To: Board of Supervisors
From: John Kopchik, Director, Conservation and Development
Report Title: California Resilience Challenge Planning Grant Opportunity
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ADOPT a Resolution to approve and authorize the Conservation and Development Director, or designee, to apply for and accept a grant in an amount not to exceed $190,000 from the Bay Area Council Foundation, California Resilience Challenge Grant Program, for the preparation of the Contra Costa County Sea Level Rise Community Education and Engagement Plan.
FISCAL IMPACT:
If awarded, the California Resilience Challenge (CRC) Planning Grant funds will be distributed among the lead applicant (County) and our partner, The Watershed Project, to develop and implement the Contra Costa County Sea Level Rise Community Education and Engagement Plan. This partnership will build capacity to educate communities along the County's shoreline. Measure X funds for climate equity and resilience support the work of the Department of Conservation and Development staff who will be administering the grant. The CRC program does not require a County match.
BACKGROUND:
The California Resilience Challenge would fund Phase 1 of the Contra Costa County Sea Level Rise Resilience and Adaptation Plan (SLR Plan) development process. For Phase 1, Contra Costa County (the County) would partner with The Watershed Project to develop and implement a Community Education and Engagement Plan (Engagement Plan) over the course of 16 months from January 1, 2024, or upon execution of the project agreement between grantor and the County, to April 30, 2025. The Engagement Plan would center on a participatory community engagement process that builds on The Watershed Project's existing successful community education and engagement campaigns to ensure all stakeholders are informed, activated, and served by this planning process.
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