Living with a Rising Bay:Vulnerability and Adaptation in

San Francisco Bay andon its Shoreline

San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission

Bay and Shoreline Band Jurisdictions

Salt Pond

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Managed

Wetland

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Salt Pond or

Managed

Wetland Jurisdiction

Project Description

• 200-acre Mixed-use Retirement Community– 1,300 units (townhomes, garden apartments/

condominiums, and assisted living facility

– 100,000 square feet of community serving retail

– Bus Transit Station

– 3 acres Parkland, 9-hole Golf Course

– Bay Trail Corridor

Project in Shoreline Band

• Current requirements: maximum feasible public access, priority use consistency

• Climate Change requirements:– Assess viability of public access in light of projected sea level rise

– In undeveloped areas, no new Bay fill for shoreline protection

Project in Bay

• Climate Change Requirements:– Assess impacts of projected sea level rise and

risks of development and design to avoid impacts and risks

– In undeveloped areas, no new Bay fill for shoreline protection

– Shoreline protection integrated with adjoining areas, mitigation provided where

necessary

Project in Salt Pond or Managed Wetland

• Climate Change requirements:– Assess impacts of projected sea level rise and

risks of development and design to avoid impacts and risks

– In undeveloped areas, no new Bay fill for shoreline protection

– New shoreline protection integrated with adjoining shoreline protection where appropriate

Project in Salt Pond or Managed Wetland

• Climate Change requirements:– Consistency with Policy 3-c

– In undeveloped areas, no new Bay fill for shoreline protection

Thank youThank you

Joe LaClairJoe LaClairPresentation to the CommissionPresentation to the CommissionDecember 3, 2009December 3, 2009