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Staff Report for a City of San Leandro City Council Resolution to Approve a Grant for $538,926 from the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority for San Leandro's Treatment Wetland for Pollution Reduction, Habitat Enhancement, and Shoreline Resiliency (Project No. RA-007)
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council accept grant funds in the amount of $538,926 from the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority (SFBRA) for completion of the San Leandro Treatment Wetland for Pollution Reduction, Habitat Enhancement and Shoreline Resiliency project. This action is required by SFBRA in order to receive the grant funds.
BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
In April of this year, the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority (SFBRA) awarded a grant in the amount of $538,926 (Measure AA monies) for the above-referenced project. Proposed in partnership with the East Bay Dischargers Authority (EBDA), San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI), and the San Francisco Bay Nutrient Management Strategy (NMS), this project will fund the planning, design and permitting phases of a proposed project to restore a 4.3-acre wastewater storage basin (located onsite at the Water Pollution Control Plant) to a multi-benefit freshwater treatment wetland for removal of wastewater-borne nitrogen, phosphorus, and contaminants of emerging concern.
Additional project benefits include enhancement of wetland habitat along the San Francisco Bay Trail for educational opportunities, and demonstration of cost-effective contaminant removal/sea level rise adaptation strategies via green infrastructure. The project involves a community-based, multi-landowner planning effort to develop a larger-scale restoration and shoreline resiliency vision along a heavily urbanized shoreline site within a disadvantaged community.
Applicable General Plan Policies
* Policy EH-1.8 Sea Level Rise. Consider the effects of projected sea level rise in the design and planning of all development, ...
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