ON THE FUTURE OF THE PUBLIC

TRUST TO THE BAY AS WELL AS

WORKING ON THE SAN FRANCISCO

WATERFRONT PLAN PROPOSAL. A FEW

OF US HAD A SUCCESSFUL SITE

VISIT WITH FISHERMAN’S WHARF

WITH THE PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO

STAFF AS WE MOVE FORWARD ON

COLLABORATION.

ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT STEVE

GOLDBECK’S RETIREMENT PARTY WAS

ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO BE TODAY,

BUT IT’S BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR

OCTOBER 17TH AFTER THE

COMMISSION MEETING. PLEASE SAVE

THE DATE. WE’LL REMIND YOU IN A

MONTH OR SO.

HOWEVER, THE NEWS IS NOT PRETTY

WHEN IT COMES TO STATE BUDGET.

LIKE ALL DEPARTMENTS BCDC WAS

REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF

FINANCE TO LIST OUR UNOCCUPIED

POSITIONS AND THEN LOSE THE

FUNDING ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.

DUE TO GREAT WORK BY OUR

MANAGERS AND A NEW NHR, WE HAD

ONLY 1.2 TOTAL VACANT FTES WHICH

RESULTED IN OUR LOSING LESS THAN

$100,000 IN ANNUAL FUNDING.

HOWEVER, IN ADDITION TO THE

VACANCY SUITE EACH DEPARTMENT

WILL LOSE ABOUT 8% OF ITS

GENERAL FUND AND OTHER REVENUES

THIS YEAR. WE’RE AWAITING

INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING HOW THIS

CUT WILL WORK AND KEEP YOU

INFORMED OF ITS RAMIFICATIONS.

IT WAS GREAT TO SEE

COMMISSIONERS LAST THURSDAY AT

THE EXPLORATORIA WHERE WE HELD

THE FIRST EVER BAY ADAPT SUM

TOYOTA HIGHLIGHT AND CELEBRATE

ALL GREAT WORK BEING DONE AROUND

THE REGION TO ADVANCE THE BAY

ADAPT JOINT PLATFORM. THE

MORNING WAS FULL OF TOURS

THROUGHOUT THE REGION THE

AFTERNOON PANELS AND BREAKOUT

SESSIONS WERE TERRIFIC AND

AWARDS CEREMONY WAS FANTASTIC

AND THE DAY WAS CAPPED WITH

AWESOME RECEPTION AND I WANT TO

SEND THANKS TO THE GREENBELT

ALLIANCE AND STATE COASTAL

CONSERVANCY OF THE BAY AREA

REGIONAL COLLABORATIVE AND

EXPLORATORY. FINALLY AS NOTED

IN FEBRUARY, THIS YEAR NATIONAL

OCEANIC ATMOSPHERIC AGENCIES FOR

OFFICE FOR COASTAL MANAGEMENT

REVIEWING CALIFORNIA’S COASTAL

ZONE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AS

REQUIRED UNDER SECTION 312 OF

THE FEDERAL COASTAL ZONE

MANAGEMENT ACT, NOAA’S 312

EVALUATION OCCURS EVERY

FIVE-YEARS AND ANALYZING

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT OF ALL OF

CALIFORNIA’S THREE COASTAL ZONE

MANAGEMENT INSTITUTIONS.

COASTAL COMMISSION, COASTAL

CONVERSANCE AND BCDC. IT

ASSESSES PROGRAMS

ACCOMPLISHMENTS RECOMMENDATIONS

AND IMPROVEMENTS. THIS YEAR’S

EVALUATION WILL TAKE PLACE

DURING LAST WEEK OF AUGUST.

NOAA WILL ACCEPT WRITTEN

COMMENTS ON THE STATE OF THE

PROGRAM AND WEEK’S EXAMINATION

WILL INCLUDE A VIRTUAL PUBLIC

MEETING ON WEDNESDAY

AUGUST 28TH. BCDC WILL ANNOUNCE

THE DETAILS OF THE PUBLIC

MEETING ON OUR WEB SITE AND

PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO ALL

COMMISSIONERS AND ALTERNATES.

THAT COMPLETES MY REPORT, CHAIR

WASSERMAN. I’M HAPPY TO ANSWER

ANY QUESTIONS. I DO WANT TO

ADD, HOWEVER, THAT I WILL BE

HAVING SOME KNEE SURGERY NEXT

WEEK. I WILL BE OUT OF THE

OFFICE THROUGH, PROBABLY, MOST

OF SEPTEMBER, BUT I WILL BE,

JUST LIKE WE DID IN THE

PANDEMIC, MANNING THE BCDC

KITCHEN COUNTER HERE AT THE —

HERE AT THE GOLDZBAND DIBERT

HILTON EVERY DAY. SO, I WILL

CERTAINLY BE AVAILABLE. THANK

YOU VERY MUCH.

CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN: ARE

THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR?

SEEING NONE. THAT BRINGS US TO

THE NEXT ITEM, THE CONSENT

CALENDAR. WE ARE USING THIS NEW

PROCEDURE PUTTING A BUNCH OF

NON-CONTROVERSIAL ITEMS ON THE

CONSENT CALENDAR. AND TODAY

THOSE INCLUDE THE APPROVAL OF

THE MINUTES AS AMENDED FOR OUR

JUNE 20TH, 2024 MEETING, FOR THE

ENGINEERING CRITERIA REVIEW

BOARD, A RESOLUTION OF THANKS TO

FORMER ECRB MEMBER BILL HOLMES,

THE NOMINATION OF PATRICK RYAN,

FORMERLY AN ALTERNATE, TO A FULL

POSITION ON THE ECRB, AND ON

NOMINATION OF BILL TREMAYNE TO

BECOME AN ECRB ALTERNATE. DO WE

HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE

CONSENT CALENDAR?

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: NONE

IN-PERSON, AND NO HAND RAISED,

CHAIR WASSERMAN.

CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN: MAY

I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT, AND A

SECOND, TO ADOPT THE CONSENT

CALENDAR?

PAT ECKLUND: I’LL MOVE THE

CONSENT CALENDAR.

CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN:

COMMISSIONER ECKLUND MOVERS AND

COMMISSIONER SHOWALTER SECONDS.

SPEAKER: I WILL SECOND THE

CONSENT CALENDAR.

CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN:

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

COMMISSIONER ADDIEGO?

MARK ADDIEGO: YES.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

COMMISSIONER AMBUEHL?

DAVID AMBUEHL: YES.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

COMMISSIONER BURT?

PAT BURT: YES.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

COMMISSIONER ECKLUND?

COMMISSIONER GILMORE?

MARIE GILMORE: YES.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

COMMISSIONER GIOIA?

JOHN GIOIA: YES.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

COMMISSIONER GUNTHER?

COMMISSIONER KIMBALL?

SPEAKER: YES.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

COMMISSIONER KISHIMOTO?

YORIKO KISHIMOTO: YES.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

COMMISSIONER PEMBERTON?

SHERI PEMBERTON: YES.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

COMMISSIONER RAMOS? OH, WE HAVE

NO AUDIO STILL, I’M ASSUMING.

CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN: I

SEE HER LIPS MOVING AND THUMB —

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: WITH

A THUMB UP WE’LL REGISTER AS YES

FOR COMMISSIONER RAMOS.

COMMISSIONER RANCHOD?

SANJAY M. RANCHOD: YES.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

RANDOLPH?

R. SEAN RANDOLPH: YES.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

SHOWALTER?

PATRICIA SHOWALTER: YES.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

VAZQUEZ?

JOHN VASQUEZ: YES.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: VICE

CHAIR EISEN?

V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN: YES.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: CHAIR

WASSERMAN?

CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN:

YES.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

CONSENT CALENDAR PASSES WITH 17

YESES, ZERO NOS, AND ZERO

ABSTENTIONS.

CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN:

THANK YOU. ITEM SEVEN

CONSIDERATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE

MATTERS WE HAVE RECEIVED AN

ADMINISTRATIVE LISTING ALTHOUGH

ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATORY

DIRECTOR HARRIET ROSS IS OUT

TODAY.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: SHE

IS JOINING US VIRTUALLY, CHAIR

WASSERMAN.

CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN: MY

SCRIPT STANDS CORRECTED. ARE

THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HARRIET?

I SEE NONE.

LARRY GOLDZBAND: ARE THERE

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS?

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: NO,

CHAIR WASSERMAN.

CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN:

THANK YOU. SHE WOULD HAVE

CAUGHT ME. THANK YOU.

THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM EIGHT,

WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND

POSSIBLE VOTE TO INITIATE A

REGIONAL SHORELINE ADAPTATION

BAY PLAN AMENDMENT.

THIS AMENDMENT WOULD UPDATE THE

SAN FRANCISCO BAY PLAN BY

ESTABLISHING GUIDELINES TO BE

FOLLOWED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS,

AS THEY PREPARE THEIR

SUBREGIONAL SEA LEVEL RISE PLANS

REQUIRED BY THE ENACTMENT OF

SENATE BILL 272. THE PROPOSED

BAY PLAN AMENDMENT WOULD ALSO

UPDATE AND CLARIFY THE BAY

PLAN’S EXISTING CLIMATE CHANGE

POLICIES IN CERTAIN AREAS.

JESSICA FAIN, OUR DIRECTOR OF

PLANNING WILL INITIATE THE

BRIEFING. BUT BEFORE THAT, I’M

OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING.

JESSICA FAIN: THANK YOU CHAIR

WASSERMAN. GOOD AFTERNOON ARE

COMMISSIONERS. I’M JESSICA FAIN

DIRECTOR OF PLANNING HERE AT

BCDC PLEASED TODAY TO INTRODUCE

TODAY A PRESENTATION WHERE WE

ARE REQUESTING YOUR APPROVAL TO

INITIATE THE BAY PLAN AMENDMENT

PROCESS FOR THE REGIONAL

SHORELINE ADAPTATION PLAN.

JOINED TODAY BY MY COLLEAGUES,

JACKIE MARTINEZ JOINING US

VIRTUALLY AS WELL AS CORY MANN

WHOLE PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE

STATUS OF THE RSAP AS WE LIKE TO

CALL IT FOLLOWED BY OVERVIEW OF

THE PROCESS WE’RE HOPING TO

ENTER INTO THIS FALL. YOU MAY

BE ASKING YOURSELF WHY ARE

INITIATING THE RSAP NOW HAVEN’T

WE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A

WHILE THE ANSWER IS YES WE HAVE

BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROCESS

THROUGHOUT THE PAST YEAR AND OUR

TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING REALLY

HARD WITH STAKEHOLDERS AROUND

THE REGION TO CRAFT THIS PLAN TO

MAKE IT WORK. THE FOCUS OF THIS

PRESENTATION AND THE ACTION

BEFORE YOU IS NOT ON THE CONTENT

OF THIS PLAN. THERE WILL BE

PLENTY OF TIME TO DO THAT DURING

THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND REVIEW

PERIOD THAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN

THIS FALL. RATHER, IT IS TO

SEEK YOUR APPROVAL TO INITIATE A

BAY PLAN AMENDMENT PROCESS AND

CIRCULATE A DESCRIPTIVE NOTICE

TO DO SO AS REQUIRED BY A

REGULATIONS. YOU HAVE RECEIVED

A NUMBER OF THOUGHTFUL COMMENT

LETTERS IN YOUR MEETING PACKET

TODAY REST ASSURED THAT THOSE

PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE TAKEN

INTO ACCOUNT AS WE BRING THIS

DRAFT IN FINAL VERSION OF THE

RSAP TO YOU LATER THIS FALL.

BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO CORY I

WANT TO PUT THE PLAN INTO

CONTEXT. BCDC HAS BEEN DOING A

LOT OF WORK ON SEA LEVEL RISE

ADAPTATION FOR QUITE SOMETIME

BUT IT STARTED IN 2011 WHEN YOU

ADOPTED CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES

INTO THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY PLAN

WE WERE THE 50 COASTAL

MANAGEMENT IN THE COUNTRY TO DO

SO POLICIES GUIDING PLANNING AND

PERMITTING WORK TO DATE. ONE OF

THESE POLICIES CALLS EXPLICITLY

FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A

REGIONAL SHORELINE ADAPTATION

STRATEGY THAT HAS BEEN THE

FOUNDATION FOR OUR BAY ADAPT

EFFORTS AND THE REGIONAL

SHORELINE ADAPTATION PLAN THAT

WE’RE DISCUSSING TODAY. AS

SHOWN ON THE TIMELINE BCDC HAS

SUCCESSFULLY DEVELOPED A WIDE

RANGE OF PROGRAMS, RELATED

POLICY AMENDMENTS, SUCH AS

HABITAT AMENDMENT AND

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SOCIAL

EQUITY AMENDMENTS, RESOURCES AND

TOOLS TO ADVANCE CIVIL RIGHTS

ADAPTATION PLANNING FOR THE

REGION. THE RSAP FOLLOWS A

DECADE OF WORK WHICH HAS

CONSISTENTLY BEEN BASED ON

COLLABORATION, DATA, SCIENCE

DRIVEN PLANNING, AND

INCREASINGLY INCLUDING BEST

PRACTICES RELATED TO EQUITABLE

ENGAGEMENT, AS WELL. OUR LATEST

EFFORT TO BRING STRONG REGIONAL

LEADERSHIP TO THE ISSUE OF CIVIL

RIGHTS ADAPTATION AND HIGHLIGHT

YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN WITH SB272

ALSO NOW REQUIRED THAT BCDC

COMPLETE THIS WORK BY

UNDERSTANDS OF THE YEAR. ALSO

REMIND YOU THAT BAY ADAPT COMES

FROM JOINT PLATFORM ADOPTED BY

YOU AS WELL AS 50 OTHER PUBLIC

AGENCIES NON-PROFITS AND OTHERS

THAT LAYS OUT THE CONSENSUS

DRIVEN STRATEGY FOR HOW THE BAY

AREA SHOULD ADAPT TO SEA LEVEL

RISE. SO, THE RSAP IS REALLY

IMPLEMENTING FOUR KEY TASKS

LISTED HERE THE JOINT PLATFORM

CREATING LONG-TERM REGIONAL

VISION ROOTED IN COMMUNITIES

HABITATS AND ECONOMY, PROVIDING

INCENTIVES FOR COORDINATED

ADAPTATION PLANS, THREE

INCENTIVIZING PROJECTS THAT MEET

REGIONAL GOALS AND FOR MEASURING

REGIONAL PROGRESS. WITH THAT

I’M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO

JACK WHOA IS GOING TO GIVE YOU

CONTEXT ON THE RSAP AND

DEVELOPMENT TO DATE.

SPEAKER: I WANT TO REMIND US

ALL WHY A REGIONAL APPROACH TO

THIS CHALLENGE IS SO IMPORTANT.

AS YOU ALL KNOW OUR REGION IS

HIGHLY INTERCONNECT AND WE KNOW

THAT ADAPTATION OAR EVEN LACK OF

ADAPTATION IN ONE LOCATION CAN

CAUSE MASSIVE DISRUPTIONS TO

AREAS FAR BEYOND TO A SPECIFIC

PLACE OF IMPACT. FOR EXAMPLE,

FLOODING AT ONE SECTION OF STATE

ROUTE 37 CAN LEAD TO TRAFFIC

DELAYS THAT EXTEND THROUGHOUT

THE BAY NORTH BAY SIMILARLY

DISRUPTION TO A WASTEWATER

TREATMENT PLANT CAN CAUSE

FLOODING NEAR AND FAR FROM THE

SHORELINE AND THE WAY WE PLAN

AND PREPARE FOR SEA LEVEL RISE

MUST BE DONE WITH THESE

RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS OUR REGION

IN MIND NOT ONLY TO AVOID WORST

OF THESE RISKS BUT BECAUSE THERE

ARE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARISE

WHEN WE COME TOGETHER. PLANNING

REGIONALLY ENSURES ADAPTATION

RESPONSES ARE COORDINATED

PROVIDING PRIORITY RESOURCES TO

FRONTLINE COMMUNITIES

MAINTAINING LONG-TERM HEALTH OF

HABITATS AND WETLANDS, SUPPORT

STRATEGIC PROJECTS DEVELOP

COMMON STANDARDS AND METHODS FOR

PLANNING DELIVER FUNDING TO THE

PLACES THAT NEED IT MOST AND

TRACK COLLECTIVE PROGRESS. IN

ON THE SIMPLE LEFT TERMS THE

RSAP REGIONAL SHORELINE

ADAPTATION PLAN REGION-WIDE PLAN

FOR BAY AREA SHORELINE THAT

GUIDES CREATION OF COORDINATED

REGIONAL GOALS FUNDED BY THE

OCEAN PROTECTION COUNCIL AND

STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY

ENVISIONED TO SERVE AS A MODEL

FOR HOW OTHER REGIONS IN

CALIFORNIA CAN COLLECTIVELY PLAN

FOR CLIMATE IMPACTS. YOU HEARD

US TALK ABOUT SB272 OFTEN BUT

IT’S WORTH A REMINDER ON WHAT

THIS BILL REQUIRES FOR BCDC AND

HOW THE RSAP IS MEETING THESE

REQUIREMENTS. LEGISLATION WAS

PASSED IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR THAT

REQUIRES LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO

DEVELOP SUBREGIONAL RESILIENCY

PLANS AND FOR BCDC TO DEVELOP

GUIDELINES THAT THESE PLANS MUST

FOLLOW. BCDC HAS AUTHORITY TO

APPROVE OR DENY THESE PLANTS

BASED ON CONSISTENCY WITH THE

GUIDELINES. PLANS ARE ELIGIBLE

FOR PRIORITIZED STATE FUNDING.

FURTHER REQUIRES THAT BCDC ADOPT

GUIDELINES BY DECEMBER 2024 AND

FOR LOCAL PLANTS BE COMPLETED BY

JANUARY 2034. WHEN WE WERE

FUNDED TO INITIATE THE RSAP LAST

YEAR THE PROJECT WAS FUNDED WITH

THIS BILL IN MIND. WE WERE WELL

UNDERWAY BY THE TIME THIS BILL

PASSED IN OCTOBER. THE RSAP

CONTAINS GUIDELINES AS REQUIRED

BY THIS BILL BUT GOES ABOVE AND

BEYOND BY INCLUDING TASKS LISTED

IN THE JOINT PLATFORM AND THE

FOUNDATIONS OF BCDC’S CLIMATE

CHANGE POLICIES. THE BILL SETS

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR WHAT

THE GUIDELINES SHOULD CONTAIN,

INCLUDING BEING BASED IN BEST

AVAILABLE SCIENCE, HAVING A

VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT WITH

EMPHASIS ON VULNERABLE

COMMUNITIES, DEVELOPING

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES, AND

DESIGNATING IMPLEMENTATION

LEADS, AMONG OTHERS, AND THESE

ASPECTS ARE ALL INCORPORATED

INTO OUR GUIDELINES. THIS BILL

APPLIES TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

WITHIN BOTH BCDC AND THE

CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION’S

RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS, SO

APPLIES TO BOTH OF THE AGENCY

AND THE JURISDICTIONS WITHIN.

AND WE HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH

THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL

COMMISSION STAFF REGULARLY TO

ENSURE THAT WE’RE AS ALIGNED AS

POSSIBLE. IT’S IMPORTANT TO

NOTE THAT OUR AGENCY’S

APPROACHES TO MEETING THE

REQUIREMENTS OF THIS BILL LOOK A

LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. THE

CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION

HAS DIFFERENT ENABLING

LEGISLATION THAN WE DO, AND THEY

HAVE AN EXISTING LOCAL COASTAL

PROGRAM. THEY’RE UPDATING THEIR

EXISTING GUIDANCE AS A MECHANISM

TO MEET THE BILL. OUR APPROACH

IS TO INCLUDE THE GUIDELINES AS

REQUIRED BY SB272 INTO THE

REGIONAL SHORELINE ADAPTATION

PLAN. OKAY. NEXT SLIDE. I

WOULD LIKE TO GIVE OVERVIEW OF

THE MULTIPLE PIECES OF THE RSAP

AND DIRECT YOU TO THE SCOPE OF

THE PROPOSED BAY PLAN AMENDMENTS

THAT CORY WILL DISCUSS WITH YOU

FURTHER. THIS IS THE CURRENT

PHASE OF OUR WORK. WE HAVE BEEN

SHARING UPDATES TO THE

COMMISSION ON THESE TWO PIECES.

THE FIRST IS THE REGIONAL

APPROACH WHICH REPRESENTS THE

BIG PICTURE, REGION-WIDE ONE BAY

VISION FOR WHAT THE ADAPTATION

ALONG THE SHORELINE SHOULD LOOK

LIKE AND IDENTIFIED STRATEGIC

REGIONAL PRIORITIES FOR EACH

VISION THAT IDENTIFIES A

REGIONAL SIGNIFICANT ISSUE THAT

MUST BE ADDRESSED IN LOCAL

PLANNING TO ALIGN LOCAL AND

REGIONAL PRIORITIES. WE SHARED

ONE BAY VISION WITH THE

COMMISSION BACK IN FEBRUARY THIS

YEAR. AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING

TO DEVELOP THE PLAN AND

GUIDELINES AND MINIMUM

STANDARDS, WHICH INCLUDE THE

REQUIREMENTS OF SB 272. THE

GUIDELINES LAY OUT A CONSISTENT

PROCESS STANDARD FOR HOW TO

CREATE SUBREGIONAL SHORELINE

PLANS AND DEVELOP ADAPTATION

STRATEGIES THAT MEET MINIMUM

CRITERIA AND ADVANCE THE

REGION’S PRIORITIES AND OUTCOMES

OF THE ONE BAY VISION. THESE

TWO PARTS ARE WHAT WE INTEND TO

BRING TO BCDC’S COMMISSION FOR

ADOPTION IN DECEMBER. FOLLOWING

THE ADOPTION OF THE GUIDELINES

LOCAL JURISDICTIONS WILL THEN

BEGIN THE HARD WORK OF

CONDUCTING AND ADAPTATION

PLANNING ALONG WITH THE

SHORELINES WITH COMMUNITIES AND

THEIR NEIGHBORS. BCDC STAFF

WILL TRANSITION TO PROVIDING

TECHNICAL AND POLICY ASSISTANCE

TO SUPPORT LOCAL JURISDICTIONS

IN MEETING GUIDELINES. THERE

ARE A LOT MORE THAT NEEDS TO BE

DONE TO ADVANCE AND IMPLEMENT

THESE STRATEGIES IN THESE PLANS

FROM DEVELOPING REGIONAL

INVESTMENT STRATEGY BUILDING

ROADMAP FOR PLANNING AND

REGULATORY ALIGNMENTS AND MORE

WE’RE INTENDING TO CONTINUE THE

LEADERSHIP THAT BCDC PLAYS IN

THIS SPACE BY SUPPORTING

ADAPTATION REGION-WIDE. AND,

LASTLY, ONE MORE BACK — JUST

EMPHASIS THAT COMPONENTS IN THE

PROPOSED BAY PLAN AMENDMENT

WOULD BE THE FIRST TWO PARTS,

THE ONE BAY VISION AND THE PLAN

GUIDELINES. LAST SIDE. NOTE

BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO CORY, I

WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE OUTREACH

AND ENGAGEMENT THAT WE HAVE BEEN

CONDUCTING AS PART OF THE RSAP.

WE HAVE BEEN LEADING AN ADVISORY

GROUP OVER 40 EXPERTS ACROSS THE

REGION DEVELOPED AN EQUITY

STRATEGY THAT HAS GUIDED OUR

EQUITABLE OUTREACH APPROACH,

PUBLIC AND LOCAL PLANNING

PRACTITIONER WORKSHOPS, HELD

FIVE WONDERFUL IN-PERSON

WORKSHOPS PARTNERSHIPS AND

COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS

WORKING WITH FOLKS ON THE GROUND

MEETING WITH LOCAL ELECTED

OFFICIALS ACROSS THE REGION TO

ENSURE THAT MANY FOLKS ARE AWARE

OF THIS WORK AND MANY VOICES

HAVE HAD OPPORTUNITY TO SHAPE

IT. THIS PRESENTATION TODAY IS

ON THE PROPOSAL TO ADOPT THE

RSAP AS A BAY PLAN AMENDMENT AT

A FUTURE MIGRATE WILL BE HAPPY

TO SHARE MORE DETAILS ON THE

CONTENTS OF OUR RSAP IN THE

GUIDELINES THEMSELVES BUT FOR

NOW I HOPE YOU HAVE GREATER

SENSE OF THE PROJECT OVERALL.

WITH THAT I’LL TURN IT OVER TO

CORY.

CORY MANN: I’LL TALK ABOUT

THE PROCESS FOR ESTABLISHING THE

BAY PLAN AND TIMELINE FOR

COMPLETING THIS UPDATE BY THE

END OF 2024. I KNOW JACKIE

SPOKE ABOUT THE REQUIREMENTS OF

SB272 AND THAT YOU HAVE HEARD

ABOUT IT AT VARIOUS TIMES IN

LENGTH. I’LL START BY NOTING

THAT THE BILL DOESN’T ACTUALLY

SPEAK TO THE PROCESS FOR THE

COMMISSION’S APPROVAL OF THE

RSAP PLAN. BASED ON

CONSULTATION WITH BCDC’S LEGAL

COUNSEL, THE EXPECTATION IS THAT

BCDC WILL USE ITS EXISTING LAWS,

REGULATIONS, AND PLANS, TO

IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF

SB272. SO HERE IS AN OVERVIEW

OF THOSE LAWS, REGULATIONS, AND

PLANS. THE MCATEER-PETRIS ACT

CREATED BCDC TO LIMIT FILLING OF

THE BAY PROMOTE PUBLIC ACCESS TO

ITS SHORELINES AND TO CREATE THE

SAN FRANCISCO BAY PLAN. THE BAY

PLAN IS A LIVING DOCUMENT IT

CONTAINS FINDINGS AND POLICIES

ON A RANGE OF TOPICS FROM

COMMERCIAL FISHING TO MANAGED

WETLANDS TO ENVIRONMENTAL

JUSTICE AND SOCIAL EQUITY AND OF

COURSE ON CLIMATE CHANGE.

PROJECTS THAT REQUIRE PERMITS

FROM BCDC MUST BE CONSISTENT

WITH THE POLICIES IN THE BAY

PLAN. WHEN NEEDED, THE BAY PLAN

CAN ALSO INCORPORATE SPECIAL

AREA PLANS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO

CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE

SHORELINE, OR OTHER PLANS

ADDRESSING ESSENTIAL NEEDS. FOR

EXAMPLE, YOU WILL RECALL THAT

THE SEAPORT PLAN HAS ITS OWN SET

OF FINDING SAYS AND POLICIES FOR

PORT AREAS. YOU CAN THINK OF

THESE PLANS AS EXTENSIONS OF THE

BAY PLAN, BUT ANY SPECIAL AREA

PLAN, THE SEAPORT PLAN, ET

CETERA, AND THE BAY PLAN,

ITSELF, NEED TO BE CONSISTENT

WITH THE MCATEER-PETRIS ACT IN

ORDER TO BE ENFORCEABLE. IF YOU

THINK OF ALL OF THAT AS THE

CONTENT THAT WE WORK WITH, THERE

IS STILL THE HOW. SO, THE

SUBSTANTIVE REQUIREMENTS UNDER

THE MCATEER-PETRIS ACT ARE

FLESHED OUT THROUGH REGULATIONS

THAT THE COMMISSION HAS FORMALLY

ADOPTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT AND

SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL BY

OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW.

INCLUDES EVERYTHING FROM HOW AND

WHEN THE COMMISSION MEETS TO

PERMIT AND ENFORCEMENT

PROCEDURES TO HOW WE’RE ALLOWED

TO ADOPT NEW PLANS AND POLICIES.

THE QUESTION THEN IS WHERE DOES

THE RSAP AND THE SUBREGIONAL

SHORELINE ADAPTATION PLANS FIT

INTO THIS FRAMEWORK.

SO, BCDC STAFF HAVE CONCLUDED

AND RECOMMEND THAT THE STRAIGHT

FORWARD APPROACH TO GIFT RSAP

LEGAL EFFECT HAS ENVISION SAID

UNDER SB272 IS TO ADOPT THE RSAP

THROUGH THE BAY PLAN AMENDMENT

PROCESS JUST AS BCDC WOULD ADOPT

A SPECIAL AREA PLAN OR SEAPORT

PLAN OR MORE SPECIFIC

APPLICATION OF THE BAY PLAN. AS

MENTIONED ON THE LAST SLIDE

BCDC’S EXISTING PROCEDURES

PROVIDE ALLOWANCE FOR

INCORPORATING MORE SPECIFIC

PLANS LIKE THIS INTO THE BAY

PLAN. IN ADDITION TO ADOPTING

THE RSAP AS A BAY PLAN AMENDMENT

STAFF WILL RECOMMEND AMENDING

SOME OF THE RELEVANT BAY PLAN

CLIMATE CHANGE FINDINGS AND

POLICIES PARTICULARLY CLIMATE

CHANGE POLICY SIX, THE EXISTING

BAY PLAN CLIMATE POLICY SIX

STATES THE COMMISSION SHOULD

DEVELOP A REGIONAL SHORELINE

ADAPTATION PLAN SINCE THAT’S

WHAT WE’RE DOING BY ESTABLISHING

THE RSAP REVIEWING AND TAKING

ACTION EVENTUALLY ON THE

REQUIRED SUBREGIONAL SHORELINE

PLANS WE’RE GOING TO SUGGEST

UPDATING THE POLICY TO

ACKNOWLEDGE ASSOCIATED FINDINGS

IN CLIMATE CHANGE SECTION OF THE

BAY PLAN ALSO ALLOWING US TO

DESCRIBE REQUIREMENTS OF THE

SB272 AND HELP CONNECT

LEGISLATION DIRECTLY TO THE BAY

PLAN ITSELF THIS WILL TARGET

UPDATE TO ADOPT AND INCORPORATE

THE RSAP RATHER THAN WHOLE

REVISION OF THE BAY PLAN CLIMATE

CHANGE POLICIES THIS IS

IMPORTANT, THE RSAP AS A BAY

PLAN AMENDMENT AT THE END OF

THIS YEAR WILL NOT ALTER

PERMITTING PROCESS FOR

INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS. THIS WOULD

HAVE NO EFFECT ON HOW INDIVIDUAL

PROJECTS ARE REVIEWED AND

PERMITTED.

BUT, OF COURSE, IMPLEMENTATION

OF THE RSAP, AS WELL AS BCDC’S

REVIEW OF SUBREGIONAL SHORELINE

ADAPTATION PLAN IS GOING TO BE

AN ONGOING PROCESS. THE PURPOSE

OF AMENDING THE BAY PLAN IN THIS

MANNER IS TO FORMALIZE THE

COMMISSION’S ADOPTION OF THE

PLAN BUT BEYOND 2024 THERE IS

STILL SO MUCH TO DO. FIRST ONE

THING TO NOTE ABOUT THE BAY PLAN

AMENDMENT PROCESS IS THAT IT’S

SOMEWHAT CUMBERSOME FOR WHEN

UPDATES TO THE NEEDED.

THEREFORE, AN IMPORTANT STEP TO

SEEK LEGISLATIVE SOLUTIONS THAT

COULD EXEMPT UPDATES TO THE PLAN

FROM HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE

ENTIRE BAY PLAN AMENDMENT

PROCESS TO GIVE THEM LEGAL

EFFECT. SOME STATE AGENCIES

HAVE LEGISLATIVE CARVE-OUTS THAT

ALLOW THOSE AGENCIES TO ISSUE

GUIDANCE THAT’S NOT SUBJECT TO

THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT

OR REVIEW BY THE OFFICE OF

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW. AND WOULD

SEEK A SIMILAR KIND OF

LEGISLATIVE CARVE-OUT FOR

UPDATES TO THE RSAP, AND THAT

WOULD PROVIDE US MORE

FLEXIBILITY TO MAKE SURE WE CAN

UPDATE THE PLAN REGULARLY WHEN

NEEDED. WE WOULD BE LOOKING FOR

A LEGISLATIVELY APPROVED

APPROACH THAT WOULD BE

STREAMLINED AND PARTICIPATORY

AND TRANSPARENT TO THE PUBLIC.

BROADLY BCDC WILL NEED TO ASSESS

ITS AUTHOR AND JURISDICTIONS TO

CONSIDER HOW BEST TO LINK SEA

LEVEL RISE PLANNING TO OUR

REGULATORY PROGRAM. GOAL TWO

OBJECTIVE ONE OF THE STRATEGIC

PLAN IS TO DETERMINE WHETHER AND

HOW BCDC REGULATORY AND PLANNING

AUTHORITY AND JURISDICTION

SHOULD EXPAND TO FOSTER LARGER

SCALE ADAPTATION EFFORTS. THIS

IS SOMETHING STAFF ARE ALREADY

BEGINNING TO BRAINSTORM ON

INTERNALLY. AND WE HOPE TO

START A SERIES OF CONVERSATIONS

ABOUT THESE ISSUES WITH THE

COMMISSION AND STAKEHOLDERS

ACROSS THE REGION SOON.

SO, ADOPTING THE RSAP AT THE END

OF THIS YEAR IS AN IMPORTANT

STEP BUT THIS IN ITSELF DOES NOT

ALTER BCDC’S PERMITTING PROGRAM

OR UNDERLYING MCATEER-PETRIS

AUTHORITY. SO WE’RE BEGINNING

TO EXPLORE THESE POSSIBILITIES

AND LOOK FORWARD TO DISCUSSING

THIS MORE AT FUTURE MEETINGS.

THESE INITIATIVES COULD END UP

BEING INCLUDED IN FUTURE BAY

PLAN AMENDMENTS OR FUTURE

LEGISLATION OR LIKELY BOTH

HOLISTICALLY INTEGRATING

PERMITTING AND PLANNING FOR SEA

LEVEL RISE IN THE YEARS TO COME.

THOSE ARE THE THINGS STAFF ARE

BEGINNING TO THINK ABOUT AND

WANTED TO FLAG FOR YOU NOW NONE

OF THE THINGS WE’RE DISCUSSING

TODAY OR THAT ARE ON THIS SLIDE

WOULD BE PART OF THE PROPOSED

BAY PLAN AMENDMENT. HERE IS

CONCRETE INFORMATION ABOUT THE

BAY PLAN AMENDMENT PROCESS AND

TIMELINE. SO, FIRST, WE

CIRCULATED A DRAFT DESCRIPTIVE

NOTICE AND A BRIEF STAFF REPORT

TO THE COMMISSION ON AUGUST 2ND

IN ADVANCE OF TODAY’S PUBLIC

HEARING AND POSSIBLE VOTE ON

WHETHER TO INITIATE THE BAY PLAN

AMENDMENT PROCESS. IF THE

COMMISSION VOTES TO INITIATE THE

PROCESS, THEN WE WILL MAIL THE

FINAL DESCRIPTIVE NOTICE OUT

WITH A PUBLIC HEARING DATE TO

OUR LIST OF INTERESTED PARTIES.

THEN IN MID-SEPTEMBER, STAFF

WILL CIRCULATE A STAFF REPORT

WITH A PRELIMINARY

RECOMMENDATION TO THE

COMMISSION. THAT’S GOING TO BE

BIG. STAFF WILL HAVE SPECIFIC

POLICY LANGUAGE THAT WE SUGGEST

AMENDING IN THE BAY PLAN CLIMATE

CHANGE POLICIES ALONG WITH THE

DRAFT REGIONAL SHORELINE

ADAPTATION PLAN ITSELF. SO THAT

DATE, SEPTEMBER 13TH, IS A BIG

ONE AND ALSO MARKS THE BEGINNING

OF THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC COMMENT

PERIOD IN WHICH BCDC WILL

RESPOND TO EVERY WRITTEN COMMENT

RECEIVED. OF COURSE, WE HAVE

BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO ENGAGE

STAKEHOLDERS THROUGH THE THIS

ENTIRE PROCESS, INCLUDING

HOLDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR

PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY TO

DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT TO

INITIATE THIS PROCESS.

ON OCTOBER 17TH, WE WOULD HOLD A

PUBLIC HEARING ON THE DRAFT RSAP

AS WELL AS THE POLICY REVISIONS

IN THE BAY PLAN THAT I JUST

MENTIONED, AND THE OFFICIAL

PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WOULD

LIKELY CLOSE AT THE END OF THAT

MEETING, AND AFTER THAT STAFF

WOULD MAKE REVISIONS BASED ON

PUBLIC AND COMMISSIONER INPUT

PRIOR TO CIRCULATING A FINAL

RECOMMENDATION AND A COMMISSION,

AND ANOTHER MEETING WITH A

COMMISSION VOTE ON WHETHER OR

NOT TO ADOPT THE RSAP AND THOSE

RELATED CHANGES TO THE BAY PLAN,

TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR

DECEMBER 5TH. LIKE ANY BAY PLAN

AMENDMENT, UPDATING THE BAY PLAN

REQUIRES A 2/3 AFFIRMATIVE VOTE

OF THE TOTAL COMMISSION, SO, 18

COMMISSION — 18 POSITIVE VOTES.

AND THIS TIMELINE WILL ENSURE

THAT BCDC FINALIZES THE

GUIDELINES FOR THE RSAP BY THE

END OF THE YEAR PER THE

REQUIREMENTS OF SB272. IF THE

COMMISSION VOTES TO ADOPT THE

AMENDMENT STAFF WOULD THEN NEED

TO SUBMIT THE AMENDMENT FOR

REVIEW BY THE STATE OFFICE OF

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW AND WE MAY

ALSO SUBMIT THE AMENDMENT TO

NOAA TO INCORPORATE THE

AMENDMENT INTO BCDC’S FEDERAL

COASTAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.

THAT BRINGS US TO THE STAFF

RECOMMENDATION. LAST THING TO

MENTION, BRIEFLY, IS THAT IN

CONTRAST TO THE 2/3 VOTE

REQUIREMENT FOR ADOPTING A BAY

PLAN, THE COMMISSION, THE

COMMISSION ONLY NEEDS A MAJORITY

VOTE TO INITIATE THE BAY PLAN

AMENDMENT PROCESS. OF COURSE,

BEFORE I READ THE STAFF

RECOMMENDATION, I WILL STOP AND

WE WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY

QUESTIONS.

CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN: DO

WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT?

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: YES,

CHAIR WASSERMAN. WE CURRENTLY

HAVE TWO HAND RAISED. KAREN

HIGH, YOU MAY UNMUTE YOURSELF.

SPEAKER: GOOD MORNING. CAN

YOU HEAR ME?

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: YES,

WE CAN.

SPEAKER: I MEAN GOOD

AFTERNOON

[LAUGHTER]

KAREN HIGH, CITIZEN’S COMMITTEE

TO COMPLETE THE REFUGE THANK YOU

FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE

COMMENTS WE SUPPORT THE ADOPTION

OF THE NOTICE TO INITIATE THE

PROCESS TO AMEND THE BAY PLAN TO

INCLUDE THE RSAP SINCE 2010 CCCR

HAS ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED IN THE

CLIMATE CHANGE AMENDMENT,

ADAPTING TO RISING TIDES AND BAY

ADAPT PROCESSES AND WE ARE

CURRENTLY ON THE RSAP ADVISORY

GROUP. WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE

HIGHER-LEVEL COMMENTS REGARDING

HOW WE ADAPT TO CLIMATE CHANGE.

ONE, HABITATS OF THE BAY ARE

VULNERABLE, ARE THREATENED BY

SEA LEVEL RISE, NOT JUST

COMMUNITIES. BAY HABITATS

PROVIDE VITAL BENEFITS FOR

COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING SEA LEVEL

RESILIENCE AND SHOULD BE

CONSIDERED IMPORTANT NATURAL

INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR EFFORTS TO

PLAN FOR SEA LEVEL RISE

ADAPTATION. A HOLISTIC APPROACH

TO PLANNING FOR SEA LEVEL RISE

RESILIENCE THAT INCLUDES

PROTECTION OF THE BAY’S EXISTING

AND FUTURE HABITATS IS CRUCIAL

FOR BAY AREA COMMUNITIES. AND

WITH RESPECT TO THE RSAP, WE

SUPPORT LANGUAGE FOR STRATEGIC

REGIONAL PRIORITIES PERTAINING

TO ECOSYSTEM HEALTH AND

RESILIENCE AND WE URGE THAT

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES PROVIDED BY

HABITATS BE INTEGRATED AS A

THREAD THAT WEAVES THROUGH THE

RSAP GUIDELINES LANGUAGE. THE

DOCUMENT THAT WILL BE USED MAY

NOT HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO THE

CONCEPT OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES

AND THE IMPORTANT ROLE OF

NATURAL INFRASTRUCTURE BAY

HABITATS PLAYS IN PROVIDING

CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCE. IT

IS IMPORTANT THAT THE

VULNERABILITY AND CRUCIAL

RESILIENCE FUNCTIONS OF THE

BAY’S HABITATS IS CLEARLY

IDENTIFIED, AS WELL AS THE NEED

TO PROTECT THESE FUNCTIONS

MOVING INTO THE FUTURE. AND

THAT THIS BE WOVEN THROUGHOUT

THE RSAP. WE LOOK FORWARD TO

CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN THIS

VERY IMPORTANT REGIONAL PROCESS,

AND OUR APPRECIATION GOES OUT TO

STAFF WHO ARE DEALING WITH THIS

VERY COMPLEX ISSUE. THANK YOU.

CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN:

THANK YOU.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: THANK

YOU. AND NEXT WE HAVE HANNAH.

YOU MAY UNMUTE YOURSELF.

SPEAKER: HELLO. CAN YOU HEAR

ME?

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: WE

CAN BUT YOU ARE A LITTLE QUIET.

SPEAKER: OKAY. WELL, GOOD

AFTERNOON. I’M HANNA O’KOREEH

ON BEHALF OF SHAH, YODER, AND

[INDISCERNIBLE] AND RANGE.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO

PROVIDE COMMENTS A QUICK

QUESTION THE DRAFT GUIDELINES DO

NOT ALLOW SPECIAL DISTRICTS TO

SUBMIT SEA LEVEL RISE PLANS OR

PROJECTS CURRENTLY ONLY CITIES

OR LOCAL JURISDICTIONS ARE ABLE

TO EXERCISE AUTHOR WHAT

ABILITIES DO SPECIAL DISTRICTS

HAVE IN TERMS OF ADDRESSING SEA

LEVEL RISE WITHIN THE GUIDELINES

IS THERE ROOM FOR AMENDING THE

GUIDELINES TO INCLUDE SPECIAL

DISTRICTS?

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: THANK

YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. I

SEE NO OTHER HANDS RAISED AT

THIS TIME CHAIR WASSERMAN.

CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN:

THANK YOU. COMMENTS OR

QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION?

COMMISSIONER ECKLUND?

SPEAKER: THANK YOU VERY MUCH,

CHAIR. GREAT PRESENTATION, AND

A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION. I

GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

ACTUALLY, IT’S A SERIES OF

QUESTIONS. FIRST ALL, HAVE THE

LOCAL JURISDICTIONS THAT ARE

GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO DEVELOP

THIS PLAN BEEN NOTIFIED THAT

THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SO?

AND THAT THE GUIDELINES THAT ARE

GONNA BE ESTABLISHED TO HELP IN

DETERMINING WHETHER THE PLAN

WILL BE APPROVED OR NOT BY BCDC

AND THE COASTAL COMMISSION IS

GOING TO BE DECIDED UPON BETWEEN

NOW AND DECEMBER? THE REASON I

ASK THAT QUESTION IS BECAUSE I

WOULD — I WOULD ASSUME THAT ANY

CITY OR COUNTY THAT HAS ANY —

THAT TOUCHES THE BAY AT ALL,

WOULD HAVE TO DEVELOP A PLAN.

SO, THE CITY, MY CITY, CITY OF

NOVATO, HAVE NOT NOTIFIED THE

COUNCIL THAT WE’RE GOING TO BE

REQUIRED TO DEVELOP A PLAN. SO

JUST KIND OF CURIOUS AS TO WHAT

LEVEL OF CONTACT WE HAVE HAD,

AND HOW — WHERE THE LOCALS ARE

RELATIVE TO THIS PROCESS.

SPEAKER: I CAN START WITH

THAT ONE. SO WE HAVE BEEN

TRYING OUR HARDEST TO WORK WITH

AS MANY LOCAL JURISDICTIONS AS

POSSIBLE. THERE IS 41 CITIES

AND NINE COUNTIES THAT TOURISTS

THE BAY. SO THAT’S ABOUT 50

JURISDICTIONS.

WE HAVE DONE THIS IN A VARIETY

OF WAYS SO FAR. WE HAVE BEEN

DOING OUTREACH MEETINGS, MAYOR’S

CONFERENCES THROUGHOUT THE

REGION. I THINK WE HAVE HIT

EIGHT OF THE NINE COUNTIES AT

THIS POINT. SO, WE HAVE USED

THAT AS A FORUM TO TRY TO GET

THE WORD OUT. A FEW WEEKS AGO

WE HOSTED A WORKSHOP WITH

PLANNING DIRECTORS. WE REAPED

REACHED OUT TO EVERY PLANNING

DIRECTOR IN THE BAY AREA SUBJECT

TO THIS AND INVITED THEM TO

PARTICIPATE IN THE WORKSHOP, A

CHANCE FOR THEM TO LEARN ABOUT

THE PROCESS AND ALSO FOR US TO

LEARN FROM THEM AND UNDERSTAND

HOW THIS CAN WORK IN THEIR

COMMUNITIES. ALSO HAVE ADVISORY

COMMITTEES AND OTHER FORUM WHERE

IS MANY LOCAL JURISDICTIONS

PARTICIPATED BUT WOULDN’T SAY

ALL NECESSARILY. OPPORTUNITY

FOR US TO FORMALLY MAKE SURE

THAT EVERYONE IS ON NOTICE SO

THAT’S SOMETHING WE CAN DO.

PAT ECKLUND: CAN WE GET A

LIST OF THOSE 41 CITIES? I

WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHICH ARE IN

THE AREA THAT I REPRESENT. SO I

CAN MAKE SURE THAT THOSE

JURISDICTIONS ARE AWARE OF IT.

SPEAKER: SURE. HAPPY TO

SHARE THAT.

PAT ECKLUND: AND SO, ARE

THESE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT ARE

GOING TO BE HAVING TO DEVELOP A

PLAN, IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY

FUNDING FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO

DEVELOP THAT PLAN?

SPEAKER: SO, FUNDING IS

CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR CITIES

THROUGH THE OP, THE OCEAN

PROTECTION COUNCIL’S SB1 GRANT

PROGRAM. AND JUSTIN COMPANY

KIMBALL IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER

SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT

GRANT PROGRAM BUT IN SHORT

FUNDING AVAILABLE NOW IT’S OPEN

ON A ROLLING BASIS. SO THERE IS

QUARTERLY GRANT APPROVAL

PROCESSES. IT’S A

NON-COMPETITIVE GRANT, SO IF YOU

DO ALL THE THINGS YOU’RE

SUPPOSED TO DO, THEY WILL FUND

IT AND SEVERAL BAY AREA CITIES

HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED IT, AND IN

ANTICIPATION OF THIS FUNDING,

AND USING THAT PROGRAM. I WOULD

SAY IF THAT’S SOMETHING YOU’RE

CITY NEEDS, LOOK INTO THAT,

WE’RE HAPPY TO CONNECT YOU WITH

THOSE FOLKS AT OPC, AS WELL.

PAT ECKLUND: SINCE THERE IS

ONLY 41 CITIES OUT OF THE 488 —

WELL, I DON’T KNOW HOW MANY ARE

IN THE BAY AREA — SO THERE’S

ONLY 41 CITIES, THEN NOT EVERY

CITY THAT HAS CONNECTION TO THE

BAY IS REQUIRED TO DEVELOP A

PLAN. IS THAT CORRECT?

SPEAKER: THAT’S CORRECT.

ONLY ONES WITHIN BCDC’S

JURISDICTION.

PAT ECKLUND: THAT ARE IN

BCDC’S JURISDICTION. OKAY. GOT

IT. IS NOVATO SUBJECT TO THIS?

I JUST —

SPEAKER: YES.

PAT ECKLUND: WE ARE?

INTERESTING. I REALLY WOULD

LIKE A LIST OF THE 41 CITIES AS

SOON AS POSSIBLE, SO THAT I CAN

MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT

ARE AT THE GOVERNANCE LEVEL HAVE

SOME IDEA THAT THIS IS BEING

REQUIRED. AND, SO, I REALLY

WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT AS SOON

AS POSSIBLE. BECAUSE THIS

WHOLE, YOU KNOW, HAVING WORKED

FOR EPA FOR OVER 35 YEARS, WE

DEVELOPED GUIDELINES AND WE WERE

VERY CAREFUL TO MAKE SURE THAT

ALL THE JURISDICTIONS THAT HAD

TO COMPLY WITH THE GUIDELINES

WERE GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN THE

DEVELOPMENT OF THEM. I

DEPARTMENT KNOW MY CITY WAS

GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO DO THIS

PLAN. MAYBE MY FAULT, BUT

REGARDLESS WHOSE FAULT IT IS,

IT’S JUST WE REALLY NEED TO GET

UP TO SPEED QUICKLY. ESPECIALLY

IF THEY’RE SUPPOSED TO BE

APPROVED BY THE END OF THE

CALENDAR YEAR, JUST SORRY —

SPEAKER: OUR GUIDELINES THAT

ARE REQUIRED TO BE BY THE END OF

THE YEAR, CITIES HAVE UNTIL

2034.

PAT ECKLUND: 2034. I

UNDERSTAND THAT BUT THE

GUIDELINES ARE GOING TO BE

CRITICAL TO DIAGRAM HOW THE

CITIES DEVELOP THEIR PLAN. SOME

CITIES DON’T HAVE THAT

EXPERTISE. LIKE OUR CITY, WE

HAVE AN ANNUAL DEFICIT OF 3

MILLION, MINIMUM SO WE DON’T

NECESSARILY HAVE ALL THE

RESOURCES THAT WE NEED, AND

OTHER CITIES ARE IN THE SAME

CONDITION AS WE ARE. I’M JUST

REALLY ANXIOUS TO GET THAT

INFORMATION, SO THAT THEN I CAN

HELP START SPREADING THE WORD SO

THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT OUR

CITIES ARE PREPARED AND ARE

INVOLVED EACH STEP OF THE WAY.

AND ARE WE GOING TO BE NOTIFIED

OF ALL OF THE PUBLIC VENUES

WHERE WE’RE GOING TO BE

DISCUSSING THE GUIDELINES? OR

COULD WE BE NOTIFIED IN ADVANCE

SO WE CAN PUT IT ON OUR

CALENDARS AND FOLLOW THE

PROCESS.

SPEAKER: ABSOLUTELY. YES.

PAT ECKLUND: OKAY GREAT.

BECAUSE THAT’S A VERY

INTERESTING PROCESS TO ME,

HAVING BEEN AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL

FOR SO LONG, IT’S GOING TO BE

FUN PARTICIPATE WITH BCDC.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN:

COMMISSIONER GIOIA?

JOHN GIOIA: MY UNDERSTANDING,

BCDC HAS DONE SOME OUTREACH I

KNOW WE MADE A PRESENTATION AT

CONTRA COSTA, STAFF AND BCDC

STAFF AT THE CONTRA COSTA

CONFERENCE A COUPLE OF MONTHS

AGO, EMBARKING ON REACHING OUT

TO COUNTY MAYORS CONFERENCES,

YOU HAVE BEEN DOING THAT.

SPEAKER: YES EIGHT OR NINE OF

THE COUNTIES, THE COUNTY WE HAVE

REACHED OUT TO WE HAVE GONE TO

MAYOR’S CONFERENCE, AND MARIN,

ALAMEDA, CONTRA COSTA, NAPA,

SONOMA, SALON OH I THINK WE HAVE

SAN MATEO AND STILL HAVE SANTA

CLARA.

JOHN GIOIA: RIGHT. I BELIEVE

IT’S UP TO THE MAYORS FROM THOSE

CITIES WHO ARE AT THESE

CONFERENCES TO REPORT BACK TO

THEIR JURISDICTIONS ABOUT THIS

REQUIREMENT. ARE YOU GOING TO

BE DOING ANY MAILING AS WELL?

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE CITIES,

YOU HAVE HELD REGIONAL MEETINGS

TO GET INPUT ON ALL OF THIS?

SPEAKER: YES WE HAD A NUMBER

OF REGIONAL MEETINGS, AS I

MENTIONED, THE PLANNING

DIRECTOR’S MEETING WE HELD A FEW

WEEKS AGO AND WE’LL CONTINUE AS

WE ENTER THE PUBLIC COMMENT

PHASE AND CONTINUE TO DO THAT

OUTREACH AS WE ENTER THIS FORMAL

PART OF THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.

JOHN GIOIA: AND YOU HAVE BEEN

TAKE INPUT FROM THESE PUBLIC

MEETINGS INCLUDING FROM CITIES?

SPEAKER: CORRECT.

JOHN GIOIA: ALL RIGHT. IT’S

GETTING DUE DILIGENCE THERE.

THANK YOU.

CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN: ANY

OTHER — COMMISSIONER SHOWALTER,

AND THEN COMMISSIONER GUNTHER.

PATRICIA SHOWALTER: YEAH, I

AM GOING TO FOLLOW UP ABOUT THE

SPECIAL DISTRICTS. REALLY WHAT

SEA LEVEL RISE IS, IS COASTAL

FLOOD PROTECTION. WE USED TO

CALL IT COASTAL FLOOD

PROTECTION, AND FRANKLY LITTLE

WAS DONE, AND NOW WE CALL SEA

LEVEL RISE, AND WE’RE DOING LOTS

WHICH IS GREAT. FLOOD

PROTECTION IT’S COVERED BY A

PATCHWORK QUILT OF AGENCIES

HERE, NOT ALL DONE BY THE

CITIES. SO, I THOUGHT THE IDEA

OF CREATING THE SPECIAL RELEVANT

DISTRICTS, PARTICULARLY SANTA

CLARA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT IS

REALLY GERMANE, IT SEEMS LIKE

ALL THE THINGS I WORKED ON WITH

BCDC, WE HAVE BEEN VERY OPEN TO

THAT, AND WE HAVE DONE THAT.

SO, I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM

THAT INDEED WE WERE — YOU KNOW,

WE WERE REALLY REACHING OUT

EVERYBODY TO WHO IS IN THE FLOOD

PROTECTION SPACE. IS THAT

RIGHT?

SPEAKER: THAT’S CORRECT. THE

LEGISLATION, ITSELF, SAYS THAT

LOCAL JURISDICTIONS MUST ADOPT

THESE SUBREGIONAL PLANS. SO

THAT’S IN THE LEGISLATION. BUT

AS WE’RE DEVELOPING THESE

GUIDELINES, WE KNOW WHO MANAGES

OUR SHORELINE IS DIVERSE, IT’S A

MIX OF SPECIAL DISTRICTS, AND

FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICTS, AND

PRIVATE PROPERTIES, AND A WHOLE

MESS OF DIFFERENT ENTITIES THAT

ARE RESPONSIBLE AND OWN AND

MANAGE THAT LAND GUIDELINES ARE

TRYING TO CALL OUT HOW WE MAKE

SURE THOSE COORDINATE WITH ONE

ANOTHER AND SPECIAL DISTRICTS

ARE CALLED OUT AS THE KEY

ENTITY.

PATRICIA SHOWALTER: THAT’S

IMPORTANT. AND MY OTHER

QUESTION IS WHERE PLANS ARE

GOING TO BE WRITTEN I THINK

THAT’S 2034 THAT’S A NUMBER WE

SHOULD ALL KEEP IN OUR HEADS.

IT’S ONE THING TO GET THE

GUIDELINES, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT’S

TEN YEARS TO THINK ABOUT IT.

THAT’S REALLY A LONG, LONG TIME.

I’M HOPING THAT WE CAN PROVIDE

INCENTIVES TO GET THOSE PLANS

DONE MUCH FASTER. AND I

WONDERED IF YOU HAD A FEW WORDS

OF WISDOM ABOUT INCENTIVES WE

MIGHT PROVIDE?

SPEAKER: SURE. AND I THINK

OF THE LEGISLATION, THAT’S

PROBABLY THE PART OF IT THAT

MAKES US A LITTLE UNHAPPIEST.

BUT THAT IS WHAT THE

LEGISLATIONS SAYS. BUT WE THINK

AND HOPE THAT WE CAN RALLY THE

BAY AREA TO DO THESE PLANS

FASTER. A LOT OF CITIES ALREADY

HAVE PLANS AND WE WANT TO MAKE

THAT PROCESS EASY FOR THEM. WE

ALSO ARE GOING TO BE DEVELOPING

A TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

AS, SORT OF, THE NEXT PHASE OF

THIS. SO THAT WILL BE A WAY WE

CAN WORK WITH CITIES AND HELP

PUSH THESE ALONG. AS I

MENTIONED, THE OPC FUNDING IS

AVAILABLE, AND HOPEFULLY THAT

INCENTIVIZES FOLKS. AND LASTLY

THE LEGISLATION ITSELF SAYS THAT

CITIES WHO HAVE THESE PLANS IN

PLACE THAT ARE APPROVED BY BCDC

AND THE COASTAL COMMISSION WILL

BE PRIORITIZED FOR STATE FUNDING

AND THAT’S WHERE THE REAL

DOLLARS ARE IN TERMS OF PROJECT

IMPLEMENTATION. HOPEFULLY WE

CAN GET THE MESSAGE SOONER IF

YOU GET THE PLANS IN PLACE, THE

SOONER YOUR PROJECTS CAN BE

INCENTIVIZED FOR THAT BIGGER

TICKET.

PATRICIA SHOWALTER: I KNOW IN

MOUNTAIN VIEW, WE ARE GOING TO

SIGN UP AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.

BECAUSE THE MONEY IS AN ISSUE.

WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF

BUILDING A SEA LEVEL RISE

PROJECT. WE HAVE 14 PROJECTS IN

IT. YES. I TOLD YOU. WE’RE

REALLY BUSY BUILDING THEM. BUT

THEY GET MORE EXPENSIVE EVERY

YEAR. SO, THE MONEY WILL BE

VERY, VERY ENTICING. THANK YOU

SO MUCH. THIS IS VERY, VERY

VALUABLE WORK.

CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN:

COMMISSIONER GUNTHER.

ANDREW GUNTHER: THANK YOU,

MR. CHAIRMAN. JESSICA, I WANT

TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR VERY

FIRST SLIDE, WHICH SET THAT

CONTEXT FOR HOW LONG WE HAVE

BEEN WORKING ON THIS ISSUE. AND

I THINK THAT’S REALLY IMPORTANT,

A DRUM TO BEAT CONSTANTLY. IT

GOES BACK EARLIER THAN THAT,

BECAUSE TRAV WAS WORKING ON IT

EARLIER THAN THAT. AND I THINK

AS TIME GOES ON IT’S GOING TO

BECOME MORE AND MORE IMPRESSIVE

AND IT CAN BECOME A VALUABLE

PIECE OF INFORMATION FOR

CONVINCING PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE

THOUGHT THIS OUT AND THAT —

THAT IT’S — I MEAN, WE’RE

VIRTUALLY AT THE FIRST

GENERATION ALREADY RETIRING IN

THE NEXT GENERATION PICKING THIS

UP. AND I — I HAVE BEEN VERY,

VERY INFLUENCED BY TONY

LAZAROWITZ’S REFERENCES TO

CLIMATE ADAPTATION LIKE

CATHEDRAL BUILDING IN THE MIDDLE

AGES, AND THE PEOPLE WHO BUILT

THE FOUNDATIONS KNEW THEY WERE

NEVER GOING TO SEE THE COMPLETED

STRUCTURE, BUT THAT DIDN’T

MATTER. THAT WAS PART OF WHAT

THEY WERE SIGNING UP FOR. AND I

REALLY THINK THAT WE NEED TO

BUILD THIS INTO EVERYTHING WE

DO, EVEN IF IT’S HALF A SENTENCE

IN THE MEMO YOU WROTE, REFERRING

BACK TO 2011 OR 2008, OR

WHEREVER YOU WANT TO PICK UP THE

STORY, BUT SOMEWHERE BACK THERE.

YOU CAN START WHEN ZACK ASKED ME

TO COME AND TALK TO THE

COMMISSION ABOUT SEA LEVEL RISE,

WHENEVER THAT WAS, IN 2007 OR

SOMETHING.

AND SECONDLY, I WANT TO VERIFY

THAT TODAY IS NOT THE DAY FOR ME

TO BE BEATING THE DRUM ABOUT

SOMETHING THAT I WANT IN THE

RSAP. THERE WILL BE TIME FOR

THAT SERENADE AT A LATER MOMENT.

I HAVE SOME FUNDAMENTAL

THOUGHTS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I

GET IN ON THE GROUND FLOOR WITH

STAFF WITH IDEAS TO THROW AT

YOU.

CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN:

COMMISSIONER KISHIMOTO?

YORIKO KISHIMOTO: YES, THANK

YOU. I WANTED TO WEIGH IN A BIT

ON THIS QUESTION ABOUT OUTREACH.

BECAUSE AS ALWAYS, IN CITY AND

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES KNOW,

OUTREACH IS SO DIFFICULT TO

REACH EVERYONE TO GET THEIR

ATTENTION. AND IT IS TRUE. I

MEAN, REACHING EVERY COUNTY IS

DIFFERENT FROM ACTUALLY REACHING

EACH COUNCIL MEMBER — EACH CITY

COUNCIL, AND CITY. SO IT MIGHT

— YEAH, I DO DISAGREE IT’S KIND

OF WORTH A LITTLE OUTREACH IN A

LIMITED NUMBER OF CITIES TO

CONTACT EACH CITY SPECIFICALLY.

AND THEN ON THE SPECIAL

DISTRICTS, ACTUALLY, I SERVE ON

THE BOARD OF MID-PEP OPEN SPACE.

AND THEN THERE IS VALLEY WATER,

OF COURSE, AND SUCH, AND, SO —

EVEN I’M A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT

WHAT OUR ROLE FOR THE SPECIAL

DISTRICTS IS, BECAUSE WE DO OWN

THE LAND ON THE SHORE, ACTUALLY.

AND, SO, IT’S WORTH, AT LEAST —

ARE YOU GOING — MAYBE THE

QUESTION WOULD BE, ARE WE GOING

TO HAVE AT LEAST FAQ ON THERE

FOR, YOU KNOW, WHICH ENTITY ARE

GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE, YOU

KNOW, WHAT IS — AND ALSO THE

COST OF DOING THESE — WELL,

DOING THE PLAN, AND THEN, YOU

KNOW, THE RESOURCES FOR, YEAH,

GETTING THE FUNDING FOR ACTUALLY

DOING THE ACTUAL PROJECTS.

CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN:

COMMISSIONER ECKLUND?

PAT ECKLUND: THANK YOU VERY

MUCH. I JUST WANTED TO THANK

STAFF, AGAIN, FOR ALL THE WORK

THAT YOU’RE DOING ON THIS. I

THINK SINCE THERE IS ONLY 41

CITIES OUT OF THE 401 IN THE BAY

AREA, I THINK PERSONAL CONTACT

MAY BE VERY HELPFUL. AND I WILL

DEFINITELY GO BACK AND FORM ALL

THE CITIES IN MARIN AND SONOMA

AND SOLANO AND NAPA AS SOON AS I

GET THE LIST. I WILL PERSONALLY

CONTACT THEM, SO THEY CAN MAKE

SURE THAT THEY ARE AWARE THAT

THERE IS AN ACTUAL PLAN THAT

NEEDS TO BE DEVELOPED. I THINK

THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE’RE

WORKING ON BAY ADAPT AND SEA

LEVEL RISE, BUT I’M NOT SURE HOW

MUCH IT SUNK IN THAT WE ACTUALLY

HAVE TO DEVELOP A PLAN THAT

MEETS STATE GUIDELINES, BCDC’S

GUIDELINES. AND THAT THERE IS

— MAY OR MAY NOT BE FUNDING

AVAILABLE. SO, I THINK THAT’S

IMPORTANT. SO, THANK YOU VERY

MUCH, IN ADVANCE.

CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN: I

THINK ALL OF THESE COMMENTS ARE

IMPORTANT. I WOULD ALSO NOTE

THAT IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY ON

STAFF OF THE LOCAL JURISDICTIONS

TO INFORM. AND IT’S A LOT OF

THE EFFORT THAT WE HAVE MADE

THAT, OUR STAFF HAS MADE, IS

REACHING OUT TO STAFF. IT’S NOT

EXCLUSIVELY THAT, AS HAS BEEN

POINTED OUT. THERE HAVE BEEN

MEETINGS WITH THE MAYOR’S

COUNCILS IN EACH OF THE

COUNTIES. IT’S NOT FOCUSING

SIMPLE LE ON COUNTY, BUT TRYING

TO LIMIT THE JURISDICTION SO

THAT YOU CAN EFFECTIVELY

COMMUNICATE, AND AS COMMISSIONER

GIOIA INDICATED, WE HAVE ALSO

FOR THOSE MAYOR’S COUNCILS, DONE

A WIDER REACH FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY

BE AVAILABLE. I THINK THE

SPECIAL DISTRICT DISCUSSION IS

AN IMPORTANT ONE. STAFF HAS

CERTAINLY BEEN AWARE OF THAT AND

REACHING OUT TO THEM. THEY’RE

NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE PLANS

PURSUANT TO 272. AT THE SAME

TIME, PARTICULARLY SOME FLOOD

CONTROL DISTRICTS AND SOME OTHER

SPECIAL DISTRICTS, DO HAVE

SIGNIFICANT RESPONSIBILITIES. I

WOULD BE WILLING TO WAGER THAT

THOSE WHO HAVE THOSE

RESPONSIBILITIES ARE AT LEAST IF

NOT MORE AWARE OF THIS THAN SOME

CITY STAFF. BUT OUTREACH HAS

BEEN SIGNIFICANT AND IT WILL

CONTINUE TO BE.

SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS, WILL

YOU PUT UP THE STAFF

RECOMMENDATION, PLEASE?

SPEAKER: SO THE STAFF

RECOMMENDS THAT THE COMMISSION

VOTE TO ADOPT THE NOTICE TO

INITIATE THE AMENDMENT TO THE

SAN FRANCISCO BAY PLAN TO

ESTABLISH THE REGIONAL SHORELINE

ADAPTATION PLAN OR RSAP

INCLUDING GUIDELINES FOR THE

PREPARATION OF SUBREGIONAL

SHORELINE ADAPTATION PLANS BY

LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WITHIN BCDC

JURISDICTION AS REQUIRED BY

SENATE BILL 272 SEA LEVEL RISE

PLANNING AND ADAPTATION AND BAY

PLAN SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING

TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED

AMENDMENT.

CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN: DO

I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: I

APOLOGIZE COMMISSIONER WASSERMAN

DO WE NEED TO CLOSE OUR PUBLIC

HEARING.

CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN: OF

COURSE WE DO. NO APOLOGY

REQUIRED.

PAT ECKLUND: I WOULD LIKE TO

MAKE A MOTION.

CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN:

BEFORE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A

MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC

HEARING.

YORIKO KISHIMOTO: MOTION.

SPEAKER: SECOND.

CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN:

MOTION MADE BY KISHIMOTO AND

SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER

GUNTHER. IS THERE OBJECTION TO

CLOSING THE HEARING? THE

HEARING IS CLOSED. NOW GO AHEAD

YOU MAY MAKE YOUR MOTION.

PAT ECKLUND: I WOULD LIKE TO

MOVE THE MOTION BUT ALSO HAVE

THAT MOTION INCLUDE THAT EVERY

CITY AND COUNTY WHO IS SUBJECT

TO DEVELOPING A PLAN, BE GIVEN A

COPY OF THE NOTICE TO INITIATE

THIS AMENDMENT BUT THE ELECTED

OFFICIALS AND THE CITY MANAGER.

CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN:

PAT, I’M GOING TO ASK YOU NOT TO

DO IT TO ALL THE ELECTED

OFFICIALS, BECAUSE I THINK

THIS’S GOING TO PUT A BURDEN ON

STAFF. CERTAINLY SOMEONE AT THE

CITY MAY BE REASONABLE.

SPEAKER: YEAH.

PAT ECKLUND: OKAY. THE CITY

MANAGER.

SPEAKER: STAFF CAN REVIEW OUR

INTERESTED PARTIES LIST PRIOR TO

MAILING THE DESCRIPTIVE NOTICE,

AS WELL AS THE DRAFT PLAN WHEN

IT GETS —

PAT ECKLUND: THAT’S PERFECT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN: IS

THERE A SECOND.

COUNSEL: LET’S CLARIFY THE

MOTION EXACTLY WHAT’S UP HERE

AND WE JUST AGREED TO THAT STAFF

WILL DO THAT, RIGHT? THERE IS

NO CHANGES TO THE ACTUAL MOTION.

PAT ECKLUND: NO CHANGES TO

THE MOTION.

CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN:

THANK YOU.

R. SEAN RANDOLPH: SECOND.

CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN: I’M

SORRY. COMMISSIONER RANDOLPH

BEAT YOU TO IT. THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER RANDOLPH SECOND.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

COMMISSIONER ADDIEGO?

MARK ADDIEGO: YES.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

AMBUEHL?

DAVID AMBUEHL: YES.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: BURT?

PAT BURT: YES.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

ECKLUND?

PAT ECKLUND: AYE.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

GILMORE?

MARIE GILMORE: YES.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

GIOIA?

JOHN GIOIA: YES.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

COMMISSIONER GUNTHER?

ANDREW GUNTHER: YES.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

KIMBALL?

SPEAKER: YES.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

KISHIMOTO?

YORIKO KISHIMOTO: YES.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

PEMBERTON?

SHERI PEMBERTON: YES.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

RAMOS? ARE WE STILL ON THE

THUMB’S UP THEORY HERE. SORRY I

HAVE TO MOVE SCREENS. THUMB’S

UP. ALL RIGHT. AMAZING. SORRY

ABOUT THAT. COMMISSIONER

RANCHOD?

SANJAY M. RANCHOD: YES.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

RANDOLPH.

R. SEAN RANDOLPH: YES.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

SHOWALTER?

PATRICIA SHOWALTER: YES.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON:

VAZQUEZ?

JOHN VASQUEZ: YES.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: VICE

CHAIR EISEMAN?

V. CHAIR, REBECCA EISEN: YES.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: CHAIR

WASSERMAN?

CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN:

YES.

CLERK, SIERRA PETERSON: 17

YESES, ZERO ABSTENTIONS AND ZERO

NOS.

CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN:

THANK YOU. THAT WILL MOVE US

FORWARD TO IMPORTANT PROCESS

BRINGS US TO 9A BRIEFING FOR US

BY THE BCDC SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE

INTERNS THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO

HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF

THIS SUMMER THIS IS BCDC’S

FOURTH SUMMER COHORT AND I AM

SURE YOU WILL AGREE THAT HOSTING

AND PAYING INTERNS IS AN

IMPORTANT PART OF ANY AGENCY’S

PUBLIC PARTICULARLY TO HELP

TRAIN AND ENCOURAGE FUTURE

PUBLIC SERVANTS. I WOULD LIKE

TO NOW HAND THE MICROPHONE OVER

TO THE INTERNS.

SPEAKER: GOOD AFTERNOON,

COMMISSIONERS. WE ARE BCDC’S

SUMMER 2024 INTERNS. AND WE ARE

VERY PLEASED TO BE HERE TODAY AT

THE COMMISSION MEETING. SO, WE

HAVE, TODAY, A PRESENTATION

CULMINATING THE END OF OUR

INTERNSHIP HERE, TALKING ABOUT

SUMMER PROJECTS WE HAVE WORKED

ON, AS WELL AS GOING OVER OUR

INTERNSHIP HIGHLIGHTS,

STRENGTHS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS,

AS WELL. SO WE’LL GO AROUND

FIRST WITH OUR NAMES. MY NAME

IS JASMINE CASSIE.

SPEAKER: MY NAME IS BET

WITTOCK.

SPEAKER: MY NAME IS GABRIELA

CIAO.

SPEAKER: MY NAME IS OLIVIA

LAMB.

SPEAKER: I’M OTESSA SHERVANI.

SPEAKER: THANK YOU, JASMINE,

FOR THE INTRODUCTION.

THANK YOU SIERRA. THIS SUMMER I

HAVE BEEN ADAPTING TO RISING

TIDES INTERN, TO THE DATA AND

SCIENCE TEAM LED BY CORY C, AND

I HAVE RECEIVED A GREAT DEAL OF

HELP FROM KATIE FALLON I WOULD

LIKE TO GIVE HER SOME

ACKNOWLEDGMENT AS WELL, I AM A

FOURTH YEAR AT UC BERKELEY STUDY

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE

STUDIES, MINOR IN GIS MY

INTERESTS ARE PRIMARILY NATURAL

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AS WELL

AS ECONOMICS, OUTSIDE OF WORK

AND SCHOOL, I’M A JAZZ PIANIST,

I PLAY GUITAR, DJ A LITTLE BIT,

I REALLY ENJOY HIKING AND

CAMPING. I LOVE OUTDOORS, AND

PARTIALLY THAT’S WHY I’M HERE.

OVER THE COURSE OF THE SUMMER I

HAVE BEEN FOCUSING ON BUILDING

AN INVENTORY OF SEA LEVEL RISE

POLICIES FOUND IN GENERAL PLANS

FROM ACROSS 55 CITIES IN ALL

NINE BAY AREA COUNTIES. PAST

INVENTORIES CREATED BY BCDC AND

OTHER ORGANIZATIONS HAVE

CONSIDERED VULNERABILITY

ASSESSMENTS, AS WELL AS OTHER

PLANNING DOCUMENTS IN PURSUIT OF

ADAPTING TO SEA LEVEL RISE.

HOWEVER, OUR INVENTORY, WE

COVERED SPECIFICALLY GENERAL

PLANS, BECAUSE OF THE BROAD

FOCUS IN SUBJECT MATTER THAT

THEY TEND TO COVER BY CALIFORNIA

LAW.

THE INVENTORY LOOKED AT

INDIVIDUAL POLICIES, AS WELL AS

THE DIFFERENT SORTS OF

SCIENTIFIC OUTCOMES THAT EACH

CITY IS PLANNING FOR. AND THE

WAY THAT WE CONDUCTED THIS WORK

IS REALLY BASED OFF OF PRIOR

STUDIES FROM UC DAVIS, AS WELL

AS A CURRENT STUDY BEING

CONDUCTED BY THE OCEAN AND

COASTAL POLICY CENTER AT UCSB

WHO WE HAVE DIRECTLY INTERFACED

WITH MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE

SUMMER AND WE’RE LOOKING FORWARD

TO THEIR WORK PRODUCT FINALLY

BEING RELEASED IN SEPTEMBER. IT

COVERS A LOT OF THE SAME SUBJECT

MATTER THAT WE DO, EXCEPT FOR ON

THE — FOR THE ENTIRE STATE, FOR

THE ENTIRE COAST.

FOR EACH POLICY, THEY WERE

SORTED BOO ONE OR MORE POLICY

CATEGORIES, IF ANYWHERE

APPLICABLE TO THE POLICY, YOU

CAN SEE A LITTLE GRAPHIC, A

LITTLE SCREENSHOT OF THE

MONSTROUS SPREADSHEET I WAS

EDITING FOR MOST OF THE SUMMER.

LARRY CAUGHT ME A COUPLE OF

TIMES LOOKING AT THAT, AND HE

WAS TAKEN ABACK A LITTLE BIT.

THESE POLICY CATEGORIES ARE

DEVELOPED FROM THE WAY BAY

VISION, A FOUNDATIONAL DOCUMENT

FORTUNATE REGIONAL SHORELINE

ADAPTATION PLAN AND ULTIMATELY

THESE WILL BE USED TO GENERATE

METRICS FOR THE DATA DASHBOARD

WHICH WILL BE RELEASED LATER

THIS YEAR AND ALLOW RESIDENTS

AND JURISDICTIONS IN THE BAY

AREA ALIKE TO LOOK AND SEE HOW

THEIR JURISDICTION, COUNTY, IS

DOING ADAPTING TO SEA LEVEL

RISE. AND A LARGE COMPONENT HOW

WE COMMUNICATE THAT IS THROUGH

VISUALIZATIONS LIKE THESE MAPS I

HAVE CREATED ON THE LEFT. THE

DIFFERENT SORTS OF SEA LEVEL

RISE PROJECTIONS THAT CITIES ARE

USING WITHIN THEIR GENERAL PLAN

SPECIFICALLY TO THINK AND

CONSIDER WHILE THEY’RE CREATING

SEA LEVEL RISE POLICIES. ON THE

RIGHT, AS WELL, YOU SEE

SPECIFICALLY THE POLICIES, THE

DIFFERENT SORTS OF ADAPTATION

STRATEGIES THAT CITIES ARE

LAYING OUT WITHIN THEIR GENERAL

PLANS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF ALL

THE OTHER ELEMENTS OF CITY

GOVERNANCE AND CITY PLANNING

THAT JURISDICTIONS HAVE TO

CONSIDER WHILE CREATING THESE

GENERAL PLANS. WHAT ARE THE

DIFFERENT SORTS OF ADAPTATION

PATHWAYS THAT THEY’RE

CONSIDERING, ARE THEY

CONSIDERING GRAY INFRASTRUCTURE

SUCH AS SEA WALLS, ARE THEY

ATTEMPTING TO RESTORE TIDAL

MARSHES, TIDAL WETLANDS, OR ARE

THEY DOING A MIX OF BOTH. YOU

CAN SEE GREAT DISPARITIES

BETWEEN JURISDICTIONS IN BOTH

THE SCIENTIFIC ASPECTS OF

PLANNING, AS WELL AS DIFFERENT

PATHWAYS THAT THEY’RE SELECTING.

AND WITH THAT, I’LL HAND IT OVER

TO GABRIELA.

SPEAKER: AWESOME. THANK YOU

VERY MUCH. MY NAME IS GABRIELA

I WAS ON THE BAY RESOURCES TEAM

IN THE SUMMER REGULATORY UNIT

AND MY TEAM LEADS WERE ASHLEY,

AND JULIE CONSERVATION RESOURCE

STUDIES AT BERKELEY, ACADEMIC

INTERESTS INCLUDE INDIGENOUS

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND ALSO

OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL, I LIKE TO

READ, PAINT, AND HIKE I LOVE

REPTILES THAT’S A PICTURE OF MY

GECKO. THIS SUMMER MY PROJECT

WAS TO CREATE SPECIAL STATUS

SPECIES REPORTS WHICH ARE

BASICALLY ANY SPECIES THAT MIGHT

BE IMPACTED BY DIFFERENT PERMITS

AND COULD HAVE HABITAT OR

CONSERVATION CONCERNS AND I ALSO

CREATED A TEMPLATE OUT OF WHAT

YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT IN WORD SO

THAT OTHER SPECIES THAT’S COME

UP IN THE FUTURE CAN BE ADDED TO

THE FILE. AND THE MAIN PURPOSE

OF THIS PROJECT WAS SO THAT

PERMIT ANALYSTS AND OTHER STAFF

AT BCDC HAVE A ONE-STOP-SHOP FOR

CHECKING THE ENVIRONMENTAL

CONSEQUENCES AND EFFECTS THAT

DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

OR PERMITS CAN HAVE ON ENDANGERS

SPECIES OR SPECIES OF CONCERN IN

SOME OTHER WAY AND SOME OF THE

THINGS THAT THESE SHEETS

HIGHLIGHTED INCLUDE BASIC

INFORMATIONS IN THE SIDE BAR ON

THE RIGHT SO THAT INCLUDES

CURRENT ENDANGERED OR THREATENED

STATUS OF THE SPECIES, A BIT

ABOUT APPEARANCE AND LIFE

HISTORY OF THE SPECIES ALSO

RANGE AND HABITAT THEN I ALSO

FOCUSED ON WORK WINDOWS AND

MITIGATION RATIOS FOR DIFFERENT

DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN THE PAST

AND PULLED OUT SOME OF THE

RELEVANT POLICIES IN THE BAY

PLAN AND SUISUN MARSH PLAN.

AND THEN MY SECONDARY PROJECT

WAS TO WORK WITH BAY RAT WHICH

IS A GIS TOOL USED BY BCDC STAFF

TO ACCESS PERMIT INFORMATION AND

JURISDICTIONAL INFORMATION AND

MY GOAL WITH THAT PROJECT WAS

BASICALLY JUST TO INPUT ANY OF

THE MISSING PERMITS OR

AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY

BEEN ISSUED TO KEEP THE MAP

ACCURATE AND UP-TO-DATE ALSO

ADDED MISSING LOCATIONS AND U ON

RAILS TO CLEAN UP THE DATA AND

MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE AND

THROUGH THIS I WAS ABLE TO

FAMILIARIZE MYSELF WITH PERMIT

STRUCTURE AND APPLICATION OF GIS

MAPPING TOOLS AND POLICY

ORGANIZATION.

SPEAKER: THANK YOU GABRIELLA.

HI. MY NAME IS JASMINE CASSIDY,

I AM PART OF ADOPTING TO RISING

TIDES TEAM. MY SUPERVISOR WAS

TODD HOLLENBECK. AND I ALSO GOT

A LOT OF HELP FROM MY MENTOR

KATE LYONS. I AM ALSO PART OF

THE CSU COAST INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

AS WELL AS BEING AN INTERN AT

BCDC. COAST STANDS FOR COUNCIL

OCEAN AFFAIRS SCIENCE AND

TECHNOLOGY. THIS WAS A

COMPETITIVE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

FOR STUDENTS THAT ATTEND THE

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY

SYSTEM. SO, I WAS SELECTED TO

BE ONE OF THE 21 INTERNS THIS

SUMMER. AND A BIT ABOUT MYSELF,

FOURTH YEAR AT CAL POLY SAN LUIS

OBISPO. I AM AN ENVIRONMENT

MANAGEMENT PROTECTION MAJOR

MINOR IN SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT

SOME OF MY INTERESTS INCLUDE

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING URBAN

RESILIENCE RELATED TO SEA LEVEL

RISE HOBBIES INCLUDE HIKING

TRAVELING VON VOLUNTEERING

LEARNING ABOUT GEOGRAPHY, YOU

CAN SEE PICTURES ON THE RIGHT OF

ME HOLDING MY PET BUNNY BRONCO.

HE IS MASSIVE. MY PROJECT THIS

SUMMER WAS TO HELP MOVE ALONG

THE SHORELINE ADAPTATION PROJECT

MAP ALSO KNOWN AS SAP MAP

COMPILATION OF ONGOING AND

COMPLETED SHORELINE ADAPTATION

PROJECTS BCDC JURISDICTION SETS

NINE COUNTIES IN THE BAY AREA

AND MY PROJECT WAS TO USE

DATABASE ONLINE PUBLICLY

ACCESSIBLE DATABASE CALLED ECO

OUTLETS, I WAS ABLE TO USE A

TOOL THROUGH ECO OUTLETS CALLED

PROJECT TRACKER, AN EXAMPLE OF

PROJECT TRACKER ON THE RIGHT

THAT’S WHAT THE DASHBOARD LOOKS

LIKE AND THIS WAS A PROJECT I

ADDED IT’S THE REDWOOD CITY

FERRY TERMINAL PROJECT. SO, I

USED DATA THAT WAS COLLECTED IN

EARLY 2024 FROM LOCAL OUTREACH

THAT WAS IN COLLABORATE WITH

MTC’S PLANNED BAY AREA PROJECT.

AND I ALSO DID SOME RESEARCH TO

CREATE ALL OF THE PROJECT

ABSTRACTS FOR THE NEW PROJECTS.

AND THIS DATA WAS STORED IN A

SPREADSHEET THAT I MANAGED TO

TRACK ALL THE PROGRESS AND,

ALSO, KEEP TRACK OF ALL MY

QUESTIONS FOR REVISITING

PROJECTS. AS WELL AS THIS, I

FACILITATED COMMUNICATION WITH

OTHER ENTITY IN THE BAY. THIS

IS SAN FRANCISCO BAY JOINT

VENTURE, SAN FRANCISCO BAY

RESTORATION AUTHORITY, CALTRANS,

AND THE WATER BOARD, AND I

HELPED THEM UPDATE ANY OTHER

PROJECTS, AND JUST KEEPING IN

CLOSE COMMUNICATION WITH THEM.

AND THE REASON WHY THIS PROJECT

IS IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE IT’S

CENTRAL INPUT FOR BCDC’S MAJOR

PROJECTS, THE RSAP, AS WELL AS

THE FUNDING INVESTMENT STRATEGY.

AND THE LAST MAP IS BCDC’S SAP

MAP PROJECT. ALL OF THE ONGOING

AND COMPLETED ONES ARE ORGANIZED

BY SITE STATUS. ALL THE ONES IN

GREEN ARE COMPLETED, AND JUST TO

GIVE A SCOPE OF MY INPUT, I

ADDED 66 NEW PROJECTS AND

UPDATED 21 EXISTING PROJECTS.

SO, THAT IS WHAT I DID THIS

SUMMER.

[LAUGHTER]

AND, SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS

AND HIGHLIGHTS OF MY SUMMER WAS

I GOT TO GO ON A FIELD TRIP TO

THE BAY MODEL IN SAUSALITO. IT

WAS MY FIRST TIME GOING AND GOT

TO LEARN ABOUT THE BAY’S

HISTORY, AND I WENT WITH THE

ADAPTING TO RISING TIDES AND

DATA SCIENCE SO I GOT TO NETWORK

WITH THEM AND GET TO KNOW THEM.

AND TODAY ABOUT BEFORE THIS

COMMISSION MEETING I ATTENDED

THE ECO ATLAS PROJECT TRACKER

AND DATA ADMINISTRATOR’S USER

WALK WORKSHOP. SO I USED THE

PROJECT TRACKER THE ENTIRE

SUMMER. SO, IT WAS GREAT TO

ATTEND THIS MEETING. AND HELPED

RUN THE WORKSHOP SMOOTHY. I

MANAGED A JAM BOARD TOOK NOTES.

THEN LASTLY AS A COAST INTERN, I

HAD PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WORKSHOPS, HAD OPPORTUNITY TO

NETWORK WITH PANELISTS FROM

NOAA, AGENCIES NGOS AND GRAD

STUDENTS. TOMORROW, I’LL

PRESENT AT THE SECOND ANNUAL

COAST SYMPOSIUM. SO THAT THE

OTHER COAST INTERNS, SUPERVISORS

OR ANYONE THEY INVITE CAN HEAR

WHAT WE WORKED ON THIS SUMMER.

HERE ARE SOME PICTURES OF THE

BAY MODEL, THE FERRY TO

SAUSALITO, THEN SCREENSHOT FROM

ONE OF THE COAST MEETINGS. I’LL

PASS IT ON TO OLIVIA LAMB.

SPEAKER: THANK YOU JASMINE.

MY NAME IS OLIVIA LAMB. I WAS

WORKING WITH THE PUBLIC ACCESS

TEAM UNDER REGULATORY UNIT AS

SHORELINE DEVELOPMENT INTERN

WITH ASHLEY AND VICTORIA I AM A

SENIOR AT LOYOLA MARY MOUNT

UNIVERSITY LOS ANGELES WHERE I’M

WORKING TOWARDS DEGREES IN

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND

POLITICAL SCIENCE INTERESTED

RELATE TO INTERSECTION BETWEEN

POLICY AND ENVIRONMENT,

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. I LOVE

TRAVELING, I SPENT ABOUT FIVE

MONTHS BEFORE COMING TO BCDC

LIVING IN LONDON, TRAVELLING AND

STUDYING IN EUROPE THAT WAS

AMAZING. I ALSO LOVE SINGING,

COOKING, READING AND

PHOTOGRAPHY. SO, THE BULK OF MY

SUMMER I SPENT ANALYZING A SET

OF PERMITS WITH SPECIAL EVENTS

PROVISIONS CONTRACTING

INFORMATION WHETHER EVENTS ARE

COURT ORDER, UNCONTROLLED

PRIVATE EVENTS AND HOW OFTEN OR

FREQUENT EVENTS ARE ALLOWED TO

TAKE PLACE AND TRENDS FOR FUTURE

PERMITTING. OVER HALF OF THE

PERMITS THAT WERE ANALYZED HAVE

MULTIPLE SPACES FOR EVENTS. AND

BY HAVING MULTIPLE PUBLIC ACCESS

SPACES FOR SPECIAL EVENTS, IT

ENSURES THE SAME PUBLIC ACCESS

SPACES ARE NOT CONTINUOUSLY USED

FOR SPECIAL EVENTS. AND GOING

FORWARD WE SHOULD AIM TO FIND

ADDITIONAL SPACES FOR EVENTS

WHEN AUTHORIZING SPECIAL EVENTS

IN PERMITS. THE REASON THIS IS

RELEVANT IS BY HAVING CONSTANT

SHUTDOWNS OF PUBLIC ACCESS

SPACES IT MAY DETER PUBLIC FROM

UTILIZING AND CIRCULATING WITHIN

ACCESS SPACES. 33% HAVE HIGHER

LEVELS OF PUBLIC IMPACT, SOME

AVERAGE PROPERTIES THAT ARE

SMALLER IN TERMS OF ACREAGE BUT

ALSO AMOUNT OF PUBLIC ACCESS

SPACE ON THEIR PROPERTIES THIS

MEANS THAT PROPERTIES WITH LESS

PUBLIC ACCESS SPACES CLOSURES

ARE LIKELY LESS DETRIMENTAL TO

PUBLIC CIRCULATION ABILITY GOING

FORWARD IN THE FUTURE WE MAY BE

ABLE TO USE SIZE OF PROPERTY TO

DETERMINE THE LEVEL OF IMPACT

THEY SHOULD BE AUTHORIZED TO

HAVE AS WRITTEN IN THEIR

PERMITS. I HAVE BEEN WORKING

WITHIN BAYRAT AND GIS KEEPING

UP-TO-DATE, THIS ENTAILS MAPPING

PUBLIC ACCESS SPACE PRESIDENCY

ASSOCIATED WITH EXISTING PERMITS

AS SEEN IN THE TOP IMAGINE, AND

ADDING NEW AND MISSING PERMITS

RELATED TO PUBLIC ACCESS. THIS

IS HELPFUL FOR BCDC STAFF IT

HELPS MAKE INFORMATION

ACCESSIBLE SO THEY DON’T HAVE TO

SEARCH THE INTERNAL DATABASE TO

EXTRACT EACH PERMIT TO FIND

GENERAL INFORMATION. I’M GOING

TO HAND IT OVER TO TESSA. I’M

OTESSA. I WAS THE ENVIRONMENTAL

JUSTICE INTERN WITH BCDC THIS

SUMMER WORKING WITH PHOENIX

ARMENTA. I AM AN INCOMING

SOPHOMORE AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY

PLANNING ON MAJORING IN EARTH

SYSTEMS MY INTEREST INCLUDE

CLIMATE JUSTICE HEALTH EQUITY

WATER MANAGEMENT CLIMATE

COMMUNICATION AND MY FREE TIME I

LOVE ALL THINGS OUTDOORS ENJOY

PHOTOGRAPHY AND READING AND

PADDLE BOARDING. THIS SUMMER MY

MAIN PROJECT WAS RUNNING BCDC’S

INSTAGRAM MY MAJOR GOALS WERE TO

PROMOTE COMMUNICATION AND

EDUCATION ABOUT THE AGENCY AND

SEA LEVEL RISE ISSUES. MY POST

FELL INTO THREE BUCKETS. I DID

SOME EDUCATIONAL POSTING WHICH

INCLUDED INFORMATION ON

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, BCDC’S

PERMITTING ACTIVITIES AND THINGS

LIKE THE SOCIAL VULNERABILITY

MAPPING RESOURCE AS WELL, AND I

ALSO DID ANOTHER BUCKET

INTRODUCTIONS TO NEW STAFF AT

BCDC, WHICH WAS REALLY FUN. I

REACHED OUT TO NEW STAFF AND

POSTED LITTLE BLURBS ABOUT

THEMSELVES WITH PHOTOS. THEN,

THE LAST IS MISCELLANEOUS. I

INCLUDED REELS ABOUT WHAT WAS

HAPPENING AT BCDC, HIGHLIGHTS

FROM VARIOUS SITE VISITS.

JASMINE DID A DAY IN THE LIFE

REEL, WHICH WAS AWESOME. I

HIGHLY RECOMMEND WATCHING. AND

I CAN PLAY THIS VIDEO HERE, JUST

SCROLLING THROUGH. I PERSONALLY

DO NOT HAVE INSTAGRAM, SO OF ALL

OF THE GEN Z THAT BCDC COULD

HAVE CHOSEN FOR THIS ROLE, YEAH,

INTERESTING CHOICE.

[LAUGHTER]

I LEARNED A LOT. OKAY.

IT’S LAGGING. THERE WE GO.

OKAY. SO, I ALSO DID A VARIETY

OF SMALLER PROJECTS THIS SUMMER.

SEVERAL OF THESE ARE ON THE

SLIDE. SO, ONE THESE WAS I

INTERVIEWED AND VISITED SOME OF

THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

ADVISORS FOR BCDC, WHICH WAS A

GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE

ABOUT THEIR ROLES BOTH INSIDE

THE AGENCY AND OUTSIDE. I ALSO

DID A STAFF TRAINING TEACHING

ABOUT THE HISTORY OF

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. I

SUPPORTED THE REGIONAL SHORELINE

ADAPTATION PLAN AND THE RACIAL

EQUITY ACTION PLAN, AND THEN AS

BCDC IS PLANNING ON DOING A

COUPLE OF SHORELINE LEADERSHIP

ACADEMIES IN THE UPCOMING YEAR,

I HELPED WITH THE OUTREACH. I

WATCHED THE PREVIOUS TRAININGS

FROM THE PILOT PROGRAM AND

HELPED WITH A GLOSSARY FOR THAT

ACADEMY.

SO, NOW WE’RE GOING TO MOVE INTO

THE NEXT PHASE OF OUR

PRESENTATION, PROGRAM

RECOMMENDATIONS THAT INTERNS

CAME UP WITH. SO, MOST OF THESE

HAVE TO DO WITH ONBOARDING. THE

FIRST ONE, WE ALL NOTICED THAT

AS A STATE AGENCY, BCDC USES A

LOT OF ACRONYMS AND TECHNICAL

TERMS, AND THAT KIND OF MADE A

BIT MORE OF A CHALLENGE TO GET

INTO THE PROGRAM. SO, WE WOULD

HAVE REALLY APPRECIATED A

STRONGER ONBOARDING PROCESS WITH

ACRONYM DEFINITIONS AND HELP,

KIND OF, UNDERSTANDING THE

LANGUAGE OF A GOVERNMENT AGENCY.

WE ALSO NOTICED THAT IT’S KIND

OF HARD WHEN YOU ARE FIRST

STARTING OUT TO REALLY

UNDERSTAND THE BIGGER PICTURE OF

A LOT OF WHAT BCDC IS WORKING ON

AND WHY OUR SPECIFIC PROJECTS

WERE IMPORTANT.

SO, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATION

ABOUT WHY MEETINGS ARE

IMPORTANT, AND THEN, ALSO, OUR

OWN PROJECTS AND THE ROLE THAT

THEY HAVE IN THE BAY AND IN THE

AGENCY, WOULD HAVE BEEN SUPER

HELPFUL. WE ALSO HAD TO, YOU

KNOW, DO A LOT OF POLICY

MATERIAL READING, ESPECIALLY AS

PART OF OUR ONBOARDING. SO,

MORE GUIDANCE ON HOW TO READ

POLICY WOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY

GREAT. AND SOME TIME TO ASK

QUESTIONS ABOUT THINGS WE DIDN’T

UNDERSTAND. AND LASTLY, WE ALL

REALLY LOVED OUR SITE VISITS,

AND WE ALL, KIND OF, DID THOSE

SEPARATELY. SO, I THINK IN THE

FUTURE, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF ALL

OF THE INTERNS COULD, KIND OF,

TAG ALONG WITH EACH OTHER ON ALL

OF THE SITE VISITS TO, KIND OF,

LEARN WHAT EVERYONE IS DOING AND

GET TO SEE WHAT BCDC IS DOING

OUTSIDE OF THE OFFICE, AS WELL.

SO, WITH THAT.

SPEAKER: AWESOME. SO, NOW, I

WILL BE TALKING A LITTLE BIT

ABOUT THE STRENGTHS OF THE

PROGRAM. THE FIRST THING THAT

ALL OF US REALLY APPRECIATED WAS

THAT ALL OF THE STAFF,

REGARDLESS WHETHER THEY WERE

PART OF OUR TEAM, WERE SUPER

WILLING TO MEET AND TALK ABOUT

THEIR WORK AND A LOT OF US HAVE

INTERESTS THAT WERE OUTSIDE OF

JUST OUR PARTICULAR PROJECT. SO

ANY INTERSECTIONS THAT WE

NOTICED THAT OTHER STAFF HAD

PROJECTS THAT WE WERE ALIGNED W

THEY WERE WILLING TO TALK TO US

ABOUT, PEER DEVELOPMENT AND HOW

THEIR JOB WORKS AND ROLE IN THE

ORGANIZATION. THAT LEADS TO OUR

SECOND STRENGTH OF THE PROGRAM

WHICH WAS THAT EXECUTIVE

DIRECTOR LARRY GOLDZBAND DID A

LOT OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

WITH US. HE HELPED US LOOK

THROUGH OUR RÉSUMÉS AND FIGURE

OUT WHAT OUR CAREER GOALS MIGHT

BE BASED ON THE EXPERIENCE WE

CAME WITH AND ALSO WHAT WE LIKED

ABOUT THE INTERNSHIP THAT WE

DID. THEN ALSO HELPED US

CONSTRUCT ELEVATOR PITCHES,

WHICH CAN BE DIFFICULT TO

ARTICULATE WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT

YOU HAVE BEEN DOING FOR TEN

WEEKS IT GOES SO QUICKLY IT WAS

USEFUL TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT

HOW WE WANT TO PRESENT OURSELVES

IN THE FUTURE. THEN LAST

STRENGTH WAS THE WORKDAY WAS

FLEXIBLE AND MEETINGS WERE

FLEXIBLE. CHECK-INS WITH

SUPERVISORS COULD BE MOVED TO

ALLOW US TO GO TO AS MANY EVENTS

AS POSSIBLE, A LOT OF US ENDED

UP GOING AND SEEING WHAT THE

COMPANY DOES OUTSIDE OF THE

OFFICE IN A PRACTICAL SENSE

WHICH WAS INTERESTING FOR ALL OF

US.

SPEAKER: I’M GOING TO BE

SPEAKING ABOUT OUR PROGRAM

HIGHLIGHTS AS SEEN THROUGH THESE

LOVELY PHOTOS. SO, FIRSTLY WE

WERE ABLE TO ATTEND COMMISSIONER

EDDIE AHN’S BOOK TALK TO LEARN

ABOUT HIS NON-PROFIT WORK AND

CREATIVE PROCESS TO CREATING HIS

GRAPHIC NOVEL "ADVOCATE." WE

WERE ALSO ABLE TO LEARN ABOUT

HIS WORK AS A COMMISSIONER AND

SIMILARLY LEARN FROM OTHER KEY

FIGURES IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL

LANDSCAPE THROUGH INTERN LED

INTERVIEWS WITH VARIOUS AGENCIES

INCLUDING CNRA, NRDC, THE DOJ,

AND, OF COURSE, BCDC. WE WERE

ABLE TO ATTEND SEVERAL SITE

VISITS THAT ENABLED US TO HAVE

FIRSTHAND HANDS ON EXPERIENCES

ON BEING OUT IN THE FIELD AND

SEE THE REAL LIFE OUTCOMES IN

THE WORK WE HAVE BEEN HELPING

WITH OVER THE LAST TEN WEEKS.

SEVERAL OF OUR INTERNS HAD THE

OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND AND

VOLUNTEER DURING BAY ADAPT

SUMMIT AND MEET PEOPLE OUTSIDE

OF BCDC WORKING ON IN THIS

FIELD. ULTIMATELY ABLE TO

PARTICIPATE IN ONE OF BCDC’S

MOST SIGNIFICANT EVENTS.

SPEAKER: WE WOULD LIKE TO

TAKE THE TIME TO THANK

COMMISSIONERS FOR LISTENING TO

OUR PRESENTATION, THANK YOU TO

BCDC STAFF AS WELL FOR BEING

HERE AND GIVING US GUIDANCE AND

SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.

IT’S BEEN AN HONOR FOR ALL OF US

TO HAVE WORKED HERE AND GROWN

HERE AND LEARNED FROM AWFUL IF

YOU. AND, YEAH, THANK YOU, ONCE

AGAIN FOR LISTENING IN. YOU CAN

FIND OUR CONTACT INFORMATION

OVER HERE. THAT’S GREAT. AND

IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS

ABOUT OUR EXPERIENCES THIS

SUMMER, OR ANYTHING ELSE WE

SAID, FEEL FREE TO ASK AWAY.

CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN:

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. QUESTIONS?

COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS?

DID I HEAR A BEEP?

SPEAKER: NO. THAT WAS ME.

OTHER SIDE. THANK YOU, CHAIR

WASSERMAN.

SPEAKER: HI, EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT

PRESENTATION. IT WAS SUPER

INFORMATIVE. AND, YEAH,

EVERYBODY CAN COME UP.

[LAUGHTER]

I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE

YOU ON THE QUALITY OF THIS WORK.

HAVING WORKED IN ORGANIZATIONS

FOR MANY, MANY YEARS WHERE

INTERNS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT IN ON

DIFFERENT CYCLES. IT’S ACTUALLY

SOMETIMES HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT

THE WORK THAT THE INTERNS ARE

DOING IS BOTH SOMETHING THAT’S

DEVELOPMENTAL FOR YOU ALL, AS

WELL AS USEFUL TO THE

ORGANIZATION, AND JUST FROM THE

BASIS OF YOUR PRESENTATION, IT’S

CLEAR THAT A LOT OF THOUGHT WENT

INTO THE PROJECTS THAT YOU

EXECUTED AND IT WAS REALLY HIGH

QUALITY AND IT LOOKS VERY MUCH

LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT BCDC

STAFF WILL BE ABLE TO

INCORPORATE IN. SO JUST WANT TO

CONGRATULATE YOU ALL ON WHAT

APPEARS TO BE A JOB WELL DONE.

AND HOPE THAT WE WILL SEE YOU

ALL IN THESE POLICY SPACES IN

THE YEARS TO COME. MAKE ME VERY

EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE. THANK

YOU.

CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN:

THANK YOU. I WANT TO SHARE

ALYSHA’S COMMENTS AND COMPLIMENT

YOU ALL ON THE WORK YOU HAVE

DONE ALSO WANT TO COMPLIMENT

STAFF ON THE WORK THEY DO WITH

THE INTERNS BECAUSE IT’S A VERY

IMPORTANT PART OF THE PROCESS.

AND I WOULD NOTE THAT ASSUMING

RECOMMENDATION

ARE FOLLOWED, A LIST OF ACRONYMS

AND ABBREVIATIONS WOULD PROBABLY

BE VERY USEFUL FOR

COMMISSIONERS, AS WELL.

[LAUGHTER]

THANK YOU. GO FORTH AND DO

WELL.

[LAUGHTER]

ALL RIGHT. THAT BRINGS US TO

ADJOURNMENT. I WOULD ENTERTAIN

A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT.

SPEAKER: SO MOVED.

CHAIR, ZACHARY WASSERMAN:

COMMISSIONER SHOWALTER MOVES.

COMMISSIONER KISHIMOTO SECONDS.

ANYBODY OPPOSED? YOU MAY STAY.

WE ARE ADJOURNED.

[ADJOURNED]