Notice of intent to initiate the subregional shoreline adaptation plan titled East Bay Crescent Subregional Shoreline Adaptation Plan for the City of Albany
The East Bay Crescent (EBC) Subregional Shoreline Adaptation Planning (Project) will advance sea level rise (SLR) adaptation along the shorelines of Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, and a portion of Oakland, from the Bay Bridge/Radio Beach up to Cerritos Creek (Project Area). The goal of this project is to produce single jurisdiction Subregional Shoreline Adaptation Plans (SSAPs) for the Cities of Albany, Berkeley, and Emeryville. These deliverables will meet the minimum standards of BCDC’s RSAP guidelines and address critical gaps in shoreline resilience planning across the subregion, supporting each participating jurisdiction in developing plans consistent with the requirements of Senate Bill 272. The Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG)/San Francisco Estuary Partnership (SFEP) will develop the EBC Working Group and support development of the Equity Committee, which will consist of six members from local community-based organizations (CBOs) and tribes. These committees, with support from project contractors, will work towards a subregional vulnerability assessment (VA) as well as coordinated, but distinct, single jurisdiction SSAPs for the Cities of Albany, Berkeley, and Emeryville that adhere to the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commissions (BCDC) Regional Shoreline Adaptation Plan (RSAP) guidelines. The Project will provide support for the cities and communities they represent to understand shoreline vulnerabilities and ensure community priorities drive development and coordination of plans in this complex area of the Bay.
Note on multi-jurisdictional coordination: The cities of Albany, Berkeley, and Emeryville are undertaking a highly coordinated planning effort which is intended to result in some shared planning elements within the separate subregional shoreline adaptation plans. However, for clarity, the cities intend to adopt separate subregional shoreline adaptation plans specific to each city. For more information on primary contacts and BCDC’s RSAP Subregional Plan update email list for the other cities, please see the separate Notices on BCDC’s website.
For more information, please contact Jaclyn Perrin-Martinez at jaclyn.perrin-martinez@bcdc.ca.gov. To be placed on the interested parties list, click HERE.