Santa Cruz City Council
January 28, 2025

CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
Regular Meeting - January 28, 2025
12:00 P.M. CLOSED SESSION, ZOOM/COURTYARD CONFERENCE ROOM 12:45 P.M. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS, CONSENT, GENERAL BUSINESS AND PUBLIC

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Closed Session
12:00 PM
Statements of Disqualification

1. Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation (Government Code §54956.9(d)(1))
Brown, Loren et al. v. AGCO Corporation, et al.
(Alameda Superior Court Case No. RG20073620)

2. Real Property Negotiations (Government Code §54956.8) 1) Property: 45 Municipal Wharf
APN: 007-341-05
Owner: Santa Cruz Waterfront, Inc.

City Negotiator: Bonnie Lipscomb
Negotiating Parties: City of Santa Cruz and Mark Gilbert Under Negotiation: Price, terms of payment, or both
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Closed Session (continued)

2. Real Property Negotiations (Government Code §54956.8) (continued) 2) Property: 31 Municipal Wharf (Riva Fish House)
APN: 007-341-02
Owner: Martin Drobac dba Riva Fish House
City Negotiator: Bonnie Lipscomb
Negotiating Parties: City of Santa Cruz and Peter Drobac Under Negotiation: Price, terms of payment, or both
3) Property: 37 Municipal Wharf (Gilda’s)
APN: 007-341-03
Owner: Charles Maier
City Negotiator: Bonnie Lipscomb
Negotiating Parties: City of Santa Cruz and Charles Maier dba Gilda’s Under Negotiation: Price, terms of payment, or both
4) Property: 41 Municipal Wharf (Surf City Santa Cruz)
APN: 007-381-01
Owner: Flotsam of California, Inc. dba Surf City Santa Cruz City Negotiator: Bonnie Lipscomb
Negotiating Parties: City of Santa Cruz and Bruce Noland Under Negotiation: Price, terms of payment, or both
5) Property: 47 Municipal Wharf (Noland’s)
APN: 007-341-06
Owner: Flotsam of California, Inc. dba Noland’s
City Negotiator: Bonnie Lipscomb
Negotiating Parties: City of Santa Cruz and Bruce Noland Under Negotiation: Price, terms of payment, or both
6) Property: 49 A Municipal Wharf (Makai)
APN: 007-361-01
Owner: Barking Lion dba Makai
City Negotiator: Bonnie Lipscomb
Negotiating Parties: City of Santa Cruz and Peter Drobac dba Makai (AKA Barking Lion)
Under Negotiation: Price, terms of payment, or both
7) Property: 49 B Municipal Wharf (Olita’s)
APN: 007-371-01
Owner: Olita’s Cantina & Grill, LLC
City Negotiator: Bonnie Lipscomb
Negotiating Parties: City of Santa Cruz and Steve Elb
Under Negotiation: Price, terms of payment, or both
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Closed Session (continued)

2. Real Property Negotiations (Government Code §54956.8) (continued) 8) Property: 55 A Municipal Wharf (Marini’s)
APN: 007-381-01
Owner: Marini’s Candies, Inc.

City Negotiator: Bonnie Lipscomb
Negotiating Parties: City of Santa Cruz and Nick & Gino Marini Under Negotiation: Price, terms of payment, or both
9) Property: 55 Municipal Wharf B, C, D (Vino by the Sea) APN: 007-381-01
Owner: Ana Wold dba Vino by the Sea, Inc.

City Negotiator: Bonnie Lipscomb
Negotiating Parties: City of Santa Cruz and Ana Wold
Under Negotiation: Price, terms of payment, or both
10) Property: 57 Municipal Wharf (Made in Santa Cruz)
APN: 007-351-02
Owner: Genesis Peck dba Made in Santa Cruz
City Negotiator: Bonnie Lipscomb
Negotiating Parties: City of Santa Cruz and Genesis Peck Under Negotiation: Price, terms of payment, or both

11) Property: 59 Municipal Wharf (Stagnaro’s)
APN: 007-351-04
Owner: Stagnaro Bros. Seafood, Inc.

City Negotiator: Bonnie Lipscomb
Negotiating Parties: City of Santa Cruz and Stagnaro Bros. Seafood, Inc.

Under Negotiation: Price, terms of payment, or both
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City Council
12:45 PM
Call to Order
Roll Call
Oral Communications Announcement – Members of the public may address Council on matters not on the agenda, but within the jurisdiction of the Council. 30 minutes is allocated for Oral Communications. No extra time for groups will be granted.

Oral Communications
Presiding Officer's Announcements
Statements of Disqualification
Additions and Deletions
City Attorney Report on Closed Session
Council Meeting Calendar

3. The City Council will review the meeting calendar attached to the agenda and revise it as necessary.

Consent Agenda

4. Resolution Extending the Emergency Declarations in Connection with the 2022/2023 Winter Storms and 2023/2024 Winter Storms (CA/CM) LOCATION: Citywide
Motion to adopt a resolution extending by sixty days the Local Emergency Declarations in connection with the 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 winter storms.

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Consent Agenda (continued)

5. Minutes of the January 14, 2025 City Council Meeting (CC) LOCATION: None
Motion to approve as submitted.

6. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Resilience Regional Challenge Grant: Approval to Execute Subaward of Grant Funds to Develop a Final Design and Implementation of Living Shoreline in Main Beach, and Flood Mitigation, Habitat Enhancement and Restoration in Jessie Street Marsh and San Lorenzo Park (CM)
LOCATION: Districts 1, 2 and 4
Motion to:
1) Adopt a resolution approving the execution of a subaward agreement with California Marine Sanctuary Foundation to accept grant funds from the NOAA Climate Resilience Regional Challenge Grant administered by NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management to develop a final design and implementation of Living Shoreline in Main Beach; to enhance and expand wetland, flood management, trails, and educational and recreational uses at Jessie Street Marsh and San Lorenzo Park;
2) Adopt a resolution amending the FY 2025 budget to appropriate $7,887,878 of funds into project numbers c402513 (Main Beach Living Shoreline) and c302518 (Santa Cruz City Parks Flood Mitigation and Habitat Enhancement and Restoration); and
3) Authorize and direct staff to issue Request for Proposals (RFPs) to complete the necessary California Environmental Quality Act and National Environmental Protection Act documentation, processes, and clearances for the work contemplated in the projects, procure Engineering, Permitting, Surveying, Geotechnical and Right of Way services and direct the City Manager to execute Professional Service Agreements in forms acceptable to the City Attorney. The Parks and Recreation and Public Works Directors are authorized to execute contract amendments for these services within the project budget.

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Consent Agenda (continued)

7. Emergency Debris Removal (e302501) – Authorization of Emergency Contracts and Budget Adjustment (CM/PR)
LOCATION: Districts 2, 4, and Coastal Areas Located South of the City of Santa Cruz
Motion to:
1) Ratify the emergency contract with Granite Construction (Watsonville, CA) for debris removal related to the December 2024 Municipal Wharf Incident in the amount of $385,000. The Parks and Recreation Director is authorized to execute change orders within the approved project budget;
2) Authorize the City Manager to execute a contract with Granite Construction (Watsonville, CA) for ongoing debris removal from the December 2024 Municipal Wharf Incident in the amount of $400,000 in a form approved by the City Attorney. The Parks and Recreation Director is authorized to execute change orders within the approved project budget;
3) Adopt a resolution to amend the FY 2025 budget to newly appropriate $400,000 of funds; and
4) Approve of the CEQA determination contained in this agenda report.

The Council’s action is exempt from CEQA review under California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3, Article 18, Section 15269(c) as an emergency project. The Council’s action is also exempt from CEQA review under California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3, Article 18, Sections 15304 (“Minor Alterations to Land”), 15307 (“Actions for Protection of Natural Resources”), 15308 (“Actions for Protection of the Environment”), and 15061(b)(3) ("Common Sense Exemption”).

8. Establishment of a Council Ad Hoc Housing Subcommittee (CN) LOCATION: Citywide
Motion to establish a Council Ad Hoc Housing Subcommittee with the members to include Mayor Keeley, Vice Mayor Kalantari-Johnson, and Councilmember Newsome.

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Consent Agenda (continued)

9. Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf Ground (Builder) Lease for Construction of New Restaurant at 45 Municipal Wharf (APN 007-341-05) with Santa Cruz Waterfront, Inc. (EDH)
LOCATION: District 4
Motion to adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute a new ground lease and authorizing the Economic Development and Housing Director to finalize designs through the permit process, and approve or execute any amendments, deeds of trust and assignments, or documents needed thereto of a nonsubstantive nature, in forms approved by the City Attorney, for planning and construction of a new restaurant on real property located at 45 Municipal Wharf (APN 007-341-05) between the City of Santa Cruz and Santa Cruz Waterfront, Inc.

10. Living Wage Rate Annual Prescription for Fiscal Year 2026 (FN) LOCATION: Citywide
Motion to adopt a resolution upwardly indexing the prescribed minimum living wage rate by 2.3%, the amount which corresponds to San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward Area Consumer Price Index (CPI) for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, for the period ending October 31, 2024, to become effective July 1, 2025; and rescinding Resolution No. NS-30,276.

End Consent Agenda
Public Hearing

11. 2021 Program Year Annual Action Plan Amendment (EDH) LOCATION: Districts 1 and 4
Motion to amend the 2021-2022 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Annual Action Plan for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) to cancel the “2021PY Senior Studio – NRSA" project for $50,000 and reallocate the funding to “2021PY Market St.

Senior Center Renovations” and direct staff to submit to HUD for approval.

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General Business

12. 2024 Health in All Policies Progress Update and Proposed 2025 Health in All Policies City Council Committee Workplan (CM)
LOCATION: Citywide
Motion to:
1) Accept 2024 Health in All Policies (HiAP) progress update; and 2) Adopt the 2025 HiAP City Council Committee workplan.

13. Ordinance Amending Santa Cruz Municipal Code Chapter 9.36 (“Noise”) and Chapter 9.40 (“Sound Amplifying Equipment”) and Adding Objective Standards to Both Chapters (CN)
LOCATION: Citywide
Motion to:
1) Introduce for publication an ordinance amending Santa Cruz Municipal Code Chapter 9.36 (“Noise”) and Chapter 9.40 (“Sound Amplifying Equipment”) and adding objective standards to both chapters; and
2) Approve the CEQA determination contained in this agenda report and the proposed ordinance. The Council’s action is not a “project” under CEQA. Even if this ordinance or objective standards were considered to be a “project” the following exemptions apply:
“common sense” exemption (“no possibility that the Council’s direction may have a significant effect on the environment.”) (Cal.

Code Regs., tit. 14, § 15061(b)(3)); Class 7 Categorical Exemption (Council action is intended “to assure the maintenance, restoration, or enhancement of a natural resource” (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, § 15307); and Class 8 Categorical Exemption (Council action is intended “to assure the maintenance, restoration, enhancement, or protection of the environment.”) (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, § 15308.) January 28, 2025 City Council 10
General Business (continued)

14. Ordinance Amending Chapter 21.07 of the Santa Cruz Municipal Code to Create a Process Guaranteeing a Fair Rate of Return to Landlords (CA)
LOCATION: Citywide
Motion to introduce for publication an ordinance amending Chapter

21.07 “Tenant Protections Above AB 1482 Requirements” of the Santa Cruz Municipal Code to create a petition process guaranteeing property owners/landlords a fair rate of return.

15. Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) and Popular Annual Financial Report (PAFR) for the Fiscal Year that Ended June 30, 2024 (FN)
LOCATION: Citywide
Receive and file the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR), and related reports, for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2024.

16. 2025 Legislative Program (CM)
LOCATION: Citywide
Motion to:
1) Identify the top two or three Legislative Priorities; and 2) Determine the Legislative Platform issues for 2025.

Advisory Body Appointments

17. Arts Commission
LOCATION: Citywide
Approve Councilmembers Trigueiro and Brunner, and Vice Mayor Kalantari-Johnson's nominations of Arts Commission members, with terms ending January 31, 2029.

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Advisory Body Appointments (continued)

18. Board of Building and Fire Appeals
LOCATION: Citywide
Approve Two at-large appointments of Board of Building and Fire Appeals members, with terms ending January 31, 2029.

19. Children’s Fund Oversight Committee
LOCATION: Citywide
Approve one at-large appointment of a Children's Fund Oversight Committee member, with a term ending January 31, 2026.

20. Commission for the Prevention of Violence Against Women LOCATION: Citywide
Approve Councilmembers Trigueiro, Brunner, and O'Hara's nominations of Commission for the Prevention of Violence Against Women (CPVAW) members, with terms ending January 31, 2029, and Councilmember Golder's nomination of one commissioner, with a term ending January 31, 2027.

21. County Latino Affairs Commission
LOCATION: Countywide
Approve one at-large nomination of a County Latino Affairs Commission member, with a term ending April 1, 2027.

22. Downtown Commission
LOCATION: District 4
Approve Councilmember Brunner, Vice Mayor Kalantari-Johnson, and Councilmember O'Hara's nominations of Downtown Commission members, with terms ending January 31, 2029.

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Advisory Body Appointments (continued)

23. Equal Employment Opportunity Committee
LOCATION: Citywide
Approve two at-large nominations of Equal Employment Opportunity Committee (EEOC) members, with terms ending January 31, 2029.

24. Historic Preservation Commission
LOCATION: Citywide
Approve Vice Mayor Kalantari-Johnson and Councilmember O'Hara's nominations of Historic Preservation Commission members, with terms ending January 31, 2029.

25. Parks and Recreation Commission
LOCATION: Citywide
Approve Councilmembers O'Hara and Trigueiro's nominations of Parks and Recreation Commission members, with terms ending January 31, 2029.

26. Planning Commission
LOCATION: Citywide
Approve Councilmembers Trigueiro and Brunner's nominations of Planning Commission members, with terms ending January 31, 2029.

27. Sister Cities Committee
LOCATION: Citywide
Approve two at-large nominations of Sister Cities Committee members, with terms ending January 31, 2029.

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Advisory Body Appointments (continued)

28. Transportation and Public Works Commission
LOCATION: Citywide
Approve Councilmembers Trigueiro, Brunner, and O'Hara, and Vice Mayor Kalantari-Johnson's nominations of Transportation and Public Works Commission members, with terms ending January 31, 2029.

29. Water Commission
LOCATION: Citywide
Approve Vice Mayor Kalantari-Johnson, and Councilmembers O'Hara and Trigueiro's nominations of Water Commission members, with terms ending January 31, 2029.

Adjournment
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INFORMATION ITEMS PREVIOUSLY DISTRIBUTED TO CITY COUNCILMEMBERS None.

MAYOR'S PROCLAMATIONS
None.

Public Hearing
If, in the future, you wish to challenge in court any of the matters on this agenda for which a public hearing is to be conducted, you may be limited to raising only those issues which you (or someone else) raised orally at the public hearing or in written correspondence received by the City at or before the hearing.

Any person seeking to challenge a City Council decision made as a result of a proceeding in which, by law, a hearing is required to be given, evidence is required to be taken, and the discretion in the determination of facts is vested in the City Council, shall be required to commence that action either 60 days or 90 days following the date on which the decision becomes final as provided in Code of Civil Procedure Section 1094.6 Please refer to code of Civil Procedure 1094.6 to determine how to calculate when a decision becomes “final.” The 60-day rule applies to all public hearings conducted pursuant to the City’s Zoning Ordinance, Title 24, Santa Cruz Municipal Code. The 90-day rule applies to all other public hearings.

Meeting Type
Holiday
Jewish Holiday
Regular Meeting
Special Meeting (will be added as scheduled)
Study Session (will be added as scheduled)
Budget Hearing
DATE Location Meeting Type
Courtyard Conf. Room Closed Session - Closed to the Public Council Chambers Council Regular Meeting - Open to the Public February 17
Courtyard Conf. Room Closed Session - Closed to the Public Council Chambers Council Regular Meeting - Open to the Public Courtyard Conf. Room Closed Session - Closed to the Public Council Chambers Council Regular Meeting - Open to the Public Courtyard Conf. Room Closed Session - Closed to the Public Council Chambers Council Regular Meeting - Open to the Public Courtyard Conf. Room Closed Session - Closed to the Public Council Chambers Council Regular Meeting - Open to the Public April 12/13
Courtyard Conf. Room Closed Session - Closed to the Public Council Chambers Council Regular Meeting - Open to the Public Courtyard Conf. Room Closed Session - Closed to the Public Council Chambers Council Regular Meeting - Open to the Public May 26
Courtyard Conf. Room Closed Session - Closed to the Public Council Chambers Council Regular Meeting - Open to the Public Courtyard Conf. Room Closed Session - Closed to the Public Council Chambers Council Regular Meeting - Open to the Public June 19
Courtyard Conf. Room Closed Session - Closed to the Public Council Chambers Council Regular Meeting - Open to the Public July 4
Courtyard Conf. Room Closed Session - Closed to the Public Council Chambers Council Regular Meeting - Open to the Public Courtyard Conf. Room Closed Session - Closed to the Public Council Chambers Council Regular Meeting - Open to the Public September 1
Courtyard Conf. Room Closed Session - Closed to the Public Council Chambers Council Regular Meeting - Open to the Public September 22/23
Courtyard Conf. Room Closed Session - Closed to the Public Council Chambers Council Regular Meeting - Open to the Public October 1/2
Courtyard Conf. Room Closed Session - Closed to the Public Council Chambers Council Regular Meeting - Open to the Public Courtyard Conf. Room Closed Session - Closed to the Public Council Chambers Council Regular Meeting - Open to the Public November 11
Courtyard Conf. Room Closed Session - Closed to the Public Council Chambers Council Regular Meeting - Open to the Public November 27
November 28
Courtyard Conf. Room Closed Session - Closed to the Public Rosh Hashanah (City observed - sundown to sundown)
October 14
October 28
City Hall Closure - Veteran's Day (observed)
Yom Kippur (City observed - sundown to sundown)
November 18
City Hall Closure - Labor Day
August 26
July 8 and 22 Meetings Cancelled
City Hall Closure - Independence Day
City Hall Closure - Memorial Day
Passover (City observed - sundown to sundown)
August 12
March 11
March 25
May 13
April 8
April 22
June 10
May 27
City Council Meeting Calendar for 2025
December 9
City Hall Closure - Thanksgiving Day
City Hall Closure - Day After Thanksgiving Day
June 24
September 9
September 30
February 11
City Hall Closure - Presidents' Day
February 25
City Hall Closure - Juneteenth

3.1 Meeting Type
Holiday
Jewish Holiday
Regular Meeting
Special Meeting (will be added as scheduled)
Study Session (will be added as scheduled)
Budget Hearing
DATE Location Meeting Type
City Council Meeting Calendar for 2025
Council Chambers Council Regular Meeting - Open to the Public December 14/15
December 25
December 23 Meeting Cancelled
City Hall Closure - Christmas Day
Hanukkah (City observed - sundown to sundown)
December 9

3.2 City Council

AGENDA REPORT
DATE: 01/10/2025
AGENDA OF: 01/28/2025
DEPARTMENT: City Attorney
SUBJECT: Resolution Extending the Emergency Declarations in Connection with the 2022/2023 Winter Storms and 2023/2024 Winter Storms (CA/CM) LOCATION: Citywide
RECOMMENDATION: Motion to adopt a resolution extending by sixty days the Local Emergency Declarations in connection with the 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 winter storms.

BACKGROUND: On January 4, 2023 the City Manager declared the existence of a local emergency following storms in December 2022 and January 2023 (“2022/2023 Winter Storms”) that caused significant flooding, infrastructure damage, and other storm impacts, including downed trees and impacts to persons experiencing homelessness.

A year later, and while responses to the 2022/2023 Winter Storms remained ongoing, the City of Santa Cruz experienced another significant storm event that resulted in flooding and significant damage to City infrastructure (“2023/2024 Winter Storms”). The City Manager again declared the existence of a local emergency as a result of the 2023/2024 Winter Storms on February 6, 2024.

DISCUSSION: Government Code section 8630 authorizes a governing body of a city or an official designated by ordinance to proclaim the existence of a local emergency. Santa Cruz Municipal Code section 2.20.030 empowers the Director of Emergency Services to proclaim the existence or threatened existence of a local emergency when the City is affected or likely to be affected by a public calamity or disaster, subject to confirmation by the City Council at the “earliest practicable time.” During the existence of such emergency, the Director of Emergency Services is also authorized, pursuant to Section 2.20.040(1), to “[m]ake and issue rules and regulations on matters reasonably related to the protection of life and property as affected by such emergency,” also subject to confirmation by the City Council “at the earliest practicable time.”
In view of the facts and circumstances described above and damage caused by the 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 winter storms, the City Council ratified the City Manager’s January 4, 2023 emergency declaration by Resolution No. NS-30,085 at its January 10, 2023 regular meeting,

4.1 and ratified the City Manager’s February 6, 2024 emergency declaration by Resolution No. NS30,286 at its February 13, 2024 regular meeting.

At its September 10, 2024 regular meeting the City Council received an update from the Director of Public Works on the City’s response to the 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 winter storms. The City’s emergency response and recovery efforts remain ongoing and are expected to continue into Summer 2025, and potentially Summer 2026.

The attached resolution, if adopted by the City Council, would extend the 2022/2023 Winter Storms emergency declaration and 2023/2024 Winter Storms emergency declaration by an additional 60 days, to March 29, 2025.

CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) DETERMINATION: The proposed Council action is not a “project” under CEQA. “Project” is defined by CEQA as:
“an activity which may cause either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, and which is any of the following:
(a) An activity directly undertaken by any public agency. (b) An activity undertaken by a person which is supported, in whole or in part, through contracts, grants, subsidies, loans, or other forms of assistance from one or more public agencies.
(c) An activity that involves the issuance to a person of a lease, permit, license, certificate, or other entitlement for use by one or more public agencies.” (Pub. Resources Code, § 21065.)
The proposed resolution is not a “project” under CEQA because the resolution is primarily intended to help the City obtain reimbursement for actions already undertaken or underway, and therefore cannot by itself cause either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. Nor does the resolution represent the type of “activity” described in subdivisions (a) through (c) above.

HEALTH IN ALL POLICIES (HiAP): This action is consistent with the three pillars of HiAP.

Specifically, the action has a nexus with public health in that the resolution is intended to help the City obtain reimbursement for recovery efforts along West Cliff Drive. Recovery efforts in this area will ensure accessible and safe biking and pedestrian access for future public use and enjoyment.

FISCAL IMPACT:

1. The recommendation in this report impacts the General Fund: No

2. This recommendation requires a budget adjustment: No

3. The recommendation creates an on-going expenditure commitment: No FISCAL IMPACT DESCRIPTION: Actions taken by the City during a declared emergency are potentially recoverable from Cal OES (California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services) and FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency).

4.2 Prepared By:

Stephanie Duck
Deputy City Attorney
Submitted By:

Tony Condotti
City Attorney
Approved By:

Matt Huffaker
City Manager
ATTACHMENTS:

1. RESOLUTION.DOCX

4.3 RESOLUTION NO. NS-XX,XXX

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CRUZ EXTENDING THE LOCAL EMERGENCY DECLARATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE 2022/2023 WINTER STORMS AND 2023/2024 WINTER STORMS
WHEREAS, Government Code section 8630 authorizes the City Council or an official designated by ordinance to proclaim the existence of a local emergency; and WHEREAS, Santa Cruz Municipal Code section 2.20.030 empowers the City Manager, as the director of emergency services, to proclaim the existence or threatened existence of a local emergency when the City is affected or likely to be affected by a public calamity, subject to confirmation by the City Council at the earliest practicable time; and WHEREAS, on December 30 and 31st, 2022, the City of Santa Cruz experienced an atmospheric river storm rain event, followed by another powerful storm event on January 4 and 5th, 2023 (the “2022/2023 Winter Storms”). As a result of the 2022/2023 Winter Storms, flooding, debris from trees, and mud impacted the San Lorenzo River and adjacent areas, including the Tannery area, San Lorenzo Park, and the beach. The San Lorenzo River reached

22.1 feet. Rainfall amounts exceeded 7 inches in the mountains over a 24-hour period. The 2022/2023 Winter Storms resulted in flooding, downed trees, major infrastructure damage, and impacts to persons experiencing homelessness; and
WHEREAS, the County of Santa Cruz proclaimed the existence of a local emergency in the County on January 3, 2023 in response to the 2022/2023 Winter Storms; and WHEREAS, in light of the 2022/2023 Winter Storms and pursuant to his authority as Emergency Services Director, on January 4, 2023, the City Manager declared the existence of a local emergency (the “2022/2023 Emergency Proclamation”). At its January 10, 2023 meeting, the City Council adopted Resolution No. NS-30,085 declaring the existence of a State of Emergency in connection with the 2022/2023 Winter, confirming the 2022/2023 Emergency Proclamation; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has continued to review the need for the 2022/2023 Winter Storms emergency declaration and most recently adopted Resolution No. NS-30,XXX at its December 10, 2024 regular meeting, further extending the declaration of emergency by 60 days; and
WHEREAS, a year after the 2022/2023 Winter Storms, on December 28 and 30th, 2023, the City of Santa Cruz experienced a large winter swell event involving significant rain and hazardous ocean conditions, causing an estimate of $2.5 million in damage along West Cliff Drive and the Santa Cruz Wharf, followed by atmospheric river storms throughout January and February 2024 (the “2023/2024 Winter Storms”). The 2023/2024 Winter Storms included significant rainfall on January 22, 2024 that contributed to flooding within the City of Santa Cruz and specifically to Cypress Point Apartments; and

4.4 RESOLUTION NO. NS-XX,XXX
WHEREAS, on January 30, 2024, the County of Santa Cruz Board of Supervisors ratified Local Emergency for the December 2023 Coastal Storms, as proclaimed by the County Administrative Officer as the Director of Emergency Services on January 3, 2024; and WHEREAS, in light of the 2023/2024 Winter Storms and pursuant to his authority as Emergency Services Director, on February 6, 2024, the City Manager declared the existence of a local emergency (the “2023/2024 Emergency Proclamation”). At its February 13, 2024 meeting, the City Council adopted Resolution No. NS-30,286 declaring the existence of a State of Emergency in connection with the 2023/2024 Winter Storms, confirming the 2023/2024 Winter Storms Emergency Proclamation; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has continued to review the need for the 2023/2024 Winter Storms emergency declaration and most recently adopted Resolution No. NS-30,414 at its December 10, 2024 regular meeting, further extending the declaration of emergency by 60 days; and
WHEREAS, at its September 10, 2024 regular meeting the City Council received an update from the Director of Public Works on the City’s response to the 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 winter storms. The City’s emergency response and recovery efforts remain ongoing and are expected to continue into Summer 2025, and potentially Summer 2026.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Santa Cruz (City Council) as follows:

A. That the City Council hereby declares that the local emergency declaration adopted at its January 10, 2023 regular meeting by Resolution No. NS-30,085, and extended on January 24, 2023 by Resolution NS-30,095, on March 14, 2023 by Resolution NS-30,116, on May 9, 2023 by Resolution NS-30,145, on June 27, 2023 by Resolution NS-30,166, on August 22, 2023 by Resolution NS-30,187, on October 10, 2023 by Resolution NS30,208, on November 28, 2023 by Resolution NS-30,239, on January 23, 2024 by Resolution NS-30,274, on March 12, 2024 by Resolution NS-30,296, on April 30, 2024 by Resolution NS-30,315, on June 25, 2024 by Resolution NS-30,349, on August 13, 2024 by Resolution NS-30,362, on October 8, 2024 by Resolution NS-30,393, and on December 10, 2024 by Resolution NS-30,414, shall be extended an additional sixty (60) days from its adoption pursuant to California Government Code Section 8630, et seq., by this Resolution; and
B. That the City Council hereby declares that the local emergency declaration adopted at its February 13, 2024 regular meeting by Resolution NS-30,286, and extended on April 9, 2024 by Resolution NS-30,311, on April 30, 2024 by Resolution NS-30,315, on June 25, 2024 by Resolution NS-30,349, on August 13, 2024 by Resolution NS-30,362, on October 8, 2024 by Resolution NS-30,393, and on December 10, 2024 by Resolution NS-30,414, shall be extended an additional sixty (60) days from its adoption pursuant to California Government Code Section 8630, et seq., by this Resolution; and

4.5 RESOLUTION NO. NS-XX,XXX
C. This Resolution shall remain in full force and effect and shall thereafter terminate on the sixtieth (60th) day after its adoption, unless earlier terminated or further extended by subsequent City Council action.

PASSED AND ADOPTED this 28th day of January, 2025, by the following vote:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

DISQUALIFIED:

APPROVED: __________________________
Fred Keeley, Mayor
ATTEST: ___________________________
Bonnie Bush, City Clerk Administrator

4.6 MINUTES ARE UNOFFICIAL UNTIL APPROVED BY COUNCIL
City of Santa Cruz
809 Center Street
Santa Cruz, California 95060

MINUTES OF A CITY COUNCIL MEETING
January 14, 2025
12:00 PM
Mayor Keeley opened the City Council Closed Session at 12:01 p.m. in a public meeting via Zoom and in Council Chambers, for the purpose of announcing the agenda, and receiving public testimony.

Roll Call

Present: Councilmembers Trigueiro, Brunner, Newsome, Golder (arrived at 12:16 p.m.), O’Hara; Vice Mayor Kalantari-Johnson; Mayor Keeley.

Absent: None.

Staff: City Manager M. Huffaker, Assistant City Manager M. Templeton, Director of Finance E. Cabell, Director of Economic Development and Housing B. Lipscomb, City Attorney T. Condotti, Deputy City Clerk Administrator J. Wood, City Clerk Administrator B. Bush.

At this time Mayor Keeley made his Presiding Officer’s Announcements commending the commitment of City staff who work to maintain the wharf and called for a moment of silence for Santa Cruz Sentinel journalist Jessica York.

Statements of Disqualification – None.

Public Comment
Mayor Keeley opened the public comment period at 12:10 p.m. There were no speakers. Mayor Keeley closed the public comment period at 12:10 p.m., at which time the meeting was closed to the public and Council adjourned to the Courtyard Conference Room.

5.1 January 14, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 7046
Closed Session

1. Conference with Legal Counsel – Liability Claims (Government Code §54956.95) 1) Claimant: Subroclaims, Inc. – Geico Insurance
2) Claimant: Renita Kolica
Claim against the City of Santa Cruz
Council received a status report, took up under agenda item 10, and took no reportable action.

2. Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation (Government Code §54956.9(d)(1))
1) GVC St. George, LLC v. City of Santa Cruz
(United States District Court Case No.CV-07695-BLF)
2) Douglas Wallace, et al v. City of Santa Cruz, et al
(Santa Cruz County Superior Court Case No. 24CV02414)
Council received a status report and took no reportable action.

3. Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation (Government Code §54956.9(d)(2)
Significant exposure to litigation (one potential case to be discussed) Council received a status report, gave direction, and took no reportable action.

4. Real Property Negotiations (Government Code §54956.8) 1) Property: 744 and 808 River Street
APNs: 008-163-06 and 008-172-08
Owner: City of Santa Cruz
City Negotiator: Bonnie Lipscomb
Negotiating Parties: City of Santa Cruz and Reed and Rusty Santee Under Negotiation: Price, terms of payment, or both

5.2 January 14, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 7047
Closed Session (continued)

4. Real Property Negotiations (Government Code §54956.8) (continued) 2) Property: 15 Municipal Wharf (Santa Cruz Boat Rentals) APN: 007-331-04
Owner: JFS, Inc. dba Santa Cruz Boat Rentals
City Negotiator: Bonnie Lipscomb
Negotiating Parties: City of Santa Cruz and Sally Ealy
Under Negotiation: Price, terms of payment, or both
3) Property: 17-A Municipal Wharf (Surf Life)
APN:  007-331-06
Owner: Sun Shops, Inc.

City Negotiator: Bonnie Lipscomb
Negotiating Parties: City and Surf Life
Under Negotiation: Price, terms of payment, or both
4) Property: 17 B/C Municipal Wharf (Bonnie’s Gifts)
APNs: 007-331-06 and -07
Owner: Roseanne Mazzone and John Eicholz dba Bonnie’s Gifts City Negotiator: Bonnie Lipscomb
Negotiating Parties: City of Santa Cruz and Roseanne Mazzone and John Eicholz Under Negotiation: Price, terms of payment, or both
5) Property: 17-D Municipal Wharf (Santa Cruz Bay Company) APN: 007-351-02
Owner: Sun Shops, Inc.

City Negotiator: Bonnie Lipscomb
Negotiating Parties: City and Santa Cruz Bay Company
Under Negotiation: Price, terms of payment, or both
6) Property: 17 E Municipal Wharf (Sock Shop)
APN: 007-331-09
Owner: Sock Shop & Shoe Company, Inc.

City Negotiator: Bonnie Lipscomb
Negotiating Parties: City of Santa Cruz and Ellen Gill
Under Negotiation: Price, terms of payment, or both

5.3 January 14, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 7048
Closed Session (continued)

4. Real Property Negotiations (Government Code §54956.8) (continued) 7) Property: 25 Municipal Wharf (Firefish)
APN: 007-341-01
Owner: Mark Gilbert dba Firefish, Woodies, and Gilbert’s Gifts City Negotiator: Bonnie Lipscomb
Negotiating Parties: City of Santa Cruz and Mark Gilbert Under Negotiation: Price, terms of payment, or both
Council received a status report from the City Negotiator, and no reportable action was taken.

5.4 January 14, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 7049
City of Santa Cruz
809 Center Street
Santa Cruz, California 95060

MINUTES OF A CITY COUNCIL MEETING
January 14, 2025
1:30 PM
Call to Order – Mayor Keeley called the meeting to order at 1:34 p.m. in Council Chambers.

Roll Call

Present: Councilmembers Trigueiro, Brunner, Newsome, Golder, O’Hara; Vice Mayor Kalantari-Johnson; Mayor Keeley.

Absent: None.

Staff: City Manager M. Huffaker, Assistant City Manager M. Templeton, City Attorney T. Condotti, Chief of Fire R. Oatey, Director of Economic Development and Housing B. Lipscomb, Chief People Officer S. DeLeon, Director of Finance E. Cabell, Director of Planning and Community Development L. Butler, Director of Parks and Recreation T. Elliot, Director of Information Technology K. Morgan, Director of Water H.

Luckenbach, Director of Planning and Community Development L.

Butler, Deputy City Manager L. Murphy, Emergency Operations Manager M. Albert, Sustainability and Resiliency Officer T. Wise-West, Deputy City Clerk Administrator J. Wood, City Clerk Administrator B. Bush.

Oral Communications Announcement - The Mayor provided a brief announcement about Oral Communications.

Oral Communications
At 1:35 p.m. Mayor Keeley opened Oral Communications for members of the public who wished to speak regarding items not listed on the City Council agenda.

Kevin Cummings spoke regarding Ordinance No. 2024-16, thanking Council for adopting it and defending it in court.

Unidentified person spoke regarding a message from the Mayor published in the Sentinel regarding subsidized housing.

5.5 January 14, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 7050
Oral Communications (continued)
Lee Brokaw spoke regarding the contractor who was hired to complete the work on the wharf.

Bradley Snyder spoke regarding the crane that was parked out on the wharf and welcomed the new Councilmembers.

Pauline Seales spoke regarding the Santa Cruz County Immigrant Community and thanked Council for signing a letter of support to establish this group.

Unidentified person spoke regarding his public comments at the Board of Supervisor’s meeting, read from an article he wrote and published five years ago, and commented regarding the wildfires in southern California.

Nicholas Whitehead spoke regarding the late President Carter.

Darius Mohsenin spoke regarding Santa Cruz Housing Matters program.

Terence Concannon welcomed the new Councilmembers and re-introduced himself to returning Council.

Bob Russel spoke in opposition to the state’s plan to build a development at Seabright State Park which will not include ADA access to Three Princes Surf Point and precludes future developments from happening in the park.

Gregory Cole spoke in opposition to the state’s proposal for the Three Princes Surf Point and asked the City to adopt a resolution directing the state to provide more access.

At 1:57 p.m. Mayor Keeley closed Oral Communications.

Presiding Officer's Announcements – Provided at the beginning of Closed Session.

Statements of Disqualification – None.

Additions and Deletions – None.

City Attorney Report on Closed Session – See pages 7046—7048 for the report.

Council Meeting Calendar

5. The City Council reviewed and did not revise the meeting calendar attached to the agenda.

5.6 January 14, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 7051
Consent Agenda
Councilmember Newsome made a comment on item 17.

Councilmember O’Hara made a comment on item 11.

Vice Mayor Kalantari-Johnson made a comment on item 13.

Mayor Keeley announced item 9 would be amended as follows:

Santa Cruz Mid-County Groundwater Agency: Remove Councilmember Triguero and add Councilmember O’Hara.

Santa Margarita Groundwater Agency: Remove David Baskin as an alternate and add Councilmember O’Hara.

City of Santa Cruz Children’s Fund Committee: Remove Councilmembers Brunner and Golder.

Mayor Keeley opened the public comment period. The following people spoke:

James Ewing-Whitman made a comment on item 18.

Garrett made a comment on items 8 and 17.

Matt Ferrell made a comment on item 8.

Mayor Keeley closed the public comment period.

MOTION: Councilmember Golder moved, seconded by Councilmember O’Hara, to approve the amended Consent Agenda.

ACTION: The motion carried unanimously with the following vote.

AYES: Councilmembers Trigueiro, Brunner, Newsome, Golder, O’Hara; Vice Mayor Kalantari-Johnson; Mayor Keeley.

NOES: None.

ABSENT: None.

DISQUALIFIED: None.

5.7 January 14, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 7052
Consent Agenda (continued)

6. City Manager Annual Merit Increase (CA)
LOCATION: None
Resolution No. NS-30,422 was adopted amending the Personnel Complement and Classification and Compensation Plans and the FY 2025 Budget – City Manager in the amount of 3%, effective December 21, 2024.

7. Minutes of the December 10, 2024 City Council Meeting (CC) LOCATION: None
Motion carried to approve as submitted.

8. Resolution Declaring the Existence of a State of Emergency Arising from the December 2024 Municipal Wharf Incident (CA/CM)
LOCATION: District 4
Resolution No. NS-30,423 was adopted declaring the existence of a state of emergency arising from the December 2024 Municipal Wharf Incident.

9. Appointment of Representatives to External Agencies, Groups, Council Committees and Task Forces (CN)
LOCATION: None
Motion carried to approve Mayor Keeley’s nominations to external agencies, groups, and City Council committees and task forces for the 2025 calendar year.

10. Liability Claims Filed Against the City of Santa Cruz (FN) LOCATION: None
Motion carried to reject the liability claims of 1) Subroclaims, Inc. – Geico Insurance and 2) Renita Kolica, based on staff recommendation.

5.8 January 14, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 7053
Consent Agenda (continued)

11. Acceptance of a Proposal and Project Initiation of New Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Software Solution – Budget Adjustment (FN/IT/HR/PW/WT/LB) LOCATION: None
Motion carried to:
 Authorize the City Manager to execute contracts with AVAAP, in a form approved by the City Attorney to support the City of Santa Cruz (City) in implementing a new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software solution;  Authorize the City Manager to execute contracts with Workday, in a form approved by the City Attorney as the new ERP software solution;  Authorize the City Manager to execute contracts with Can/Am Technologies, Inc., in a form approved by the City Attorney to support the City in implementing and providing a new municipal cashiering system;  Authorize the City Manager to execute contracts with SpryPoint, in a form approved by the City Attorney to support the City in implementing and providing a new utility billing system;
 Adopt Resolution No. NS-30,424 to amend the FY 2025 budget to newly appropriate $1,027,647 of funds; and
Authorize the City Manager, IT Director, or designee to execute any amendments to the above contracts that are within the approved budget, change orders will only be binding when signed by authorized representatives of the City and the vendor.

5.9 January 14, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 7054
Consent Agenda (continued)

12. HSIP Cycle 10 Advanced Dilemma Zone Detection Project (c402216) – Approve Plans and Specifications (PW)
LOCATION: Citywide
Motion carried to:
 Approve the project plans and specifications for the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Cycle 10 Advanced Dilemma Zone Detection Project (c402216) and authorize staff to advertise and award the contract;  Adopt Resolution No. NS-30,425 to approve the plans and specifications for the HSIP Cycle 10 Advanced Dilemma Zone Detection Project pursuant to Government Code Section 830.6; and
 Find the HSIP Cycle 10 Advanced Dilemma Zone Detection Project Categorical Exempt under CEQA Guidelines 14 CCR section 15301(c).

13. Neary Street Sewer Rehabilitation (c401511) – Notice of Completion (PW) LOCATION: District 3
Motion carried to accept the work of Manzo Construction, Inc. (Hollister, CA) as completed per plans and specifications and authorize the filing of the Notice of Completion for the Neary Street Sewer Rehabilitation project (c401511) and authorizing the Public Works Director to sign the Notice of Completion as the Owner’s Authorized Agent.

14. Public Tipping Area Concrete Project (c401811) – Notice of Completion (PW) LOCATION: District 6
Motion carried to accept the work of Kraemer Engineering, Inc. (Salinas, CA) as completed per plans and specifications and authorize the filing of the Notice of Completion for the Public Tipping Area Concrete Project (c401811) and authorizing the Public Works Director to sign the Notice of Completion as the Owner’s Authorized Agent.

5.10 January 14, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 7055
Consent Agenda (continued)

15. San Lorenzo River Lagoon Culvert Project (c601403) – Notice of Completion (PW)
LOCATION: District 2
Motion carried to accept the work of Syblon Reid, Inc. (Folsom, CA) as completed per plans and specifications and authorize the filing of the Notice of Completion for the San Lorenzo River Lagoon Culvert Project (c601403) and authorizing the Public Works Director to sign the Notice of Completion as the Owner’s Authorized Agent.

16. West Cliff Drive 60-inch RCP Headwall Repair (c402409) – Contract Change Order (PW)
LOCATION: District 6
Motion carried to approve a contract change order in the amount of $30,000 with Granite Construction (Watsonville, CA), for providing emergency repair and maintenance services at the West Cliff Drive 60-inch RCP Headwall project site. The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to execute the contract in a form approved by the City Attorney. The Public Works Director is authorized to execute change orders within the approved project budget.

17. Go Santa Cruz Downtown Employee Transportation Demand Management Program – Contract Amendment 2 (PW)
LOCATION: District 4
Motion carried to approve Contract Amendment 2 with Miller Maxfield (Santa Cruz, CA) to revise the total budget and adjust the end date of the contract for the GO Santa Cruz Transportation Demand Management Program (p402002) marketing services in a form acceptable to the City Attorney. The Director of Public Works is authorized to execute contract amendments within the approved budget.

5.11 January 14, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 7056
Consent Agenda (continued)

18. Union/Locust Backup Generator Project (c702107) - Approval of Contract Amendment No. 2 for Design Services with Mesiti Miller Engineering, Inc. (WT) LOCATION: District 4
Motion carried to authorize the City Manager to execute Contract Amendment No. 2 to the Professional Service Agreement for the Union/Locust Backup Generator Project (Project) with Mesiti Miller Engineering, Inc. (Santa Cruz, CA) in a form to be approved by the City Attorney and authorize the Water Director to execute contract amendments for the Project within the approved project budget.

19. Felton Diversion Pipeline Emergency Repair Project - Master Service Agreement Zayante Creek Bank Stabilization-Third Amendment with Ecological Concerns Incorporated for Restoration and Revegetation Services (WT) LOCATION: None
Motion carried authorizing the City Manager to execute Zayante Creek Bank Stabilization-Third Amendment to the Master Service Agreement for restoration and revegetation planning services for the Felton Diversion Pipeline Emergency Repair Project (e702301) with Ecological Concerns Incorporated (Santa Cruz, CA) in a form to be approved by the City Attorney and authorizing the Water Director to execute future contract amendments within the approved project budget.

20. Award Contract to Bay Power Inc. for Switchgear Upgrade Package (WT) LOCATION: None
Motion carried to:
 Award a contract for the purchase of Switchgear Upgrade Package from Bay Power Inc. (San Jose, CA) in the amount of $126,591.50; and  Approve the CEQA determination contained in this agenda report. The Council’s action is exempt from CEQA review under the Class 2 categorical exemption of the California Code of Regulations Section 15302. Under this authority, CEQA does not apply to replacement or reconstruction.

5.12 January 14, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 7057
Consent Agenda (continued)

21. 2024 Well Rehabilitation Project – Notice of Completion (WT) LOCATION: None
Motion carried to accept the work of Pacific Coast Well Drilling, Inc. dba Precision Hydro Company (Templeton, CA) as complete per the plans and specifications, authorizing the filing of a Notice of Completion for the 2024 Well Rehabilitation Project (c702501), and authorize the Water Director to sign the Notice of Completion as the Owner’s Authorized Agent.

End Consent Agenda
Consent Public Hearings
Mayor Keeley opened the public comment period. The following people spoke:

Nicholas Whitehead made a comment on item 22.

Garrett made a comment on item 23.

Mayor Keeley closed the public comment period.

MOTION: Vice Mayor Kalantari-Johnson moved, seconded by Councilmember Newsome, to approve the Consent Public Hearings Agenda.

MOTION: Councilmember O’Hara moved, seconded by Councilmember Golder, to amend item 22 to include direction for staff to provide an annual report that provides local analysis of the associated housing affordability impacts of Condominium Mapping and Separate Sale of Accessory Dwelling Units and their Associated Primary Dwellings by tracking the below and use such annual reporting to determine whether further action should be taken to limit the potential for investor prospecting. If available, include similar analysis from other jurisdictions such as San Jose and Seattle to capture relevant trends.
 Number of ADUs sold as condominiums.
 Number of ADU owner-occupied condominiums.
 Average sale price of ADU condominiums.
 Median sale price of ADU condominiums.
 Other available housing affordability indicators such as: housing price-toincome and expenditure-to-income; residual income; housing quality; and subjective measures of housing affordability, etc.

5.13 January 14, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 7058
Consent Public Hearings (continued)
Director of Planning and Community Development L. Butler responded to Council questions.

ACTION: The motion made by Councilmember O’Hara carried unanimously with the following vote.

AYES: Councilmembers Trigueiro, Brunner, Newsome, Golder, O’Hara; Vice Mayor Kalantari-Johnson; Mayor Keeley.

NOES: None.

ABSENT: None.

DISQUALIFIED: None.

ACTION: The motion made by Vice Mayor Kalantari-Johnson carried unanimously with the following vote.

AYES: Councilmembers Trigueiro, Brunner, Newsome, Golder, O’Hara; Vice Mayor Kalantari-Johnson; Mayor Keeley.

NOES: None.

ABSENT: None.

DISQUALIFIED: None.

5.14 January 14, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 7059
Consent Public Hearings (continued)

22. 2nd Reading and Final Adoption of Ordinances Related to Accessory Dwelling Units to Maintain Consistency with State Law, Remove Owner-Occupancy Requirements for Existing Accessory Dwelling Units, and to Allow for the Condominium Mapping and Separate Sale of Accessory Dwelling Units and Their Associated Primary Dwellings. Ordinances Include: Ordinance No. 2024-24 Amending Santa Cruz Municipal Code Chapters 23.04, 23.12, 23.37, 24.08,

24.10, and 24.16 and Adding New Section 24.16.165; Ordinance No. 2024-23 Amending Santa Cruz Municipal Code Chapters 24.08, 24.10, and Chapter

24.12; and Ordinance No. 2024-25 Amending Santa Cruz Municipal Code Section

18.15.040. Amendments to Chapter Sections 24.08.810a, 24.08.2140,

24.08.2200, 24.10.210, 24.10.310, 24.10.410, 24.10.510, 24.10.565,

24.10.603, 24.10.611, 24.10.619, 24.10.627, 24.10.632, 24.10.636,

24.10.1210, 24.12.240, and 24.12.250 Are Part of the Local Coastal Program Implementation Plan (LCP IP) and Will Require Approval by the California Coastal Commission Prior to Taking Effect Inside the Coastal Zone. (CEQA:

Exempt Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 as a Project Consistent with the General Plan for Which an EIR Was Certified). (PL)
LOCATION: Citywide
Motion carried to:
 Adopt Ordinance No. 2024-23 amending Santa Cruz Municipal Code Chapters

23.04, 23.12, 23.37, 24.08, 24.10, and 24.16 and adding new section

24.16.165, related to accessory dwelling units;
 Adopt Ordinance No. 2024-24 amending Santa Cruz Municipal Code Chapters

24.08, 24.10, and 24.12 related to accessory dwelling units and comprising parts of the LCP IP;
 Adopt Ordinance No. 2024-25 amending Santa Cruz Municipal Code Chapter

18.15 related to accessory dwelling units; and
 Adopt Resolution No. NS-30,426 directing the City Manager to submit the LCP IP amendments to the California Coastal Commission for approval.

5.15 January 14, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 7060
Consent Public Hearings (continued)

23. Extension of Emergency Ordinance Relating to Accessory Dwelling Units and Associated Changes to Permitting Required by State Law. CEQA: Exempt (Section 15282(h)) (PL)
LOCATION: Citywide
Motion carried to acknowledge the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) exemption and adopt emergency Ordinance No. 2025-01 extending a previously adopted emergency ordinance to February 13th, 2025, in accordance with the allowances in State Law.

General Business

24. Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf Update and Wharf Business Recovery Recommendations (CM/PR/PW/EDH)
LOCATION: District 4
City Manager M. Huffaker spoke.

Director of Parks and Recreation T. Elliot, Director of Economic Development and Housing B. Lipscomb, and Emergency Operations Manager M. Albert gave a presentation and responded to Council questions.

Mayor Keeley opened the public comment period. The following person spoke.

James Ewing
Mayor Keeley closed the public comment period.

MOTION: Councilmember Newsome moved, seconded by Councilmember Golder, to:
 Accept the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf Update on the partial wharf collapse on December 23, 2024;
 Adopt Resolution No. NS-30,427 to amend the FY 2025 budget in the amount of $155,000 from the Economic Development Trust Fund to fund the wharf business recovery recommendations;
 Direct staff to implement the wharf business recovery recommendations;

5.16 January 14, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 7061
General Business (continued)

24. Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf Update and Wharf Business Recovery Recommendations (CM/PR/PW/EDH) (continued)
MOTION (continued):
 Direct staff to return to Council no later than April 2025 with an overview of the Phase II structural and operational analysis plan to include a third party-independent peer review from a qualified vendor with experience in design and evaluation of structures in maritime environments; and  Explore forming a Council ad hoc committee to determine next steps around climate resiliency and the future of the wharf.

FRIENDLY AMENDMENT: Councilmember O’Hara requested to add direction to staff to extend the Wharf Business Recovery Recommendations below through February 2025.
 Approval of free 2-hour parking on the Wharf to the public during the month of January. The estimated cost to the City based on parking modeling is approximately $30,000. This cost will be partially offset by visitor trips to the wharf and increased tenant rent revenue (which is a percentage of sales).
 Approval of recommended rent relief to include percentage-sales only rent during the months of December and January for all wharf tenants. Many tenants have minimum monthly rents in addition to percentage sales.

Allowing percentage-only rent based on actual sales received provides economic relief for the period the Wharf was closed to the public. This would additionally eliminate any minimum rents due and rent payments not reflective of the mandatory closure period. Staff further recommends that all late fees and penalties for the months of December and January be waived. An initial estimate of cost to the City is approximately $40,000- $50,000.

Councilmembers Newsome and Golder accepted.

ACTION: The motion carried unanimously with the following vote.

AYES: Councilmembers Trigueiro, Brunner, Newsome, Golder, O’Hara; Vice Mayor Kalantari-Johnson; Mayor Keeley.

NOES: None.

ABSENT: None.

DISQUALIFIED: None.

5.17 January 14, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 7062
General Business (continued)

25. City Council Measure Z Ad Hoc Committee (CN)
LOCATION: None
Deputy City Manager L. Murphy spoke.

Mayor Keeley opened the public comment period. There were no speakers.

Mayor Keeley closed the public comment period.

MOTION: Vice Mayor Kalantari-Johnson moved, seconded by Councilmember O’Hara, to create a City Council ad hoc committee, consisting of Councilmember Trigueiro, Councilmember Brunner and Vice Mayor Kalantari-Johnson, to recommend an implementation process for Measure Z, the Sugar Sweetened Beverage Tax and bring back to the council their recommendations for future council approval.

ACTION: The motion carried unanimously with the following vote.

AYES: Councilmembers Trigueiro, Brunner, Newsome, Golder, O’Hara; Vice Mayor Kalantari-Johnson; Mayor Keeley.

NOES: None.

ABSENT: None.

DISQUALIFIED: None.

26. Communitywide Climate Action Plan 2030 – Year 2 Progress Report Update (CM) LOCATION: Citywide
Sustainability and Resiliency Officer T. Wise-West gave a presentation and responded to Council questions.

City Manager M. Huffaker responded to Council questions.

Mayor Keeley opened the public comment period. The following people spoke.

Garrett
Bradley Snyder
Mayor Keeley closed the public comment period.

5.18 January 14, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 7063
General Business (continued)

26. Communitywide Climate Action Plan 2030 – Year 2 Progress Report Update (CM) (continued)
MOTION: Vice Mayor Kalantari-Johnson moved, seconded by Councilmember Brunner, to:
 Accept the Progress Report Update and Proposed 2025 Citywide Workplan; and
 Approve the bylaws for the new Sustainability and Resiliency Committee with the following amendments:

Article II. Authority and Establishment of the Committee (c) Appointment Process
From:
(i) At-Large Members: At large members must be residents of the City of Santa Cruz (“City”) and shall be recruited using the City’s standard application for advisory committees and commissions. The City shall promote the at-large member openings through social media, the City Manager’s Weekly Update, and at other events and webinars.

Applications shall be accepted January 20, 2025 through February 19, 2025 and may be submitted to the City’s Sustainability and Resiliency Officer electronically or manually. The Sustainability and Resiliency Officer shall compile the applications, provide an initial eligibility and qualifications review of the applicants, and recommend, in memorandum format, 3 at-large members from the eligible applicants to the City Manager to consider. The City Manager shall review, provide feedback and adjustments as necessary, and take the appointment of the at-large members to City Council for approval.

To:
(i) At-Large Members: At large members must be residents of the City of Santa Cruz (“City”) and shall be recruited using the City’s standard application for advisory committees and commissions. The application and appointment process will mirror the process the City has traditionally used for commission appointment, with the full candidate pool coming to the Council for selection and approval.

5.19 January 14, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 7064
General Business (continued)

26. Communitywide Climate Action Plan 2030 – Year 2 Progress Report Update (CM) (continued)
MOTION (continued):

Article III. Organization of the Committee
(a) Membership Terms
From:
(ii) Commission Representatives: Commission representatives shall serve concurrently with their respective commission appointments during the Committee term. Should a commission representative resign or complete their term of service on their commission, staff to the committee shall select a new commission representative to serve on the SRC.

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(ii) Commission Representatives: Commission representatives shall serve concurrently with their respective commission appointments during the Committee term. Should a commission representative resign or complete their term of service on their commission, staff to the commission will agendize selection of a new commission
representative and the commission will select a new representative to serve on the SRC.

Removing the following language from Article VI. Decision-making process:
(v) Should a 2/3 majority not be met, a majority vote by roll call, included in the meeting minutes, may take place, but a minimum of seven votes shall be recorded to make a decision.

ACTION: The motion carried unanimously with the following vote.

AYES: Councilmembers Trigueiro, Brunner, Newsome, Golder, O’Hara; Vice Mayor Kalantari-Johnson; Mayor Keeley.

NOES: None.

ABSENT: None.

DISQUALIFIED: None.

5.20 January 14, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 7065
Adjournment – Councilmember Golder moved, seconded by Councilmember Trigueiro, to adjourn. By consensus City Council adjourned at 4:06 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted:

Julia Wood, Deputy City Clerk Administrator
Attest:

Bonnie Bush, City Clerk Administrator
Approved:

Fred Keeley, Mayor

5.21 City Council

AGENDA REPORT
DATE: 01/08/2025
AGENDA OF: 01/28/2025
DEPARTMENT: City Manager
SUBJECT: National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Resilience Regional Challenge Grant: Approval to Execute Subaward of Grant Funds to Develop a Final Design and Implementation of Living Shoreline in Main Beach, and Flood Mitigation, Habitat Enhancement and Restoration in Jessie Street Marsh and San Lorenzo Park (CM)
LOCATION: Districts 1, 2 and 4
RECOMMENDATION: Motion to:
1) Adopt a resolution approving the execution of a subaward agreement with California Marine Sanctuary Foundation to accept grant funds from the NOAA Climate Resilience Regional Challenge Grant administered by NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management to develop a final design and implementation of Living Shoreline in Main Beach; to enhance and expand wetland, flood management, trails, and educational and recreational uses at Jessie Street Marsh and San Lorenzo Park;
2) Adopt a resolution amending the FY 2025 budget to appropriate $7,887,878 of funds into project numbers c402513 (Main Beach Living Shoreline) and c302518 (Santa Cruz City Parks Flood Mitigation and Habitat Enhancement and Restoration); and 3) Authorize and direct staff to issue Request for Proposals (RFPs) to complete the necessary California Environmental Quality Act and National Environmental Protection Act documentation, processes, and clearances for the work contemplated in the projects, procure Engineering, Permitting, Surveying, Geotechnical and Right of Way services and direct the City Manager to execute Professional Service Agreements in forms acceptable to the City Attorney.

The Parks and Recreation and Public Works Directors are authorized to execute contract amendments for these services within the project budget.

BACKGROUND: In 2022, Congress appropriated approximately $575 million, through the Inflation Reduction Act, to be competitively awarded for projects that help coastal communities become more resilient as they face increasing threats from extreme weather and climate change.

This historic, transformative effort is known as the Climate Resilience Regional Challenge.

6.1 Equity and inclusion, community engagement, regional coordination, and enduring capacity are important components of this $575 million funding opportunity, which is administered by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Office for Coastal Management. Funding was made possible in 2023 by the Inflation Reduction Act, a historic investment that is advancing NOAA’s efforts to build Climate-Ready Coasts. It provides $3.3 billion for NOAA to build on its commitment to help Americans – including tribes and vulnerable populations – prepare, adapt, and build resilience to weather and climate events among other priorities. NOAA’s Climate Resilience Regional Challenge competitive grant program is focused on collaborative projects that increase the resilience of coastal communities to extreme weather and other climate change impacts, including sea level rise and drought.

In July 2024, NOAA announced $575 million for 19 projects recommended for funding through the Climate Resilience Regional Challenge. The project entitled Regional Adaptation for Climate Resilience of Monterey Bay Coastal Communities led by California Marine Sanctuary Foundation is one of the 19 projects awarded funding. The City is one of 21 different partners in the project. The funded amount for the entire region is $71,100,000.

This project addresses the highest priority climate risks for California’s Monterey Bay region— flooding and wildfires—by implementing four integrated adaptation strategies. A comprehensive workforce development component is included to improve the region’s ability to address future challenges. Each strategy uses nature-based approaches to strengthen ecosystems and make human communities more resilient. Indigenous knowledge is central to the wildfire adaptation strategies, and cultural practices are part of wetland restoration implementation. The workforce development initiative emphasizes recruitment from disadvantaged communities to expand the team of regional adaptation experts.

DISCUSSION: The City of Santa Cruz is a subrecipient to the California Marine Sanctuary Foundation’s award for two (sub) projects as part of the overall Regional Adaptation for Climate Resilience of Monterey Bay Coastal Communities project. Delivery of the projects will both implement the NOAA Adaptation Strategy related to Flood Risk Reduction and, importantly, the funding will deliver projects included in various City adopted plans (e.g., 2025-2030 Local Hazard Mitigation and Climate Adaptation Plan, 2030 Parks Master Plan, and 1998 Jessie Street Marsh Restoration Plan). The total grant received by the City is $7,887,878 for two City specific projects: the Main Beach – Living Shorelines Final Design and Implementation and the Santa Cruz City Parks Flood Mitigation and Habitat Enhancement and Restoration. Attachments “Regional Adaptation for Climate Resilience of Monterey Bay Coastal Communities Project Narrative” and “Subaward Agreement” include more detailed information on the overall and city specific projects, respectively.

Main Beach – Living Shorelines Final Design and Implementation The City of Santa Cruz is conducting a living shorelines and nature-based solutions feasibility study that concludes in June 2025. The project will deliver 30% designs for sites along the Santa Cruz coastline, including a Main Beach/San Lorenzo River living shoreline application, among other recommendations and, importantly, setting the City up to deliver the NOAA funded project. The Main Beach - Living Shorelines Final Design and Implementation project would reduce flood risk and beach loss at the Main Beach and San Lorenzo River mouth area by funding: 1) development of designs to 100%; 2) completion of environmental review and permitting, 3) implementation of the Beach/River living shoreline project, and 4) the development of monitoring, operational and maintenance plans and agreements. If approved by

6.2 the Council after the appropriate environmental review, the project is anticipated to significantly improve safe coastal access by providing public and emergency access infrastructure between the levee, frontline neighborhood and the river and beach, through the living shoreline. This project, if approved by Council after the appropriate environmental analysis, is also anticipated to improve habitat and biodiversity. Extensive engagement has been conducted with the disadvantaged Beach Flats frontline neighborhood, Amah Mutsun Land Trust and Costanoan Rumsen Carmel tribe, and other interested parties. Recent engagement with frontline neighborhood residents indicates that Main Beach was their primary beach for recreation due to proximity. The monitoring for this project, along with exploring triggers and thresholds to modify the overall adaptation approach (e.g., transitioning to a planned relocation strategy), will be integrated into the City’s Coastal Change Monitoring Network engagement, development and eventual deployment.

Santa Cruz City Parks Flood Mitigation and Habitat Enhancement and Restoration Grant funds would be used to develop plans for, perform the appropriate environmental analysis for, and, if approved, build out the Santa Cruz City Parks Flood Mitigation and Habitat Enhancement and Restoration project. The project includes enhancing and expanding wetland, flood management, trails, and educational and recreational uses at Jessie Street Marsh and San Lorenzo Park, which are two City-owned properties located along the San Lorenzo River. For Jessie Street Marsh, the project will focus on the area between Lemos Avenue and East Cliff Drive. It will include community engagement, design, and permitting to expand and enhance wetland and improve access. Importantly, a contaminated fill area with low-level concentrations of lead will be removed from the wetland and public access areas, improving habitat value and public safety. Access will be improved by replacing the existing ad-hoc dirt trail with an ADA accessible, interpretive multi-use trail.

This grant award will not be used to enhance the wetland area between Barson Avenue and Lemos Street. As part of the Save Our Big Trees Settlement Agreement (2020), the City is required to enhance an acre of wetland at Jessie Street Marsh. The grant funding requirements preclude grant funds being used for that purpose. As such, staff have identified an acre of wetland between Barson Street and Lemos Avenue which will be reserved for a future wetland enhancement phase, and staff will continue to seek additional funding opportunities to implement that phase of the project.

The San Lorenzo Park portion of the project involves community engagement, design, environmental review, and permitting to improve flood management, expand and enhance habitat, and provide recreational opportunities. The lower Riverlands area of the park is approximately 6 acres in size and sits adjacent to the river. The Riverlands area performs as an overflow area for flood management of the river, becoming heavily inundated during large storm events. The project intends to improve the flood management capabilities of this section of the river using nature-based solutions. This section of the river is not part of the levee system and remains the only area with tree canopy along the bank of the river between the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary to the south and California Highway 1 to the north. It is known locally as a birding hotspot, and future improvements will expand the habitat value and educational opportunities along the river. Additionally, if approved by the Council after the appropriate environmental analysis, this project will improve recreational areas, such as by adding beach area along the river, trails, or a small, multi-use lawn area. Staff have met and will continue to meet with representatives from the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band and Costanoan Rumsen Carmel Tribe to discuss opportunities for education and restoration partnerships.

6.3 Staff were authorized by NOAA to begin tracking labor expenditures related to these projects in as of October 1, 2024. Staff are in close coordination with NOAA and the other partners, already engaged in tribal consultations, and are preparing resourcing to launch both projects upon City Council’s approval. All facets of the project must be completed by September 30, 2029, and staff will bring regular updates and approvals to City Council and relevant advisory bodies.

CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) DETERMINATION: The Council's action on this item is exempt under CEQA Guidelines Section 15306, Information Collection, in that this report is part of a study that does not involve formal approval, adoption, or funding of specific actions that would result in changes to environmental resources. The specific actions undertaken as a result of the grant will require further evaluation and separate approval from the City Council. The requisite CEQA clearances, as well as any requisite National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) clearances, will be included as part of future actions directing specific improvements. As noted in the recommendations, staff anticipates issuance of a request for proposals to secure a consultant to assist with the requisite CEQA and NEPA processes. CEQA and NEPA environmental review work is covered by the grant.

HEALTH IN ALL POLICIES (HiAP): The process to develop and implement the projects funded by the NOAA grant consider all three pillars of Health in All Policies. First, the projects support the City’s sustainability and resiliency goals and plans by (1) improving the resiliency of the City’s low-lying areas, (2) the use of nature-based solutions for flood protection and (3) the carbon sequestration potential of nature-based solutions in mitigating carbon emissions. Second, the projects will contribute to improvement in public health in several ways by: (1) reducing the threat flooding poses to human life and safety, (2) reducing mold occurrence in buildings susceptible to flooding which will lead to improved respiratory health outcomes for those who reside and work in those buildings, and (3) reducing the potential of parasites, viruses, and other harmful pollutants contained in floodwaters in causing illness and disease. Last, the projects consider equity by (1) improving flood control capacity in our low lying, frontline neighborhoods, (2) developing the projects through early frontline neighborhood engagement and tribal consultation, (3) capacity building and coordination with the Monterey Bay Climate Justice Collaborative, and (4) developing multiple workforce development pathways.

FISCAL IMPACT:

1. The recommendation in this report impacts the General Fund: Yes

2. This recommendation requires a budget adjustment: Yes

3. The recommendation creates an on-going expenditure commitment: No FISCAL IMPACT DESCRIPTION: The projects require budget adjustments to allocate grant funds into the established project numbers c402513 (Main Beach Living Shoreline) and c302518 (Santa Cruz City Parks Flood Mitigation and Habitat Enhancement and Restoration). The total grant amount awarded to the City is $7,887,878, covering both projects. Approximately $461,898 from the General Fund will support labor costs over the 4.5-year project duration; however, no matching funds are required. All expenditures related to environmental review, design, permitting, engagement and implementation will be covered by the NOAA grant.

Attached are the budget adjustment details outlining the necessary appropriations.

6.4 Prepared By:

Tiffany Wise-West
Sustainability and Resiliency
Officer
Submitted By:

Michelle Templeton
Assistant City Manager
Approved By:

Matt Huffaker
City Manager
ATTACHMENTS:

1. RESOLUTION.DOCX

2. BUDGET ADJUSTMENT - MAIN BEACH LIVING SHORELINE.PDF

3. BUDGET ADJUSTMENT – SANTA CRUZ CITY PARKS FLOOD MITIGATION.PDF

4. REGIONAL ADAPTATION FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCE OF MONTEREY BAY COASTAL COMMUNITIES PROJECT NARRATIVE.PDF

5. SUBAWARD AGREEMENT WITH CALIFORNIA MARINE SANCTUARY
FOUNDATION AND CITY OF SANTA CRUZ BUDGET NARRATIVE.PDF

6.5 RESOLUTION NO. NS-30,XXX

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CRUZ AUTHORIZING

ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF GRANT FUNDS FROM THE NOAA CLIMATE

RESILIENCE REGIONAL CHALLENGE GRANT TO DEVELOP A FINAL DESIGN AND

IMPLEMENTATION OF LIVING SHORELINE IN MAIN BEACH, AND FLOOD

MITIGATION, HABITAT ENHANCEMENT AND RESTORATION IN SANTA CRUZ CITY PARKS
WHEREAS, in 2022, Congress appropriated approximately $575 million, through the Inflation Reduction Act, to be competitively awarded for projects that help coastal communities become more resilient as they face increasing threats from extreme weather and climate change; and
WHEREAS, funding was made possible in 2023 by the Inflation Reduction Act, a historic investment that is advancing NOAA’s efforts to build Climate-Ready Coasts; and WHEREAS, in July 2024, NOAA announced $71,100,000 to Regional Adaptation for Climate Resilience of Monterey Bay Coastal Communities led by California Marine Sanctuary Foundation, in which City of Santa Cruz is a sub-recipient; and WHEREAS, the total grant received by the City is $7,887,878 for two projects, which will both implement the Adaptation Strategy, Flood Risk Reduction. These two projects are Main Beach – Living Shorelines Final Design and Implementation, and Santa Cruz City Parks Flood Mitigation and Habitat Enhancement and Restoration; and WHEREAS, through Main Beach – Living Shorelines Final Design and Implementation project, the City of Santa Cruz seeks to develop living shoreline designs to 100%, complete environmental review and permitting, implement the living shoreline project, and develop monitoring, operational and maintenance plans and agreements for the Main Beach/San Lorenzo River mouth; and
WHEREAS, Santa Cruz City Parks Flood Mitigation and Habitat Enhancement and Restoration project run in two different projects locations, and i.e., San Lorenzo Park, and Jessie Street Marsh; and
WHEREAS, for the San Lorenzo Park, the project involves the planning, design, environmental review, and permitting to improve flood management, expand and enhance habitat, and provide recreational opportunities on approximately 6 acres of lower Riverlands area adjacent to San Lorenzo River; and
WHEREAS, for the Jessie Street Marsh, the project involves the planning, design, permitting, and construction of wetland expansion and enhancement as well as an ADA accessible, interpretive multi-use trail. Importantly, a contaminated fill area with low-level concentrations of lead will be removed from the wetland and public access areas, improving habitat value and public safety.

6.6 RESOLUTION NO. NS-30,XXX
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Santa Cruz authorizes the acceptance and approval of a grant from NOAA Climate Resilience Regional Challenge Grant; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager, or his/her designee, is hereby authorized and empowered to execute in the name of the City of Santa Cruz all grant documents, including but not limited to applications, agreements, amendments and requests for payment, necessary to secure grant funds and implement the approved grant project.

PASSED AND ADOPTED this 28nd day of January, 2025 by the following vote:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

DISQUALIFIED:

APPROVED: ______________________________
Fred Keeley, Mayor
ATTEST: _________________________________
Bonnie Bush, City Clerk Administrator

6.7 City of Santa Cruz

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The City of Santa Cruz received grant funding from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Resilience Regional Challenge Grant to Develop a Final Design and Implementation of Living Shoreline in Main Beach, The City of Santa Cruz is a sub recipient to the California Marine Sanctuary Foundation for these projects, which will both implement the Adaptation Strategy and Flood Risk Reduction. The purpose of Budget Adjustment is to appropriate the awarded NOAA grant funds into the project number established for the project.
311-40-62-5579-43158 c402513-111-1075-0 Federal Capital Grants - NOAA 2,610,556 NOAA Climate Resilience Regional Challenge Grant
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311-40-62-5579-57990 c402513-100-2010-0 Staff Labor 331,650 101-10-03-1217-51911 Interfund Labor
311-40-62-5579-57990 c402513-100-2020-006 Other Capital Outlay - Travel 1,706 311-40-62-5579-57990 c402513-100-2020-122 Other Capital Outlay - Equipment 2,000 311-40-62-5579-57990 c402513-100-2020-236 Other Capital Outlay - Supplies 12,600 311-40-62-5579-57990 c402513-100-2020-223 Other Capital Outlay - Contractual 2,242,600 311-40-62-5579-57990 c402513-100-2020-910 Other Capital Outlay - Other 0 311-40-62-5579-57990 c403513-100-2020-802 Other Capital Outlay - Stipends 20,000 2,610,556
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6.9 California Marine Sanctuary Foundation 1

PROJECT NARRATIVE
Project Title: Regional Adaptation for Climate Resilience of Monterey Bay Coastal Communities Lead Applicant: California Marine Sanctuary Foundation
I. BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT
a. Geographic Scope
The geographic focus of this proposal is the Monterey Bay region on California’s Central Coast (Figure 1), in Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties. Adaptation activities focus on the low-lying, disadvantaged coastal communities threatened by sea level rise (SLR), storm surge, and fluvial flooding along the region’s four major rivers – the San Lorenzo, the Pajaro, the Salinas, and the Carmel – and by wildfire in the watersheds of these coastal communities. The map on the following page shows the location of proposed Flood Risk Reduction and Wildfire Risk Reduction Adaptation Activities, along with the lead project proponents for each project.
b. Context
Monterey Bay is the centerpiece of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, and its spectacular and productive ecosystem draws millions of visitors each year. The coastal economy, however, is dominated by agriculture, and the coastal communities of Watsonville, Castroville, Pajaro, and the Santa Cruz Beach Flats are home to low-income farmworkers and underserved populations. These and other low-lying communities around the Bay have suffered in recent decades from the impacts of catastrophic climate-driven events, including river flooding, ocean storm surges, and wildfires. As examples of recent climate-driven disasters in the Monterey Bay region, the 2020 drought-fueled CZU Complex Fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains burned 87,000 acres, 1,500 buildings, and 20% of the San Lorenzo River watershed. Over 70,000 people were evacuated. Flooding from storm events in the Monterey Bay region in 2023 inundated more than 8,700 acres of cropland, while Pajaro River flooding caused the evacuation of nearly 3,000 people in the underserved community of Pajaro. Ocean storm surges in January and December 2023 inundated low-lying neighborhoods, covered farmland with seawater and caused more than $40 million in damages to local infrastructure.

Many underserved communities in our region are particularly vulnerable to SLR and flooding because of their proximity to rivers and the ocean, with many in these communities living at an elevation within 10’ or 20' of current sea level. Critical infrastructure is similarly vulnerable. Three of the four regional wastewater treatment plants are at elevations below 15’ Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW), and all are immediately adjacent to the rivers that are the focus of the adaptation actions proposed here. Essential roadways such as California State Highway 1 (the primary north-south corridor in the region) and its alternate routes are less than 10’ above MLLW near coastal waterways. The Union Pacific coastal railway used by Amtrak is now submerged at high tide in Elkhorn Slough adjacent to a restoration project included in this proposal.

Drought-weakened forests affect the health of coastal watersheds as well, and underserved communities near Watsonville, Santa Cruz, and elsewhere in the region are adjacent to forest stands becoming increasingly flammable due to a changing climate. Uncontrolled wildfires in this region have

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Figure 1. Project Map: Map of the Monterey Bay region showing project locations, with implementing organizations.

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increased in scale and intensity due to climate change.1 Warmer and drier conditions have been observed, with some ecosystems seeing a correlated increase (up to 650%) in burned areas because of this shift in climactic conditions.2 In 2020, Monterey and Santa Cruz counties had four major wildfires occurring in the late summer and fall, with over 269,548 acres burned in three months.3 Studies of recently burned mountainous areas surrounding Monterey Bay document greatly elevated debris flow hazards and unprecedented amounts of storm runoff owing to the loss of vegetation, reductions in infiltration, and soil water repellency caused by wildfires.

Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties have performed extensive planning for climate adaptation, as documented in Climate Action and Adaptation Plans for each county and for multiple cities. Additional climate analyses and adaptation actions are described in SLR vulnerability studies, risk assessments, planning documents, and our Integrated Regional Water Management Plans. This proposal describes an integrated suite of adaptation actions vetted in those plans to address several of the Monterey Bay region’s most critical climate risks.

II. OVERALL RESILIENCE VISION, STRATEGIES, AND ACTIVITIES a. Vision for Resilience
We envision the Monterey Bay region over the next 100+ years with thriving natural resources, resilient community infrastructure, ample access to coastal parks and open space, and a flourishing economy.

We envision the Monterey Bay region having the adaptive capacity to accommodate rising sea levels, storm surges, and larger, flashier fluvial floods. We envision naturally functioning dune systems, wetlands, marshes, and floodplains creating accommodation space to reduce the vulnerability of coastal communities and agricultural working lands. We envision our coastal forests being healthy, wellmanaged, and more resilient to high-severity wildfires. We envision our communities having the local knowledge, skills, and workforce necessary to build resilient infrastructure and improved adaptive capacity for future climate hazards. We envision our local governments, Tribes, organizations, academic institutions, business groups, and community members working collectively, inclusively, equitably, and collaboratively towards this unified vision of climate resiliency. b. Benefits of a Regional Approach
In response to NOAA’s Climate Resilience Regional Challenge NOFO, the California Marine Sanctuary Foundation (CMSF) put out a broad call to agencies and organizations to explore the possibility of collaborating on a unified, region-wide approach for reducing climate risks in the Monterey Bay area.

The response was overwhelming. Nearly a hundred individuals, representing dozens of government agencies, resource districts, academic/research institutions, and nonprofits, came together to consider the region’s highest priority climate risks, and to decide upon an approach for responding to those risks on this regional scale. These partnering entities have agreed that a Monterey Bay region-wide focus makes sense because of our shared identity, shared natural resources and common climate risks, interdependent economies, and connecting infrastructure. The geographic scale of the Monterey Bay region is also just the right size for an endeavor such as this, where informal partnerships developed 1 Westerling, AL, BP Bryant, HK Preisler, TP Holmes, HG Hidalgo, T Das, and SR Shrestha, 2011: Climate change and growth scenarios for California wildfire. Clima&c Change, 109, 445-463. 2 Westerling, AL, HG Hidalgo, DR Cayan, and TW Swetnam, 2006: Warming and earlier spring increase western U.S. forest wildfire acRvity. Science, 313, 940-943, doi:10.1126/science.1128834. 3 Source: hWps://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2020

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over many decades are poised for coalescing into a formal, unified collaborative, and where a grant on the scale of $71M will have transformational impact.
c. Adaptation Strategies
To accomplish our vision for resilience, CMSF, along with our collaborators, proposes four Adaptation Strategies to implement high priority adaptation actions. The activities within these four Adaptation Strategies will use nature-based solutions to address two of the region’s highest priority climate risks – coastal flooding and wildfire – while building enduring capacity through workforce development and regional collaboration. These four Adaptation Strategies, with the adaptation actions that support them, are described below. The timeline for this project is October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2029.

Detailed timelines for each adaptation action can be found in the individual budget narratives.

ADAPTATION STRATEGY 1. REGIONAL COLLABORATION AND CAPACITY BUILDING This Adaptation Strategy primarily addresses the “regional coordination and collaboration” and “equity and inclusion” program objectives, though results of its activities will address all program objectives.

1.1 CMSF: “Establishment of the Monterey Bay Climate Adaptation Action Network” The California Marine Sanctuary Foundation proposes to establish the Monterey Bay Climate Adaptation Action Network (MBCAAN). The overarching purpose of MBCAAN is to coordinate and plan for future adaptation and resilience actions in the Monterey Bay region. MBCAAN will be a forum for active dialogue and information sharing amongst jurisdictions, while also serving as a communications platform for ensuring the coordinated, integrative implementation of the activities in this application.

The Need: Collaborators in this proposal have been working together formally and informally for decades, however, there are no forums for planning on a specifically Monterey Bay region-wide scale toward a shared vision of climate resiliency. And while there is a great deal of cutting-edge research being conducted at our academic centers, including University of California Santa Cruz, California State University Monterey Bay, and Moss Landing Marine Labs, this information is not always shared with local decision makers. MBCAAN will bridge these gaps, creating momentum for action through the force of a unified, clear vision for resilience.

Key Functions: MBCAAN will ensure broad and inclusive participation of local and regional governments, researchers, non-government organizations, and other stakeholders, with meaningful engagement of marginalized communities and Tribes; develop regional, equitable climate adaptation strategies; identify project needs, develop projects, and pursue grant funds to implement those projects; identify workforce needs and support workforce development; accelerate the pace of climate adaptation through establishment of a regional climate adaptation revolving loan fund; create a regional monitoring hub to monitor and track on-the-ground adaptation actions; and conduct performance evaluation to gauge the extent to which the overall project, including MBCAAN, meets project goals.

CMSF will oversee MBCAAN, though the actual governance structure will be determined during the first quarter of the grant. We expect MBCAAN will meet on a quarterly basis. All subawardees in this application have committed to participating in MBCAAN. The intent is to invite participation from all governmental jurisdictions around the Bay, as well as research and academic institutions, business groups, community groups, and other interested stakeholders.

Special focus will be given to the following areas: capacity building; meaningful engagement of Tribes and disadvantaged communities; and the provision of low-interest loans to accelerate and expand climate adaption actions. These have been developed as MBCAAN activities, and are described below.

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1.2 Capacity Building
NOAA grant funds are allocated to support the ongoing efforts of three existing climate collaboratives.

Their ongoing work will also be supported and augmented through their participation in MBCAAN. • Monterey Bay Regional Climate Project Working Group (MBRCPWG): This group is comprised of the Counties of Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Benito, the Cities of Santa Cruz and Watsonville, and Ecology Action. The mission of MBRCPWG is to develop, prioritize, secure funding for, and implement regionally beneficial climate mitigation and adaptation projects. A total of $250,000 in NOAA grant funds will be provided to support development of a funding roadmap to implement projects identified in jurisdictional Climate Adaptation Plans. • Central Coast Climate Collaborative (4C): 4C is a networking and information-sharing collaborative working to advance climate solutions and build resilience capacity along California’s Central Coast, from Ventura County in the south to Santa Cruz County in the north.

The grant will provide $322,850 to expand 4C’s staff capacity, including to help connect MBCAAN to other climate resilience networks in the six-county Central Coast region. • Monterey Bay Area Climate Justice Collaborative (CJC): CJC educates community-based organizations (CBOs) on climate issues and educates agency climate program staff on community equity needs, with the goal of co-creating solutions that will economically uplift under-resourced communities and prepare them for climate impacts. This grant will provide substantial funding, included as part of Activity 1.3 below, to support CJC’s ongoing work.

1.3 Ecology Action: “Ensuring Equity in Regional Risk Reduction and Resilience” A major focus of MBCAAN will be engagement of marginalized, disadvantaged communities. Programs have been carefully devised to ensure truly meaningful engagement. This effort will be co-led by nonprofit organizations, Ecology Action and Regeneración. Highlights of this multi-faceted program include:

Equity Leadership within MBCAAN: Regeneración staff will serve as MBCAAN’s liaison to vulnerable community organizations and residents. Regeneración will present MBCAAN information and requests for community feedback through Climate Justice Collaborative’s monthly Clima y Equidad meetings, then present the community feedback and input back to MBCAAN membership at quarterly MBCAAN meetings. Regeneración will also convene and facilitate a monthly MBCAAN Justice Community Working Group (a committee of MBCAAN), with compensated CBO members and residents.

Technical Assistance to Build Community Resilience: Regeneración will provide technical assistance to frontline CBOs to integrate risk reduction into their core operations. Online NOAA educational materials will be leveraged to support building community resilience and climate adaptation competency within the group. Resilient Central Coast, a web-based six-county climate resilience resource hub, will also be used to inform CBO leaders about climate resiliency issues to help them better participate in the regional dialogue with MBCAAN and local climate adaptation planning efforts.

Remove Barriers to Meaningful Participation: Barriers to participation will be removed by:

Compensating CBOs and residents to encourage participation; translating written materials, including summaries of MBCAAN projects and initiatives; providing interpretation services in Spanish and Mixteco for community meetings; providing meals if meetings are held during dinner hours; arranging childcare and/or transportation; and other supportive services as needed.

The proposed program will result in underserved communities being better informed about climate change impacts and proposed adaptation actions/policies, and decision makers being better informed about the concerns and needs of marginalized communities.

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1.4 Four Directions: “Tribal Engagement to Address Climate Adaptation for the Monterey Bay Area” Parallel with our effort to engage disadvantaged communities is an equally robust program for ensuring the meaningful engagement of Tribes. There are at least eight Tribal groups in the Monterey Bay Area.

The Tribal engagement effort will engage all these groups, and will be co-led by two facilitators, one Native and one non-Native, who will serve as co-Tribal Liaisons to MBCAAN. The Tribal Liaisons will be an integral part of MBCAAN, attending quarterly meetings and providing input from Tribes on climate adaptation priorities, projects, plans, and policies. Through a series of convenings, the Tribal Liaisons will work to build a bridge between Tribal and non-Tribal entities. They will also facilitate the non-Native members of MBCAAN to build the cultural competency and commitment needed to support Tribal consultation, engagement, and partnership. It is a common understanding that Indigenous Tribes expect partners to follow the “4 R’s” when considering a collaboration. These R’s are respect, relevance, reciprocity, and responsibility. Respect and a clear understanding of local history are critically important to the Native American community, and these values underpin our approach.

The project will include capacity building for four Tribal groups ($50,000 per group per year of engagement) to support their work toward climate resiliency as well as their direct engagement with MBCAAN. The Tribal Liaisons and these four Tribal groups will develop work plans to advance climate adaptation and build internal organizational capacity. They will also work with the other four Tribal groups to obtain input, and relay that feedback to MBCAAN as part of regional climate adaptation prioritizing and decision making. Stipends will be provided to Tribal leaders (at minimum $250/leader/meeting) to encourage their participation in meetings.

This deep engagement of Tribal groups, and this thoughtful program of capacity building, will be built upon an intricate series of convenings that will be held over the project period. This project will result both in a more culturally-informed MBCAAN membership, and in local Tribal groups having enduring capacity and relationships that weave them equitably into the climate resiliency community.

1.5 Community Foundation Santa Cruz County: “Monterey Bay Climate Adaptation Revolving Fund” A particularly exciting aspect of our proposal is the proposed establishment of a Monterey Bay Climate Adaptation Revolving Fund (MBCARF). The revolving fund will provide critical bridge funding for climate adaptation projects as well as rapid response to urgent needs. The fund will be established with approximately $1.6M as a pilot program, with the intent that the fund will be grown and leveraged with public-private investments. The fund will be administered by the Community Foundation Santa Cruz County (CFSCC), with oversight by CMSF. Interest will be set at approximately 2.5% to cover CFSCC’s costs in loan administration. Grants may also be available for climate adaptation projects by and benefiting disadvantaged communities. To support governance of the MBCARF, CMSF will establish an Advisory Committee as part of MBCAAN. Consistent with FEMA’s Safeguarding Tomorrow program, an Intended Use Plan will be developed by the Advisory Committee, in partnership with CFSCC, to further define the program, its goals, eligible applicants, and process. The Advisory Committee will also lead a process to evaluate proposed projects and will make recommendations to CFSCC.

1.6 Central Coast Wetlands Group: “Monterey Bay Climate Adaptation Regional Monitoring” The Central Coast Wetlands Group will lead a regional monitoring effort to monitor and track the effectiveness of flood-risk reduction actions in this proposal. Details are described in VI Evaluation.

ADAPTATION STRATEGY 2. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
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level, integrated workforce development program with multiple entry points and outcomes, from training certificates to advanced degrees, all focused on climate adaptation and resilience skills. All participating institutions specialize in recruiting trainees and interns from disadvantaged communities, and their programs specifically support diversity, equity, and inclusion. All programs connect to employers through continuing job placement activities, and all use established earn-and-learn models with paid internships and wrap-around trainee support. This Adaptation Strategy primarily addresses the program objectives of “enduring capacity” and “equity and inclusion.” The workforce development team consists of: Watsonville Wetlands Watch, Hartnell College, California State University Monterey Bay (CSUMB), and University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC). Watsonville Wetlands Watch recruits relatively unskilled high school graduates, and provides field training, certificates, and job placement. Hartnell College will offer no-cost, climate adaptation skills-based classes and certificate programs in addition to climate curricula and Paid Climate Adaptation Internships.

Graduates from these programs frequently transfer to aligned programs at CSUMB or UCSC. CSUMB will offer training and support for undergraduate and graduate students in climate adaptation programs, as well as workforce skills training and certifications. UCSC will offer internship and externships, and wraparound support for undergraduates, as well as fellowships for graduate students. CSUMB, UCSC, and Hartnell College will co-host an annual Monterey Bay Regional Climate Adaptation and Resilience Partnership Internship Celebration, which will showcase the work of students and workforce partners.

This aligned, coordinated and sequential suite of training programs will immediately build the regional climate adaptation workforce. In addition, these institutions will convene a MBCAAN Workforce Development Committee, which is anticipated to meet on a quarterly basis. The committee will be used as a forum to coordinate training programs, identify regional climate workforce needs, and potentially develop new climate adaptation training programs and curricula.

2.1 Watsonville Wetlands Watch: “Pajaro Valley Climate Corps Workforce Development Training” Watsonville Wetlands Watch (WWW) is a non-profit organization that works in the Pajaro Valley to advance environmental restoration, stewardship, and education. WWW has extensively engaged with disadvantaged and marginalized communities throughout its 32-year history.

With funding from this grant, WWW will build its Pajaro Valley (PV) Climate Corps to provide workforce development training opportunities on projects that advance climate adaptation and resilience in the Monterey Bay region. The PV Climate Corps is a job training, hands-on work experience that serves young adults, ages 18-24. Program participants implement environmental projects that increase resilience to fluvial flooding, SLR, and storm surge in the region, while building regional capacity to address current and long-term climate adaptation needs.

Recruitment will focus on residents of Watsonville, a disadvantaged community vulnerable to flooding and SLR. Recruitment will be coordinated with regional partners, including the Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County, City of Watsonville, County of Santa Cruz, Pajaro Valley Unified School District, Watsonville Career and Technical Education School, Hartnell College, Cabrillo College, and CSUMB.

Training Program: The PV Climate Corps program will be a paid workforce training program. The program consists of 2 eight-week training sessions and one advanced four-week training per year. In total, 40 trainees will participate in the eight-week sessions and 20 will participate in the four-week sessions. Participants will complete a minimum of 180 hours of training, and will receive hands-on, classroom, and professional development training, plus site visits to prospective job locations, including partner resiliency projects funded by this grant. Skill-based training will include habitat restoration, adaptive management, installation of native plants, invasive plant removal, nursery production, erosion

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control, water quality monitoring, GIS mapping, hydrology, permitting, evaluation, and community engagement. Additionally, WWW will offer 10 professional development workshops on climate resilience topics taught by local working professionals.

Job Placement, Support and Evaluation: WWW will support trainees in obtaining climate adaptation jobs and internships, including preparation for interviews, contacting employers, review of application materials, and post-hiring follow-up. WWW will track placement data. WWW will also participate in MBCAAN to align with training partners and identify future climate workforce needs.

2.2 Hartnell College: “Climate-Ready Workforce Development and Leadership Program” Hartnell College is an accredited California Community College and Hispanic Serving Institution. Hartnell will build a climate-ready workforce with the practical, interdisciplinary training needed to understand the cross-sector challenges of climate change adaptation. Over the grant period, Hartnell will engage more than 750 learners (such as incumbent farm workers) in no-cost, skill-based classes and certificate programs diversifying and upskilling the local workforce and providing climate-ready workers. The College will also engage more than 100 Hartnell students in an ambassador program focused on developing leadership and climate adaptation advocacy knowledge and skills. Program participants will be connected to quality jobs through paid internships
Upskill Workers in Trade and Climate-Adaptation Skills: Hartnell will engage 750 learners over the project period to deepen and upskill their climate-adaptation trade skills, with hands-on instruction in areas including trade safety, trade math, equipment, rigging, material handling, and construction drawings. Students will receive third-party skills credentials from organizations such as National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) and OSHA, allowing transferability of skills across a variety of trades. These programs will diversify the local workforce and provide climate-ready workers for the grant’s projects including coastal/riparian restoration and fuel reduction.

Resilience Student Ambassador Program: This project will build a college-wide student ambassador program focused on developing leadership and policy/advocacy skills, to engage 100 early learners to integrate climate adaptation knowledge and practices into their courses of study and careers.

Paid Climate Adaptation Internships: To connect workers with quality jobs, program participants can apply their knowledge by participating in paid climate adaptation internships. Micro-internships include 75-85 hours of engagement. Full internships are offered for 240- to 360 hours. We anticipate more than 200 interns participating in a combination of these opportunities over the grant period.

2.3 California State University Monterey Bay: “Creating Generational Capacity in Coastal Climate Resilience and Risk Reduction”
California State University Monterey Bay (CSUMB) is a Hispanic Serving/Minority Serving Institution with a tradition of cooperating with its partners and industry leaders in strengthening the regional workforce development landscape.

Undergraduate Experiential Workforce Development: CSUMB will provide opportunities for undergraduate students to engage in mentored internships, research experiences, and experiential training programs that prepare them for careers in climate adaptation and resilience. The existing Science Internship Program (SIP) will be leveraged to connect students with high-impact professional experiences in the natural sciences at internship sites. Up to 5 undergraduate students will receive stipends and will be placed in internships for each academic year (150-200 hours per student) and each summer period (10 weeks per student).

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Graduate Fellows: CSUMB will offer Regional Climate Adaptation & Resilience Graduate Fellowships (CARe Fellows) that provide tuition support and a stipend to complete internships with regional partners relevant to climate adaptation, resilience, and risk reduction. CSUMB will provide support to 3 cohorts of CARe Fellows with 2 CARe Fellows in each cohort, with support up to two years.

Workforce Skills Training and Capacity Building: Students funded through graduate fellowships or undergraduate internships will be required to complete at least two advanced skills-based courses, field camps, or workforce certifications designed to build in-demand workforce skills focused on the application of advanced science, technology, and policy. Topics may include: Drone Camp, GIS, remote sensing, surveying, hydrological assessment, environmental modeling, and environmental restoration.

Training Curriculum Aligned with Climate Workforce Needs: To identify critical workforce needs and appropriate training certifications, the CSUMB team will participate in MBCAAN to share knowledge, identify employer-led workforce needs, and implement projects to increase regional climate resiliency.

Grant funds will be provided to CSUMB faculty to create curricula to address climate adaptation workforce needs and develop opportunities for students to earn industry-recognized credentials.

2.4 University of California, Santa Cruz: “Building and Diversifying the Climate Resilience Workforce through Undergraduate, Graduate, and Professional Training” UCSC’s Coastal Science and Policy Program (CSP), together with the Center for Agroecology and the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve’s Coastal Training Program, will support the development of enduring coastal climate resilience and risk reduction capacity by strengthening the practical and applied skills of undergraduate, graduate, and professional practitioners. The proposed program will ensure participants have the skills to address a range of threats outlined in California’s Fourth Climate Change Assessment and highlighted in regional plans, including coastal hazards, agricultural production, water supply, and public health.

The team will seek to co-develop work in service to Tribes, marginalized, and disadvantaged communities to ensure that work supports the development and implementation of equitable adaptation strategies and actions. The proposed project provides a multi-pronged approach:

Undergraduate Student Workforce Training: These programs will provide undergraduate students with exposure to technical skills centered on climate adaptation as well as paid externship opportunities with MBCAAN members to support practical, hands-on experience. The project will support up to 40 undergraduate Climate Scholars ($4,000/student) with opportunities to participate in existing workforce training programs to provide exposure to technical skills; 28 paid externship opportunities for undergraduates ($4,000/student) to support multi-institution pathways for workforce development; and 16 undergraduates in the CIDER Drone Pilot Training ($2,400/student), providing educational training and data collection support for the development and use of drone technology, with applications for agriculture, land management, environmental monitoring, forestry, and coastline change monitoring.

Graduate Student Off-Campus Capstone Fellowships: The Capstone Fellows will work closely with nonacademic partner organizations in the region on year-long full-time projects relevant to coastal climate resilience, adaptation, and risk reduction. Seven students will work full-time in the second year of their master’s program embedded with a partner organization, such as the City of Santa Cruz, US Coast Guard, or Monterey Bay Aquarium, focusing on tangible, impactful projects. More than 85% of students that complete this program land in career-relevant positions before or within six months of graduation.

Professional Certificate Training: The Professional Certificate Training will be conducted as part of the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve’s Coastal Training Program. The project will train

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105 professionals from local and regional government, Tribes, nonprofit and for-profit entities through the UCSC Professional Certificate in Coastal Climate Resilience and Policy. Stipends will be provided for 18 Certificate Fellows to encourage participation of Tribes and CBO leaders working at the intersection of planning, climate resilience implementation, and justice. Topics may include: improving local coastal program plans and climate action plans, equitable engagement, nature-based solutions, building effective monitoring and evaluation efforts, and more.

ADAPTATION STRATEGY 3. FLOOD RISK REDUCTION: INCREASING ADAPTIVE CAPACITY FOR FLUVIAL

FLOODING, SEA LEVEL RISE, AND STORM SURGE
This Adaptation Strategy primarily addresses the program objective of “risk reduction.” The Adaptation Strategy includes a suite of actions that represent the region’s highest priority nature-based flood risk reduction projects along the Monterey Bay coastline and along each of Monterey Bay area’s four major river systems: the San Lorenzo, Pajaro, Salinas, and Carmel Rivers. The proposed projects will enhance the adaptive capacity of communities and agricultural working lands, while simultaneously expanding the footprint of Natural and Nature-Based Features in a form of managed retreat. We will implement actions to re-establish lost hydrologic accommodation space and improve the quality of coastal landscape features that receive fluvial waters. Projects are designed to deliver benefits to some of the most marginalized communities in the state, including the City of Watsonville and the communities of Pajaro and Castroville. The adaptation actions that support this Adaptation Strategy are summarized below, from north to south along the Monterey Bay.

3.1 City of Santa Cruz: “City of Santa Cruz Living Shorelines” The City of Santa Cruz is conducting a living shoreline and nature-based solutions feasibility study resulting in 30% designs for several locations along the Santa Cruz coastline, including the Main Beach/San Lorenzo River area. The proposed project will reduce flood risk and beach loss by 1) bringing designs to 100%; 2) completing environmental review and permitting, 3) implementing the Beach/River living shoreline, and 4) developing monitoring, operational and maintenance plans and agreements.

The project will vastly improve safe access at one of the most dangerous coastal access points by providing public and emergency access infrastructure between the frontline neighborhood, the river, and beach. This project will also improve habitat and biodiversity. Extensive engagement has been conducted with the disadvantaged frontline neighborhood, Beach Flats, and other interested parties, e.g., the Boardwalk Company whose park sits between Main Beach and the Beach Flats neighborhood.

The project will install underlying cobble berms and/or large woody debris which is overlaid with adjacent beach sand to stabilize dunes; install artificial dune structures to accrete sand; increase dune topography by moving beach sand; remove invasive plants; and revegetate with native dune plants to restore dune processes. This green infrastructure is the preferred alternative to hard armoring.

Monitoring will be coordinated with this grant’s Monterey Bay Climate Adaptation Regional Monitoring program (described later) and will be integrated into the City’s Coastal Change Monitoring Network.

3.2 City of Santa Cruz: “Santa Cruz City Parks Flood Mitigation and Habitat Enhancement” The proposed project includes enhancing and expanding wetland, flood management, trails, educational and recreational uses at Jessie Street Marsh and San Lorenzo Park. These are two City-owned properties located along the San Lorenzo River. For the 3.2-acre Jessie Street Marsh, the project involves planning, design, permitting, and construction of wetland expansion and enhancement as well as an ADAaccessible, interpretive multi-use trail. The trail will connect the severely disadvantaged Lower Ocean neighborhood to parks and a regional multi-use trail network along the river. Grant funds will be used to

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complete the final design of the project, obtain permits, and implement the project. This marsh is hydrologically connected to the river and provides storm water storage upstream of the disadvantaged and flood vulnerable Beach Flats neighborhood.

The San Lorenzo Park portion involves planning, design, environmental review, and permitting to improve flood management, expand and enhance habitat, and provide recreational opportunities. The lower Riverlands area of the park is approximately 6 acres in size, sits adjacent to the river, and performs as an overflow area for flood management. It becomes heavily inundated during large storm events. The project intends to improve the flood management capabilities of this section of the river using naturebased solution design principles. This section is not part of the levee system and remains the only area with tree canopy along the bank of the river in downtown Santa Cruz. It is known locally as a birding hotspot, and future improvements will expand the habitat value and improve recreation by adding beach area along the river, trails, a multi-use lawn area/event space. Monitoring for this project will be coordinated with this grant’s Monterey Bay Climate Adaptation Regional Monitoring program.

3.3 Pajaro Storm Drain Maintenance District, County of Santa Cruz: “Lower Watsonville Slough Ecosystem Restoration Project”
The County of Santa Cruz Pajaro Storm Drain Maintenance District (PSDMD) is the local sponsor for a United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)-led Feasibility Analysis and Initial Project Design to reduce flood risk to residential and agricultural lands near the mouth of the Pajaro River. The feasibility study is being conducted under the authority of the USACE Continuing Authority Program (CAP). PSDMD will use this grant as local match, and to fund in-kind work to facilitate project implementation, secure local environmental permits, finalize necessary real estate agreements, coordinate utility relocation, and conduct supplemental environmental monitoring. The final design will be consistent with USACE, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), and local Design Criteria standards.

While the Feasibility Analysis is not yet finalized, much of the analysis has been completed. The analysis has identified existing problems to be addressed in this flood-prone area, as well as hydrologic, ecosystem, and infrastructure opportunities. Hydrologic and hydraulic modeling has demonstrated that restoration measures can expand and enhance the wetland and tidal marsh habitat to provide flood risk reduction, climate change adaptation, and recreational opportunities to economically disadvantaged local residents. To accomplish this, low-lying infrastructure at Beach Road will be raised.

The project includes the expansion and restoration of wetlands and floodplains, slough restoration and infrastructure elevation to spread floodwaters, reduce mechanical breaching of the Pajaro Lagoon and create functioning accommodation space for storm surge and river flood waters. Final design and construction will be implemented in coordination with USACE.

Two parcels, totaling 8.2 acres, will be purchased for the estuarine wetland restoration (which is the central focus of this adaptation action). The properties are owned by California State Parks and the County of Santa Cruz, under which PSDMD operates. Both sellers have expressed support for the project. Monitoring for this project will include site-specific permit monitoring and coordination with this grant’s Monterey Bay Climate Adaptation Regional Monitoring program.

3.4 Land Trust of Santa Cruz County: “Wetland Restoration for a Climate Resilient Pajaro River Estuary”
The overall project involves the acquisition and restoration of wetlands on multiple adjacent waterfront agricultural properties. The first property is the 247-acre Beach Ranch with 2.1 miles of shoreline at the mouth of the Pajaro River. This property will be acquired with leveraged funds (secured). The project

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also includes acquisition of conservation easements that include wetland restoration rights on 63-acre Malatesta Ranch and 111-acre West Beach Ranch. The project phase to be completed with NOAA funding under this proposal will be the complete restoration of 70 acres of coastal wetlands and 2.8 miles of shoreline of this bar-built estuary. This shoreline is directly across from the river mouth through which ocean waters enter the estuary during high tides and storm surges. The restored wetlands will provide accommodation space for flood waters, reducing impacts to adjacent farmland, county roads, residences, and park infrastructure, and ultimately the City of Watsonville farther inland.

The restoration project includes site grading, dismantling of drainage infrastructure that dewaters wetlands, rerouting utilities and access roads, revegetating with high marsh vegetation and hedgerows, monitoring and reporting. The project will avert artificial coastal armoring and will be a model for transitioning coastal land use to prioritize climate resiliency, while still retaining beneficial agriculture. A 2018 report by the Nature Conservancy and the California State Coastal Conservancy proposed restoring unpaved land to habitat for climate resiliency, biodiversity, and risk reduction; and identified this project area in the report. The proposed project is among the first on the California Coast proposing to actualize the recommendations in this report.

The Land Trust of Santa Cruz County (LTSCC) will integrate community perspectives into project design through engagement with existing community partners and in coordination with MBCAAN’s disadvantaged community engagement effort. The Land Trust is working with the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band and Amah Mutsun Land Trust as part of acquisition, restoration planning, and implementation.

This property is located in their ancestral territory and is an important cultural site for the Tribe. LTSCC will provide property access for ceremonies and other purposes and will invite the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band and its Land Trust to be partners during the restoration phase. Tribal representatives visited the property with LTSCC in 2023 and provided a letter of support for the acquisition grant proposal to the State Coastal Conservancy.

3.5 Pajaro Regional Flood Management Agency: “Pajaro River Confluence Area Project” The confluence of Salsipuedes Creek and the Pajaro River is immediately adjacent to underserved neighborhoods of downtown Watsonville that have been inundated by past flooding. A large Pajaro River Flood Risk Management Project recently received approval and funding to set back levees and lower flood risk. The confluence area is not part of that larger project. The existing and planned levees

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along the Pajaro River and Salsipuedes Creek create a “choke point” at the confluence, limiting flood flow conveyance and increasing flood risk unless additional floodplain accommodation space in the confluence area is secured and restored for natural floodplain.

The design and implementation of the Pajaro River-Salsipuedes Creek Confluence Area Restoration Project would reduce flood risk to the area’s disadvantaged communities and increase and restore channel and riparian habitat. Approximately 50 acres of floodable land within the levees set back by this project could be used for restoration and/or be made available to disadvantaged and low-income growers and businesses at heavily discounted agricultural land lease rates. The choice of options will be determined in large part through project-specific community engagement, in coordination with the disadvantaged community engagement effort led by MBCAAN.

With NOAA grant funds, the Pajaro Regional Flood Management Agency (PRFMA) will acquire two parcels totaling approximately 26 acres at the confluence of the Pajaro River and Salsipuedes Creek from identified willing sellers. These properties are currently agricultural land that is susceptible to flooding.

The grant will also support project implementation, including levee design, permit and construction; elevation of a stretch of roadbed; channel and riparian habitat restoration; and capacity building and outreach within the agricultural community, including El Pajaro Community Development Corporation.

Expected project benefits include enhanced flood risk reduction, restored geomorphic and ecosystem processes, additional accommodation space for sediment and large woody debris, increased resilience for the Highway 129 transportation corridor upstream of the confluence area, and an opportunity to develop heavily discounted agricultural land lease rates for disadvantaged and low-income farmers.

3.6 Elkhorn Slough Foundation: “Adapting Marshes and Transportation Corridors to Sea Level Rise in Elkhorn Slough to Improve Public Safety and Tidal Habitat” The Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve (ESNERR) is a regional conservation priority, hosting the greatest extent of tidal wetlands on the 600+ mile stretch of coast between San Francisco and Mexico. It supports remarkable biological diversity and is an important breeding area for many species.4 Yet Elkhorn Slough’s ecosystem services are being threatened by accelerated SLR.5 Without intervention, the estuary is projected to lose almost all existing salt marshes with 50 cm of SLR.6

The proposed project represents the first major investment for ESNERR in climate resilience for the northeastern
portion of the
estuary, the KirbyNorth Marsh
complex. The goal
of the project is to
protect public
access and critical
transportation
corridors using
Natural and
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Quaternary Science Reviews. Volume 28, Issues 17–18, August 2009, Pages 1801-180. 6 Fountain, M, C Endris, A Woolfolk, K Wasson. 2020. Salt marsh conservation, restoration and enhancement opportunities in and around Elkhorn Slough in the face of sea level rise 2020:2.

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Nature-based Features (NNBF), and to design and begin to implement restoration of a climate-ready salt marsh ecosystem, with high marshes that can withstand SLR, and with enhanced tidal flushing that help protect against climate-driven increases in hypoxia and acidification. The project includes the following three components: 1) Install a living shoreline (1.5 acres) in front of a deteriorated public access trail, which is heavily used by the nearby disadvantaged community of Las Lomas, and rebuild up to 2,500 LF of trail to accommodate at least one meter of SLR; 2) restore 35 acres of marsh transition habitat along the eastern edge of North Marsh to allow for marsh migration and improve climate resiliency; 3) and develop 60% design plans and permitting for the larger Kirby-North Marsh Complex (200+ acres).

A core component of this project is planning and permitting infrastructure and protected habitats together to create a model for other coastal areas facing similar challenges. In Elkhorn Slough, marshland impacted by SLR is constrained by the Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) line and an important two-lane county road. As ESNERR protected habitats degrade, they present barriers to improving the adjacent critical transportation infrastructure. Through planning, designing, and permitting critical infrastructure and ecosystem restoration elements together, important marsh habitat can be restored and critical transportation corridors can have enhanced protection from flooding and storms when buffered by a high, climate resilient marsh.

3.7 Coastal Conservation & Research: “Salinas River Lagoon/Old Salinas River Floodplain Resiliency and Connectivity Project”
Over the past century, most of the natural wetland and creek habitat in the lower Salinas Valley has been lost to reclamation for urban development and agricultural production. The waterways that once provided natural flood resilience to adjacent uplands have been compromised, leaving agriculture and communities at risk from SLR, increased fluvial discharges, and coastal wave-induced flooding. The 2017 Moss Landing Community Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Report7 found that flooding risks currently extend east into Castroville and agricultural lands along the Old Salinas River Channel.

For the proposed project, Coastal Conservation and Research (CC&R) will work with Central Coast Wetlands Group (CCWG), the Monterey County Water Resources Agency (MCWRA), and state and federal agencies to enhance river functions along the Old Salinas River/Tembladero Slough in order to reduce flood risk for coastal agriculture and the coastal communities of Castroville and Moss Landing.

The project will address deficiencies of antiquated hydrologic control structures (tide gates at Moss Landing Harbor, slide gate at Salinas River Lagoon), will enhance hydrologic connectivity, and will greatly improve estuary habitat conditions. These objectives are key actions in MCWRA’s Salinas River Operations Management Plan (under development). The project includes two components:

Water Control Structures: MCWRA will design and construct new water control structures that will improve flood attenuation and provide greater operational opportunities to increase resiliency within the Salinas River Lagoon and river channel. Flood control infrastructure will be redesigned and upgraded to allow for bidirectional connectivity between the Old Salinas River and Lagoon, and manage fluvial discharge challenges during extreme high tides.

Floodplain Restoration: CC&R and CCWG will implement floodplain restoration (design, permitting, construction) on 20-30m linear easements on active farmlands along the Old Salinas River and Tembladero Slough to increase flood resiliency and flow capacity of undersized flood channels. These easements will be acquired through US Fish and Wildlife Service grant funds (leveraged). The objective is to restore a minimum of 30 acres of floodplain area, which will result in a reduction in water surface of

0.67 feet, reducing inundation by 149 acres. This multi-benefit project will not only increase flood 7 Central Coast Wetlands Group. 2017. Moss Landing Community Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Report.

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attenuation but will improve water quality, create habitat for threatened fish, and increase resiliency of adjacent urban and agricultural lands.

3.8 Resource Conservation District of Monterey County: “Salinas River Flood Risk Reduction and Habitat Improvement Project”
This project seeks to improve channel capacity along the Salinas River to minimize flood damages to adjacent agricultural lands, communities, and public and private infrastructure while improving habitat.

The project is listed and prioritized in the Greater Monterey County Integrated Regional Water Management Plan (2018 Update).

This flood risk reduction program, developed through a public-private partnership with the Resource Conservation District of Monterey County (RCDMC), MCWRA, The Nature Conservancy, and local landowners, has been ongoing since 2016. The program constructs secondary channels to emulate natural braiding of a sandy-bottomed river. The secondary channels are designed to convey high flows during and after large storm events, decreasing pressure on levees, reducing the risk of flooding onto adjacent farmlands, and returning geomorphic processes to the low-flow channel and surrounding floodplain of the Salinas River. The program is conducted voluntarily by individual property owners, growers, and municipalities along 92 linear miles of the Salinas River, from San Ardo to Highway 1, currently with 126 pre-designated secondary channels.

With NOAA funds, RCDMC proposes to implement 50 acres of new secondary channel management, along with removal of 20 acres of the invasive giant reed, Arundo Donax, for flood risk reduction and habitat improvement. Secondary channel construction and Arundo removal is designed to provide 5 to 7-year recurrence level flood risk reduction for the Salinas River. The HEC-RAS model has demonstrated reduced main channel river flow velocities, thus decreasing the stress on levees and breaching. Intended outcomes of the project are reduced flood frequency for adjacent agricultural lands and communities; enhanced hydrologic and geomorphic processes that support steelhead migration and floodplain use; reduced infestation of Arundo; and enhanced habitat types and structures across the Salinas River floodplain to support native wildlife species.

3.9 Big Sur Land Trust: “Carmel River Floodplain Restoration & Environmental Enhancement (CRFREE)” Over 20 flood events have occurred along the Carmel River since the early 1900s. The March 1995 flood event destroyed the SR-1 bridge over the Carmel River and extensively flooded commercial development and neighborhoods, with over 220 residences damaged and entire neighborhoods evacuated. This area currently contains the highest cost and largest number of repetitive loss properties in Monterey County covered under the FEMA National Flood Insurance Program.

The Carmel River Floodplain Restoration and Environmental Enhancement (CRFREE) project aims to reduce flood risks by enhancing connectivity, hydrologic functionality, and ecological value at the confluence of the lower Carmel River and Carmel Lagoon. CRFREE is a multi-year, multi-phase, multibenefit $55M green infrastructure project spearheaded by the Big Sur Land Trust (BSLT) and the County of Monterey. The requested NOAA funds will provide a critical contribution to the post-construction phase of the project. CRFREE is identified as a priority project in both the Carmel River Watershed Assessment and Action Plan8 and the Monterey Peninsula, Carmel Bay, and Southern Monterey Bay 8 Resource Conservation District of Monterey County, Monterey Peninsula Water Management District and Carmel River Watershed Conservancy. 2016. Carmel River Watershed Assessment and Action Plan, 2016 and 2021 Update.

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Integrated Regional
Water Management
Plan Update.9

The CRFREE project
is designed to help
remedy historic
flood problems and
serve as a key
adaptation strategy
in the face of more
intense storms
associated with
climate change. As a result of the overall project, flood surface elevations will be reduced for residential and commercial structures10 and 157 separate properties will be entirely removed from the 100-year Floodplain. The project will direct high river flows away from developed areas to the north into a restored floodplain to the south, and then through a new causeway on SR-1 to the Carmel River Lagoon.

The SR-1 causeway will also allow elevated lagoon waters anticipated with SLR to flow east through this outlet under SR-1, reducing potential for increased impacts to the highway and existing bridge.

The CRFREE project will also provide additional benefits, including 2.5 miles of public access trails through the restored floodplain area that will connect to existing and future trails on state and local parklands. Further, a 23-acre inland portion of the site will be elevated above the 100-year flood elevation to create a permanent agricultural preserve.

The construction components of this transformational multi-phased project are being supported through numerous funding sources. BSLT will utilize NOAA funds to support post-construction intensive revegetation on approximately 7.4 acres and interim management of 35.5 acres of floodplain habitat slated for future restoration. Project activities include planting and seeding, installing irrigation and browse protection, controlling invasive species, and treating flood conveyance areas across the larger project area. This will stabilize the floodplain, thereby linking several key flood risk reduction components together that will make it one of the most important and transformative coastal resiliency projects along the central California Coast.

3.10 Groundswell Coastal Ecology: “Monterey Bay Living Shorelines Program” The Monterey Bay coastline is facing significant challenges due to SLR, coastal erosion, storm frequency and intensity, and other climate-related stressors. In addition to providing physical protection such as reducing flooding and coastal erosion, living shorelines provide habitat, increase biodiversity, enhance water quality of nearshore marine waters and estuaries through biofiltration and percolation, and create a richer and more engaging coastal visitor experience. This form of nature-based green infrastructure is the alternative to hard armoring for the long-term management of coastal park units and is among State Parks’s preferred adaptive solutions for addressing impacts on coastal lands. 9 Monterey Peninsula Water Management District. 2019. Monterey Peninsula, Carmel Bay, and Southern Monterey Bay Integrated Regional Water Management Plan Update. 10 Balance Hydrologics, Inc. performed detailed floodplain analysis indicating that implementation of CRFREE will result in a significant reduction in water surface elevations. Flood depths will be reduced by up to 7.5 feet for a 50 and 100-year event in the south floodplain, and up to 1.6 feet for the 10-year event and 2.3 feet for the 100-year event in the main river channel, reducing flood elevation in the commercially developed north floodplain.

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The Monterey Bay Living Shorelines Program (MBLSP) is a collaborative program between California State Parks, CMSF, CCWG, and Groundswell Coastal Ecology. Over the last decade, Groundswell Coastal Ecology and partners have collaborated with State Parks to successfully implement multiple living shoreline projects. Documented benefits of their Central California dune restoration projects include increased resilience of coastlines to perturbations such as wave height, wave runup, and large wave event frequency. In 2022, State Parks adopted a Sea Level Rise Adaptation Strategy to guide a coordinated response to SLR in coastal units. The MBLSP will implement this Strategy by building a resilient coastal management program for State Parks along the Monterey Bay coastline, covering a 60- mile stretch from Año Nuevo Point to Garrapata Creek.

Phase I of the MBLSP, with funding from the State Coastal Conservancy and California State Parks Foundation (leveraged), is currently bringing the top-ranking Monterey Bay Region living shorelines projects to 30% design. Phase I includes development of an ArcGIS geodatabase to characterize State Park subunits with attributes such as climate change vulnerability special status species, habitat type, migration potential, cultural resources, and the presence of existing coastal hardening structures. The geodatabase will include projected benefits of living shorelines, including risk reduction to State Parks infrastructure and services. The resulting geospatial dataset will determine three high-impact living shoreline enhancement projects to be implemented under this proposal.

With NOAA grant funds, Groundswell will construct one high-priority living shorelines project at the Rio Del Mar State Beach, and three additional top-ranking living shorelines projects TBD through the process described above. The Rio Del Mar State Beach project is permitted at 100% design. The project will bring the other three projects from 30% to 100% design. The project footprint will include more than 10 acres of coastal habitat on State Park lands. Implementation will include techniques such as: installation of underlying cobble berms and/or large woody debris which is overlaid with adjacent beach sand to stabilize dunes; installation of artificial dune structures to accrete sand; increasing dune topography by moving beach sand; and/or removal of invasive plants to restore dune processes.

ADAPTATION STRATEGY 4. WILDFIRE RISK REDUCTION: FUELS MANAGEMENT, PRESCRIBED FIRE, AND

CULTURAL BURNING
This Adaptation Strategy addresses the program objective of “risk reduction.” The primary goal of this Adaptation Strategy is to reduce extreme risk to coastal communities and ecosystems by large, highintensity wildfires. The projects under this Adaptation Strategy have been developed by a group of partners that actively collaborate on multiple projects across the region through existing efforts like the Santa Cruz Mountains Stewardship Network, the Central Coast Prescribed Burn Association and the Resource Conservation District Durable Collaboration. The project areas targeted in this application are listed in the Community Wildfire Protection Plans for Monterey County (2010) and Santa Cruz County (2010, 2022) as strategic areas for implementation of fuels reduction efforts.

These projects have been selected as a complementary suite of adaptation actions to realize the most positive, large-scale impact across a wide range of communities and habitats. The projects have been generated by a combination of prioritized areas, local community and Tribal input, and professional analysis. Through the combination of shaded fuel breaks, prescribed fire, fuels management, and forest health restoration, the proposed projects will substantially reduce the risk of uncontrolled, highintensity wildfires to lives, property, native ecosystems, and public health in the Monterey Bay coastal region. In partnership with our Tribal partners, the project will also expand the scale of cultural burning, to improve specific habitats and plant species for traditional use and ecosystem health. The projects that implement this Adaptation Strategy, described below, will collectively reduce severe wildfire risk to over 120,000 residents across Santa Cruz and Monterey counties. Approximately 90% of this area is classified

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by state agencies as “high” or “very high” fire hazard severity.

4.1 Peninsula Open Space Trust: “San Vicente Redwoods Prescribed Burn Preparation and Fuel Reduction Project”
San Vicente Redwoods links 27,000 protected acres from the ridge to the sea in the Santa Cruz Mountains, providing habitat, wildlife corridors, and countless recreation opportunities. San Vicente Redwoods Conservation Partners propose reducing post-wildfire, highly elevated fuel loads on 462 acres, including 5.8 miles of road-side shaded fuel breaks along strategic ridgelines. These linear fuel breaks will compartmentalize three prescribed burn units for future maintenance-level fuel reduction and forest health enhancement. Forests that are stewarded with low-moderate intensity fires (prescribed fire) have been shown to reduce burn severity and be more resilient to wildfire, creating more biodiverse forest stands that can sequester carbon more sustainably, protect air and water quality, and reduce debris-flows and flood hazards.

Because the San Vicente Redwoods area was heavily burned in the 2020 CZU Lightning Complex Fire, there are extensive stands of dead trees and thickly growing understory vegetation throughout the property posing a higher fire risk than pre-CZU-fire conditions. The project will build shaded fuel breaks strips along strategic corridors by removing standing and fallen dead trees; processing or off-hauling this flammable biomass by creating biochar (or a similar strategy); and managing ground ladder fuels within this footprint that can carry fire up to the forest canopy. This work will compartmentalize forested units so prescribed fire can be used within the contained units to manage understory fuels and create more resilient forests. All work will be monitored by a registered professional forester to ensure work quality.

4.2 Resource Conservation District of Monterey County: “North Monterey County Eucalyptus Treatment and Wildfire Prevention”
RCDMC, in partnership with the Elkhorn
Slough Foundation (ESF), will implement
fuels management to treat and control the
invasive tree species blue gum eucalyptus
(Eucalyptus globulus) in the wildlandurban intermix bordering the Elkhorn Slough in northern Monterey County. Blue
gum eucalyptus trees are prone to
torching and crown ignition and can send
embers and firebrands drifting over long
distances to start spot fires in advance of a
fire front. This project will protect the
three adjacent communities of Las Lomas,
Elkhorn, and Prunedale by removing
approximately 40 acres of highly flammable eucalyptus trees across four protected properties, and will create a Forest Management Plan for reducing wildfire danger and enhancing emergency vehicle access on a fifth, 428-acre preserve. Many homes and residences in the area are located in dead-end canyons or ridgetops off single-lane roads, and therefore would be extremely vulnerable during a wildfire.

ESF and its contractors will fell eucalyptus trees, treat the stumps to prevent regrowth, and process the resulting biomass into biochar to sequester carbon and create a soil amendment for future habitat restoration. The resulting landscape will have lighter fuel loads, reduced crown fire potential, better roads for emergency vehicle access, and improved oak forest health. The project will help protect over

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700 adjacent habitable structures, electrical and telecommunications infrastructure, schools, and other community institutions.

4.3 Resource Conservation District of Monterey County: “Monterey Bay Prescribed Fire and Cultural Burning Expansion”
Research conducted within coast redwood forest at
Big Basin Redwoods State Park in Santa Cruz County
suggests that areas with a history of prescribed
burning have greater wildfire resistance, increased
wildfire resilience, and reduced repeated wildfire
risk.11 RCDMC, in partnership with Big Sur Land
Trust, proposes to implement prescribed fire as a
wildfire risk reduction management tool to reduce
the likelihood of high severity fire, and to protect
vulnerable communities. The project will take place
over three properties – Basin Ranch and Glen Deven
Ranch in Monterey County, and Mt. Madonna in
Santa Cruz County. All these areas are located in
High and Very High fire severity zones.

Basin Ranch is owned by BSLT and is under a co-management agreement with the Esselen Tribe of Monterey County. An important additional aim of this project is to return cultural burning to the land and to develop land management priorities to protect culturally significant plants. The project will be facilitated through a partnership between BSLT and the Esselen Tribe, with the Central Coast Prescribed Burn Association (CCPBA) assisting.

4.4 Big Sur Land Trust: “Resilient Forest Restoration: Protecting Communities in the Wildland Urban Interface”
This project focuses on reducing residual fuels at Big Sur Land Trust’s Mitteldorf Preserve, employing low-impact practices such as chipping, burnpiling, lop and scatter, and mastication across approximately 60 acres of coast redwood forest and transition habitat. The aim is to decrease elevated fuel loads and remove ladder fuels, mitigating wildfire severity risk to nearby coastal communities, including the communities of Carmel, Carmel Valley, Pebble Beach, and Carmel Highlands. The project also aims to establish conditions conducive to conducting safe prescribed/cultural burns for the sustained health of the forest. The project will engage the expertise of a Registered Professional Forester, a Burn Boss, and a Tribal Cultural Burn Specialist to develop a forest prescription to prepare the area to support a prescribed/cultural burn in the near future.

The project includes the following key goals: Reduce the risk of high-severity wildfire from spreading to surrounding communities; protect critical emergency access roads to urban interface fuel breaks such as the Palo Corona-White Rock Fire Road, which is identified as a crucial access route in the 2023 San Benito-Monterey County Unit Strategic Fire Plan; align with Tribal priorities and prepare the site for future cultural burns to return good fire back to the landscape; clear hazardous trees and improve the defensible space around 1930s-era historic structures, 1.3 miles of popular hiking trails, and the site of 11 Biblin, S. 2023. Influence of Prescribed Burning on Coast Redwood (Sequoia Sempervirens) Forest Wildfire Resistance, Resilience, and Risk of Repeated Fire. Prepared as Master’s Thesis for San Jose State University.

ProQuest Dissertations Publishing. 30570023.

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BSLT’s Youth Outdoor Program; protect priority areas of old-growth coast redwood and mixed hardwood legacy trees and improve forest stand health and resilience to catastrophic fire and climate change; and prevent or reduce debris flow hazards and storm runoff due to the loss of vegetation, reductions in infiltration, and soil water repellency caused by high severity wildfires.

4.5 Santa Lucia Conservancy: “Santa Lucia Fuels Reduction Project” Grant funds will be used to reduce wildfire risk by treating fine fuels, dense stands of monotypic invasives and ladder fuels on grassland and oak savannah on the 20,000-acre Santa Lucia Preserve.

Specifically, the project will treat 3,600 acres of dense thatch and fine fuels through seasonal cattle grazing; treat 600 acres of invasive stands and ladder fuels through hand removal, chemical application, and mechanical removal; and treat 75 acres of shrub encroachment through mechanical and hand removal – for a cumulative total of 4,275 acres treated.

These treatments create fire resiliency at the landscape level. In a fire event, this would decrease the speed and intensity of fire moving through the Preserve, reduce crown fire behavior, provide residents and firefighters with clear routes and access points, and prevent catastrophic spread to immediately adjacent high-risk and very high-risk wildland urban interface communities (as designated by the California Fire Marshall) in and around the Carmel River watershed. These communities include approximately 11,706 habitable structures, 19,308 residents, numerous shopping centers, public schools, repeater and cell towers, a 60-kilovolt transmission line, the Carmel River and related infrastructure that supply the Monterey Peninsula’s drinking water.

III. FRAMEWORK FOR COLLABORATION
Collaborative Approach: This regional effort will be led by CMSF with the participation of 28 additional collaborators (as well as numerous contractors). Our collaborators include local, regional, and state agencies and resource districts, land trusts, experts in natural resource restoration, monitoring, and forest management, academic institutions, foundations with expertise in financial management, and non-profits with expertise in community and Tribal engagement. All these collaborators have committed to participating in MBCAAN.

MBCAAN will create a governance structure to guide the cohesive implementation of projects in this application, as well as a planning platform for expanding the scope of regional adaptation actions into the future. MBCAAN will also invite the participation of all local and regional government jurisdictions around the Bay, as well as business groups and other entities with interests in climate adaptation. In so doing, MBCAAN will bring together the expertise and entities required to address the identified climate change threats in our region holistically and collaboratively, leveraging federal, state, and local resources such as grant funds and technical assistance.

Qualifications: CMSF has been working for the past 29 years to protect California’s coastal ecosystems and strengthen coastal resilience. CMSF has proven to be a strategic partner and innovator in coastal programming. Since its founding CMSF has managed over $64 million in grants and donations, with half of those funds secured since 2020. If awarded NOAA funds, CMSF will hire additional staff to help manage this substantial regional grant effort. We lack the space in this narrative to describe each partner’s qualifications; however, we can confidently state that every entity named in this application is expert in their respective field, has implemented similar efforts, and has the capacity and capability to implement the activities as described. The Budget Narratives describe each partner’s qualifications.

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Leveraged Resources: Our project partners are leveraging $42,470,239 for this proposal, including $10,728,203 in federal, $26,552,926 in state, and $5,189,110 in local funding sources. The sources and amounts of these leveraged funds are described in the Budget Narratives. This regional project also leverages a mountain of informational resources. This effort brings the wealth of partnerships that have been built over many years around the Monterey Bay through Integrated Regional Water Management programs, coordinated research efforts, and other formal and informal intra-regional collaborations.

Informational resources include (partial list): Climate Adaptation and Action Plans for Monterey County 2030, Santa Cruz County (2022), City of Santa Cruz 2018-2023, City of Watsonville 2030 Plan; Coastal Climate Change Vulnerability Reports for Santa Cruz County (2017), Moss Landing Community (2017), City of Capitola (2017)12; Integrated Regional Water Management Plans for the Greater Monterey County (2018), Monterey Peninsula, Carmel Bay, and Southern Monterey Bay (2019), Pajaro River Watershed (2019), and Santa Cruz County (2014); multiple Local Hazard Mitigation Plans; and various studies, such as the Monterey Bay Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Study (2014),13 Economic Impact Study of Climate Adaptation Strategies for Southern Monterey Bay (2016),14 and the Central Coast Highway 1 Climate Resiliency Study.15
Specific connections to other federally-supported resilience and adaptation efforts include the substantial investment on the part of the US Army Corps of Engineers in the Pajaro River levee projects, and federally-supported planning efforts such as the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary’s recently completed Climate Resilience Plan 2024-2026, which includes the goal to identify and implement climate adaptation and mitigation strategies for sanctuaries.

IV. ENGAGEMENT, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER Public and Stakeholder Engagement: Projects across the suite of activities in this proposal will engage the public and stakeholders through two mutually reinforcing tracks: project-specific engagement related to local circumstances, permitting, etc.; and regionwide engagement through MBCAAN, including Tribal and disadvantaged community engagement. An example of using multiple ways to communicate is the “Pajaro River Confluence Area Project,” in which newly restored floodplain could be made available for either wetland restoration or seasonal farmland (offered at heavily discounted lease rates to local disadvantaged farmers). The choice among options will be determined largely through community engagement. At the same time, the MBCAAN community and Tribal engagement processes will outreach broadly to local Tribes, CBOs, and community members to obtain feedback on climate adaptation project development and other items key to regional climate resilience decision making.

Knowledge Transfer: Many of the projects in this proposal are considered models of regional cooperation to use nature-based solutions for climate resiliency. All project partners are active in their respective fields and share lessons learned through technical workshops, scientific conferences, agency reports, collaborative meetings, and websites. Approaches and outcomes will be presented to professional organizations including the Coastal & Estuarine Research Federation, the California Wildfire & Forest Resilience Task Force, and MBCAAN, including its member collaboratives. Each of these has extensive links to partners beyond the region. The ResilientCentralCoast.org online training and resource hub will be leveraged to educate and resource CBO leaders on climate adaptation and resiliency issues 12 Central Coast Wetlands Group. 2017. Moss Landing, CA. 13 ESA Philip Williams & Associates. 2014. Prepared for the Monterey Bay Sanctuary Foundation, D211906.00. 14 The Nature Conservancy. 2016. 15 Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments. 2020.

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across the six counties covering 350 miles of coastline. Monitoring data will be shared through nationally accessed portals such as empa.sccwrp.org, ecoatlas.org, ceden.org, Digital Commons, and the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). (See the Data Management Plan for details.) Workforce Development: This proposal’s four workforce development collaborators will continue to identify and address climate resiliency workforce needs through their membership in MBCAAN. These partners have established connections with regional employers for internships and job placement, and those connections foster collaborative planning to address workforce needs. Proposal collaborators implementing flood risk reduction and wildfire risk reduction projects are in contact with proposal collaborators in workforce development, and in some cases have already made specific plans for job placement of training program graduates, who will have a range of climate adaptation skills, as described in this proposal’s Adaptation Strategy 2: Workforce Development.

V. STRATEGY FOR ADVANCING EQUITY AND SUPPORT FOR UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES The benefits that will be derived from the proposed adaptation activities will flow largely to the marginalized and disadvantaged communities that occupy the low-lying, flood-prone coastal areas of the Monterey Bay region, including the communities of Watsonville, Pajaro, Las Lomas, and Castroville and low-income neighborhoods in Santa Cruz. The map below on the left shows several of the disadvantaged communities that will directly benefit from flood risk reduction projects in this application (Watsonville, Castroville, Las Lomas, Prunedale), in relation to flooding predicted from 5’ SLR and a 100-year flood event (map on right). Projects in this application – including floodplain restoration along the Pajaro River, land acquisition/restoration adjacent to the Pajaro River Estuary, marsh restoration/planning and restored public trail access in Elkhorn Slough, improved flood control operations and wetlands/floodplain restoration along the Old Salinas River and Tembladero Slough, and stream management along the Salinas River mainstem to reduce flooding on adjacent farms – will help reduce risk for these and surrounding communities.

Figure 7. Central Monterey Bay. Left: Disadvantaged communities, shaded grey (Climate and Economic Justice

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Screening Tool). Right: Flood impacts from 5’ SLR in dark blue, and 100-yr flood in light blue (US EPA EJScreen).

In the northern part of the Bay, the City of Santa Cruz will reduce flood risks for the low-income Lower Ocean neighborhood along the San Lorenzo River, and will construct a living shoreline to reduce impacts to Main Beach, a popular beach that provides important coastal access for all area residents, including disadvantaged communities, as illustrated in the maps below.

Figure 8. City of Santa Cruz. Left: Disadvantaged communities, shaded orange (CA Dept of Water Resources DAC Mapping Tool). Right: Flood impacts from 5’ SLR (dark blue) and 100-yr flood, in light blue (US EPA EJScreen).

These maps tell just part of the story. The adaptation activities included in this proposal will reduce flood risks for marginalized, low-income growers who farm the low-lying, low-rent, flood-prone fields located all along the coast, and will help protect the health of fieldworkers from the hazards of wildfire smoke. Acquisition of least-viable ag lands (e.g., the Land Trust of Santa Cruz County’s project) and floodplain/wetlands restoration adjacent to agriculture (e.g., Coastal Conservation & Research’s project) will enable growers to evaluate managed retreat options that can help farmers avoid future flood hazards while continuing to farm areas safe from flooding.

Our partners implementing these adaptation actions have conducted specific outreach to surrounding marginalized, disadvantaged communities and Tribes as part of the project development process. To ensure that marginalized, underrepresented, and disadvantaged communities and Tribal groups continue to be meaningfully engaged in climate adaptation project development moving forward, we have devised a robust engagement plan for MBCAAN, as described previously. We have allocated nearly $1.8M for disadvantaged community engagement and over $1.6M for Tribal engagement. These processes as developed ensure two-way dialogue to enable real-time feedback from marginalized communities and Tribes, including any potential impacts of projects or policies being proposed.

Finally, our program will provide individuals in underserved, marginalized, and disadvantaged communities throughout the Monterey Bay region with educational and job training opportunities to address climate adaptation/resilience needs. We have engaged three academic institutions – UCSC, CSUMB, and Hartnell College, all of which are Hispanic Serving Institutions – and the local non-profit, Watsonville Wetlands Watch, which has a strong history of disadvantaged community engagement – to develop an integrative, inter-institutional program of internships, externships, fellowships, professional certificates, and hands-on training. This carefully constructed workforce development program

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specifically targets underserved, marginalized, and low-income individuals, preparing them for longterm climate adaptation/resilience careers in the Monterey Bay region.

VI. EVALUATION
Regional Collaboration and Capacity Building
A Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Plan will track and assess the impact and effectiveness of all activities throughout all project phases, with a focus on understanding the impacts of project activities on regional coordination and collaboration, equity and inclusion, and enduring capacity. Common methods to applied research will be utilized, such as quantitative and qualitative data collection methods. Ongoing M&E will allow for continued assessment, enabling adjustments to ensure project progress and success. Measures will be tracked and reported every six months, and annual summaries and a formal final report will be compiled to illustrate outcomes. Detailed metrics for evaluating performance by specific project activity can be found in the Supplemental Materials.

MBCAAN: Continual M&E with quantitative and qualitative metrics will enable MBCAAN to make adjustments so that shared needs, priorities, and challenges are addressed appropriately by MBCAAN strategies and project actions. MBCAAN’s ability to build the capacity of regional members and partnerships will also be measured to document progress in achieving climate adaptation goals into the future. This M&E effort will be extended to CBOs, disadvantaged communities, and Tribes, many of whom have their own additional evaluation programs. Indicators include increased community readiness to address climate impacts, increased information sharing, and increased transfer of knowledge within and beyond the Monterey Bay region.

Community Engagement: MBCAAN will engage marginalized, underrepresented, disadvantaged communities and Tribal groups, and M&E will help ensure adaptation strategies and associated activities of MBCAAN are inclusive and equitable. Indicators of success include increased engagement of disadvantaged communities and Tribes in the development of adaptation strategies and actions.

Quantitative and qualitative analysis of participation will advance overall performance, with a goal to accelerate positive outcomes experienced by disadvantaged communities and Tribes. Tribal engagement will also be monitored and evaluated through a specific contract with Epic Consulting, which has demonstrated expertise in working with California Tribes.

Workforce Development: M&E will be utilized to inform the implementation and improvement of a robust workforce development program focused on climate adaptation and resilience. Indicators include increased pathways for careers and career advancement, increased involvement of disadvantaged communities, increased understanding of regional climate workforce needs, and improved enduring capacity, alignment, and implementation of solutions across the region.

Evaluation and Monitoring for Flood Risk Reduction
Evaluating the effectiveness of flood-risk reduction actions in this proposal involves integrating the sitespecific project monitoring required by permitting with the regional-scale, long-term trend monitoring that is critical for planning future adaptation action. Because the proposed adaptation actions reduce risk by creating and restoring well-functioning wetlands, floodplains and shorelines, monitoring is focused on assessing the condition and function of these habitats before and after implementation, and on establishing baselines for trend analysis beyond the grant period. The Budget Narrative for the ”Monterey Bay Climate Adaptation Regional Monitoring” project describes in detail the integration of site-specific and regional objectives and designs, the selection of metrics, the data management system

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for combining data from multiple sources, and the synthesis of information in reports, publications, websites, and presentations.

The Data Management Plan is included in this application’s Supplemental Materials. All data collected will be widely accessible because they will be uploaded to online databases including the California Estuary Marine Protected Area (EMPA) data portal (empa.sccwrp.org), California EcoAtlas (ecoatlas.org), and California Environmental Data Exchange Network (ceden.org). The Assessment Team will work with NOAA to arrange uploading of applicable data to the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Monitoring results will be regularly reported to MBCAAN.

Collecting quantitative and qualitative data on outcomes and impacts: Robust naturally functioning wetlands, floodplains and shorelines that absorb flood waters are characterized by their biological, chemical, and geomorphic condition. Quantitative metrics and protocols to assess condition include those of the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Level 1-2-3 monitoring framework, the California Rapid Assessment Method, and the California Estuary Marine Protected Area Monitoring Program.

Remote sensing for acreage, condition and inundation will use USGS Coastal Drone imagery and NOAA Digital Coast tools. Wetland indicators include the physical, biotic, habitat, and resilience parameters identified in the above protocols. Living shoreline indicators include large woody debris and cobble anchoring, topography data (beach elevation, erosion, accretion, slope), plant community composition, and human use. All data collection will follow the methods in the Monitoring Plan developed with MBCAAN partners for this grant program.

Anticipated social and economic benefits: The extent to which climate impacts are reduced by the funded actions will be analyzed by comparing data on the functional condition of restored habitats with socio-economic damage data related to climate driven events (e.g., floods) in before-and-after and project-no-project designs. We do not anticipate directly collecting socio-economic data as part of funded monitoring, but the Assessment Team will enhance coordination with agencies and community representatives to make their socio-economic data available to evaluate the effectiveness of the funded adaptation actions when climate-driven flooding events occur.

Evaluation and Monitoring for Wildfire Risk Reduction
Wildfires have ravaged the forested areas in the Monterey Bay area with increasing frequency as the changing climate has produced prolonged droughts that weaken trees and dry understory fuels. The projects in this proposal reduce fuels and maintain healthy forests through a set of planned activities, including grazing to reduce fine fuels, removal of invasive trees and underbrush, creating shaded fuel breaks, and prescribed and cultural burning.

Monitoring is integral to these wildfire risk reduction activities to determine their effectiveness and increase the knowledge base for future planning. All projects will collect before and after project data, most with photo monitoring of habitat condition and acreage effectively treated. Most projects will use plots and transects for before and after collection of data such as for fuel loading, habitat composition, canopy cover, vegetative cover and composition, soil depth, soil moisture, litter depth, litter cover, bare ground, and disturbance. Long-term monitoring will be done using these same metrics, and, where appropriate, using demography trees to track changes over time. All wildfire risk reduction activities are in reserves or land trust properties. Data will be stored in the established archival systems of reserve managers. Data management systems include cloud server backups, land trust and district websites, and reporting to the California Wildfire and Landscape Resilience Interagency Treatment Dashboard.

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FELLOWSHIP INTEREST
The California Marine Sanctuary Foundation is interested in the Climate Resilience Regional Challenge Fellowship Program. We would like to host two NOAA Fellows to be mentored in regional climate resilience and to help implement the Adaptation Strategies and actions described in this proposal. Specifically, we are interested in:

Regional Monitoring Fellow: This Fellow will assist with the “Monterey Bay Climate Adaptation Regional Monitoring” project, which will be implemented by the Central Coast Wetlands Group.

The Central Coast Wetlands Group is a wetlands research and restoration affiliate group located at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories. The Regional Monitoring NOAA Fellow will be housed and mentored at the Central Coast Wetlands Group office in Moss Landing.

Outreach and Communications Fellow: The Outreach and Communications Fellow will be housed at the California Marine Sanctuary Foundation office in Santa Cruz and mentored by the MBCAAN Coordinator. This Fellow will assist CMSF and the MBCAAN Coordinator with both grant-related and MBCAAN-related communications and outreach needs.

Thank you for considering this request.

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6.36 Attachment 1
CertiIiFations and AssXranFes
Certification Regarding Lobbying (2 CFR 200.450)
%\ signing this Subaward the SubreciSient Authori]ed 2IIicial certiIies to the best oI hisher Nnowledge and belieI that no Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid, by or on behalf of the Subrecipient, to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with the awarding of any Federal contract, the making of any Federal grant, the making of any Federal loan, the entering into of any cooperative agreement, and the extension, continuation, renewal, amendment, or modification of any Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement in accordance with  CFR .

If any funds other than Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid to any person for influencing or intending to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with this Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement, the Subrecipient shall complete and submit Standard Form -LLL, "Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying," to the 3T(.

This certification is a material representation of fact upon which reliance was placed when this transaction was made or entered into. Submission of this certification is a prerequisite for making or entering into this transaction imposed by  8SC.  Any person who fails to file the required certification shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $10,000 and not more than $100,000 for each such failure.

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Prohibition on &ertain Telecommunication and 9ideo Surveillance Services or Equipment Pursuant to 2 CFR 200.216, Subrecipient will not obligate or expend funds received under this Subaward to: (1) procure or obtain; (2) extend or renew a contract to procure or obtain; or (3) enter into a contract (or extend or renew a contract) to procure or obtain equipment, services, or systems that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services (as described in Public Law 115-232, section 889) as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as a critical technology as part of any system.

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Federal Award Terms and Conditions
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Subrecipient agrees that any non-exempt human and/or vertebrate animal research protocol conducted under this Subaward shall be reviewed and approved by the appropriate Institutional Review Board (IRB) and/or its Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), as applicable and that it will maintain current and duly approved research protocols for all periods of the Subaward involving human and/or vertebrate animal research.

Subrecipient certifies that the appropriate IRB and/or IACUC are in full compliance with applicable state and federal laws and regulations. The Subrecipient certifies that any submitted IRB / IACUC approval represents a valid, approved protocol that is entirely consistent with the Project associated with this Subaward. In no event shall Subrecipient invoice or be reimbursed for any human or vertebrate animals related expenses incurred in a period where any applicable IRB / IACUC approval is not properly in place. This section left intentionally blank Not Applicable This section left intentionally blank See Attachment 6: Notice of Award, Section III Specific Award Conditions See Attachment 7: California Marine Sanctuary Foundation Special Terms and Conditions

1. Certain Assurances: In addition to the terms and conditions contained in this Subaward, Subrecipient hereby certifies to, and agrees to be in compliance with at all times during the Term, each of the assurances contained in Standard Form 424B "Assurances -Non-Construction Programs" and Standard Form 424D "Assurances - Construction Programs" executed by PTE and attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference, as applicable (collectively, the "Assurances").

Subrecipient agrees to comply with and be bound by such Assurances as if Subrecipient was the applicant as named therein.

Subrecipient further agrees to provide and deliver such documents or instruments, in each case as may be required by such Assurances or as may be requested by PTE or the Federal Funding Agency with respect to such Assurances at any time.

2. Order of Precedence: In the event of a conflict between any of the Subaward Documents , the Federal Award, together with all modifications, exhibits, and addenda thereto or documents and instruments referenced therein (collectively, the “Award Documents”) shall control and take precedence; provided, however, the Subaward shall control when the provisions of the Subaward require stricter performance by Subrecipient or expressly provides that it takes precedence notwithstanding any other provisions of the Award Documents. Any inconsistencies in this Subaward shall be resolved by giving precedence to the provisions of the Subaward that require stricter performance by Subrecipient or to the provision that expressly provides that it takes precedence notwithstanding any other provisions of the Subaward. The term "Subaward" as used herein refers to this Subaward together with any exhibits, attachments or addenda incorporated herewith and referred to herein. The term "Subaward Documents" as used herein refers to the "Federal Award," "Award Documents" and "Subaward." Docusign Envelope ID: 6DAD93B8-FACD-4D52-8601-802B74F244DA

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Monterey, CA 93940
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Monterey, CA 93940
99 Pacific Street, Suite 455A
Monterey, CA 93940
99 Pacific Street, Suite 455A
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6.41 Attachment 3B
Highest Compensated Officers
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Highest Compensated Officers
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CR114 City of Santa Cruz Tiffany Wise-West
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6.42 Attachment 4
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Two projects as defined in the Statement of Work:

1. Main Beach - Living Shorelines Final Design and
Implementation: $2,610,556

2. San Lorenzo: Santa Cruz City Parks Flood Mitigation and Habitat Enhancement and Restoration: $5,277,322
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Docusign Envelope ID: 6DAD93B8-FACD-4D52-8601-802B74F244DA

6.44 City of Santa Cruz
Subrecipient: City of Santa Cruz
Project Titles:

1. Main Beach - Living Shorelines Final Design and Implementation

2. Santa Cruz City Parks Flood Mitigation and Habitat Enhancement and Restoration Adaptation Strategy 3 Flood Risk Reduction
Overall Period of Performance: October 1, 2024 – September 30, 2029 Total Federal Funds Requested: $7,887,878
Total Cost Share and/or Matching Funding: $0
Total Leveraged Funds: $533,886

SUBAWARD POINT OF CONTACT
Tiffany Wise-West
Sustainability and Resiliency Officer
City of Santa Cruz, City Manager’s Office
809 Center Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
831-420-5433
[email protected]

METHOD OF SELECTION
Sole Source. The City of Santa Cruz is an internationally recognized leader in coastal climate resilience work. Guided by the City’s Climate Action Program, the City’s Climate Action Plan 2030, adopted by the City Council in 2022 and Climate Adaptation Plan adopted in 2018 serve as foundational policy direction for the City’s coastal climate resilience work. The proposed projects will take place on City-owned properties and were explicitly identified in the Climate Adaptation Plan and through subsequent equitable community planning processes. The City’s commitment to equity and nature-based solutions has been articulated by the City Council in various other City initiatives and is reflected in the proposed projects. With seasoned project and grant managers who have successfully demonstrated the ability to deliver on City directives and commitments, the City possesses unique experience in project planning and design through implementation of complex coastal resilience projects. As such, the City is uniquely suited to carry out the projects proposed in this application.

Docusign Envelope ID: 6DAD93B8-FACD-4D52-8601-802B74F244DA

6.45 City of Santa Cruz
Project 1: Main Beach - Living Shorelines Final Design and Implementation

PROJECT SUMMARY
The City of Santa Cruz is conducting a living shorelines and nature-based solutions feasibility study resulting in 30% designs for a number of locations along the Santa Cruz coastline, including a Main Beach/San Lorenzo River living shoreline application. The proposed project would reduce flood risk and beach loss at the Main Beach and San Lorenzo River mouth area by funding: 1) development of designs to 100%; 2) completion of environmental review and permitting, 3) implementation of the Beach/River living shoreline project, and 4) the development of monitoring, operational and maintenance plans and agreements.

The project will also vastly improve safe access at one of the most dangerous coastal access points in the City by providing public and emergency access infrastructure between the levee, frontline neighborhood and the river and beach, through the living shoreline. This project will also improve habitat and biodiversity. Extensive engagement has been conducted with the disadvantaged frontline neighborhood of Beach Flats, and other interested parties. Recent engagement with frontline neighborhood residents indicates that Main Beach was their primary beach for recreation due to proximity. The monitoring for this project, along with triggers and thresholds to modify overall approach (e.g., transitioning to a planned relocation strategy, for instance, of the Boardwalk that sits between Main Beach and the Beach Flats neighborhood), will be integrated into the City’s Coastal Change Monitoring Network engagement and deployment.

Figure 2. Flooded Main Beach area
Docusign Envelope ID: 6DAD93B8-FACD-4D52-8601-802B74F244DA

6.46 City of Santa Cruz
PROJECT 1 SCOPE OF WORK PROJECT
Task 1. Project management and community engagement
This task includes the competitive selection of a community engagement consultant, interpretation/translation consultant, and a grants administration consultant. City staff will work with the grants administration consultant to complete all administration related to the project, including invoicing and reporting, and ensuring that all work is completed on time and within budget. The community engagement consultant and interpretation/translation consultant will work with the City to conduct community engagement with the public and interested parties at different stages of the projects’ design and implementation as specified in subsequent tasks. Stipends will be paid to representatives of historically under-represented and underserved groups for their subject matter expertise and participation throughout the duration of the project. City staff will travel to and participate in conferences to disseminate the lessons learned and outcomes of the project.

Deliverables/Milestones:
• Community Engagement, translation/interpretation and grants administration consultant contracts (December 2025)
• Conference slide deck(s)
• Regular project performance reports as required
Period of Performance for Task 1: January 1, 2025 – June 30, 2029 Task 2. Selection of design consultant
This task involves preparing and carrying out a competitive Request for Proposals (RFP) process to select design consultant to bring the project design to 100% in the form of biddable and implementable drawings and specifications. This task also includes contracting with selected design consultant.

Deliverables/Milestones: Design contract (December 2025) Period of Performance for Task 2: April 1, 2025 – November 30, 2025 Task 3. 100% design work
This task includes preparation of biddable 100% design drawings and specifications by the design consultants as informed by City staff and consultation with the community through planned equitable engagement. The design consultant will also develop monitoring, operational and maintenance plans and agreements for City’s use.

Deliverables/Milestones:
• Community engagement meetings (April 1, 2026 and November 1, 2026) • 100% design plans and specifications (March 1, 2027)
Period of Performance for Task 3: January 1, 2026 – March 1, 2027 Task 4. Completion of environmental review and permitting This task involves the competitive selection of and contracting with an environmental consultant and completion of all relevant environmental review and permitting for the implementation of the project including but not limited to compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), California Coastal Commission, California State Lands Commission and others.

Period of Performance for Task 4: July 1, 2026 – November 1, 2027 Task 5. Selection of implementation contractor
This task involves the competitive selection of a project implementation contractor through an RFP process. This task also involves contracting with selected project implementation contractor.

Docusign Envelope ID: 6DAD93B8-FACD-4D52-8601-802B74F244DA

6.47 City of Santa Cruz
Deliverables/Milestones: Construction contract (June 1, 2028) Period of Performance for Task 5: January 1, 2028 – June 1, 2028 Task 6. Implement the Beach/River living shoreline
The selected implementation contractor will implement the 100% designs for all stages from mobilization through monitoring, resulting in a complete and functional living shoreline project. Prior to commencing mobilization, the City and contractor will consult with the community on the project implementation and how to mitigate impacts to adjacent landowners and neighborhoods during implementation.

Deliverables/Milestones:
• Community Engagement Meeting (September 2028)
• Construction complete (May 1, 2029)
Period of Performance for Task 6: July 1, 2028 – May 1, 2029 Task 7. Develop monitoring, operational and maintenance plans and agreements The selected design consultant will develop monitoring (siting, type, technology, etc.) with City staff including a new Cityworks infrastructure asset tracking module, operational and maintenance plans and template agreement for City’s use with potential partners in maintenance activities. City will enter into agreements with potential partners for ongoing maintenance.

Deliverables/Milestones:
• Monitoring Plan, Operations &Maintenance Plan and maintenance agreements (June 1, 2029) Period of Performance for Task 7: July 1, 2028 – June 1, 2029 PROJECT 1 TIMELINE
The project “Main Beach – Living Shorelines Final Design + Implementation” will begin January 1, 2025 and will be completed by June 30, 2029, as shown in the table below.

Task Period of
Performance 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029
Project 1 Start End Q1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3

1. Project Mgmt,
Community
Engagement
1/1/25 6/30/29

2. Selection of Design
Consultant 4/1/25 11/30/25

3. 100% Design Work 1/1/26 3/1/27

4. Environmental
Review/Permitting 7/1/26 11/1/27

5. Selection of
Contractor 1/1/28 6/1/28

6. Implement Beach/
River Shoreline 7/1/28 5/1/29

7. Monitoring, O&M,
Maintenance Agreemt 7/1/28 6/1/29
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Project 2: Santa Cruz City Parks Flood Mitigation and Habitat Enhancement and Restoration

PROJECT SUMMARY
The proposed project includes enhancing and expanding wetland, flood management, trails, and educational and recreational uses at Jessie Street Marsh and San Lorenzo Park which are two Cityowned properties located along the San Lorenzo River. For the 3.2-acre Jessie Street Marsh, the project involves the planning, design, permitting, and construction of wetland expansion and enhancement as well as an ADA accessible, interpretive multi-use trail. The trail will connect the severely disadvantaged Lower Ocean neighborhood to parks and a regional multi-use trail network along the river. We will utilize NOAA grant funds to complete the final design, obtain permits, and construct the project.

Importantly, a contaminated fill area with low-level concentrations of lead will be removed from the wetland and public access areas, improving habitat value and public safety.

The San Lorenzo Park portion of the project involves the planning, design, environmental review, and permitting to improve flood management, expand and enhance habitat, and provide recreational opportunities. The lower Riverlands area of the park is approximately 6 acres in size and sits adjacent to the river. The Riverlands area performs as an overflow area for flood management of the river, becoming heavily inundated during large storm events. The project intends to improve the flood management capabilities of this section of the river using nature-based solutions. This section of the river is not part of the levee system and remains the only area with tree canopy along the bank of the river between the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary to the south and California Highway 1 to the north. It is known locally as a birding hotspot, and future improvements will expand the habitat value and educational opportunities along the river. Additionally, this project will improve recreational areas, such as by adding beach area along the river, trails, a multi-use lawn area overlooking the area, or event space.

Figure 3. Measured stream cross-section superimposed on recent photograph of flood waters in the San Lorenzo River. The flooded area to the left of the tree line is the location of restored flood plain accommodation space of the Riverlands flood-risk reduction project.

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Figure 4. Flood damage in the San Lorenzo Park Riverlands.

PROJECT 2 SCOPE OF WORK
Task 1. Project management and community engagement
This task includes the competitive selection of a community engagement consultant, interpretation/translation consultant, and a grants administration consultant (jointly with Project 1). City staff will work with the grants administration consultant to complete all administration related to the project, including invoicing and reporting, and ensuring that all work is completed on time and within budget. The community engagement consultant and interpretation/translation consultant will work with the City to conduct community engagement with the public and interested parties at different stages of the projects’ design and implementation as specified in subsequent tasks. Stipends will be paid to representatives of historically under-represented and underserved groups for their subject matter expertise and participation throughout the duration of the project. City staff will travel to and participate in conferences to disseminate the lessons learned and outcomes of the project.

Deliverables/Milestones:
• Community Engagement, translation/interpretation and grants administration consultant contracts (December 1, 2025)
• Conference slide deck(s)
• Regular project performance reports as required
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Task 2. Selection of design consultant
This task involves preparing and carrying out a competitive RFP process to select design consultant to bring the project design to 100% in the form of biddable and implementable drawings and specifications. This task also includes contracting with selected design consultant.

Deliverables/Milestones: Design contract (December 1, 2025) Period of Performance for Task 2: April 1, 2025 – December 1, 2025 Task 3. 100% design work
This task includes preparation of biddable 100% design drawings and specifications by the design consultants as informed by City staff and consultation with the community through planned equitable engagement. The design consultant will also develop monitoring, operational and maintenance plans and agreements for City’s use. This work also includes necessary studies and plans to inform work within river and wetland areas. This includes remedial action work for the removal of low concentrations of contamination at Jessie Street Marsh, as well as an evaluation of possible design scenarios to determine a preferred alternative, hydraulic and sediment transport modeling, conveyance capacity and deposition and scouring evaluations, feasibility analysis with regards to sediment dynamics and flood risk, construction estimates, etc. for the Riverlands area along the San Lorenzo River.

Deliverables/Milestones:
• Community engagement meetings (April 15, 2026 and November 15, 2026) • 100% design plans and specifications (March 1, 2027)
Period of Performance for Task 3: January 1, 2026 – March 1, 2027 Task 4. Completion of environmental review and permitting This task involves the competitive selection of and contracting with an environmental consultant and completion of all relevant environmental review and permitting for the implementation of the project including but not limited to compliance with CEQA, California Coastal Commission, California State Lands Commission and others. This work also includes necessary studies and plans to inform work within river and wetland areas. This includes remedial action planning for the removal of low concentrations of contamination at Jessie Street Marsh, as well as an evaluation of possible design scenarios to determine a preferred alternative, hydraulic and sediment transport modeling, conveyance capacity and deposition and scouring evaluations, feasibility analysis with regards to sediment dynamics and flood risk, construction estimates, etc. for the Riverlands area along the San Lorenzo River.

Period of Performance for Task 4: July 1, 2026 – November 1, 2027 Task 5. Selection of construction contractor
This task involves the competitive selection of a project implementation contractor through an RFP process. This task also involves contracting with selected project implementation contractor.

Deliverables/Milestones: Construction contract (June 1, 2028) Period of Performance for Task 5: January 1, 2028 – June 1, 2028 Task 6. Restore the marsh and riverlands
The selected implementation contractor will implement the 100% designs for all stages from mobilization through monitoring, resulting in completely remediated and restored marsh and riverlands sites. Prior to commencing mobilization, the City and contractor will consult with the community on the project implementation and how to mitigate impacts to adjacent landowners and neighborhoods during implementation.

Deliverables/Milestones:

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• Community Engagement Meeting (September 2028)
• Construction complete (May 1, 2029)
Period of Performance for Task 6: July 1, 2028 – May 1, 2029 Task 7. Develop monitoring, operational and maintenance plans and agreements The selected design consultant will develop monitoring (siting, type, technology, etc.) with City staff including a new Cityworks infrastructure asset tracking module, operational and maintenance plans and template agreement for City’s use with potential partners in maintenance activities. The City will enter into agreements with potential partners for ongoing maintenance.

Deliverables/Milestones: Monitoring Plan, O&M Plan and maintenance agreements (June 1, 2029) Period of Performance for Task 7: July 1, 2028 – June 1, 2029 PROJECT 2 TIMELINE
The project “Santa Cruz City Parks Flood Mitigation and Habitat Enhancement” will begin January 1, 2025 and will be completed by June 30, 2029, as shown in the table below.

Task Period of
Performance
2025 2026 2027 2028 2029
Project 2 Start End Q1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3

1. Project Mgmt,
Community
Engagement
1/1/25 6/30/29

2. Selection of Design
Consultant 4/1/25 12/1/25

3. 100% Design Work 1/1/26 3/1/27

4. Environmental
Review & Permitting 7/1/26 11/1/27

5. Selection of
Contractor 1/1/28 6/1/28

6. Restoration of
marsh and riverlands 7/1/28 5/1/29

7. Monitoring, O&M,
Maintenance
Agreemt
7/1/28 6/1/29
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REPORTING
All project work activities will be reported on in quarterly progress reports. In addition to progress reports, The City of Santa Cruz will work with CMSF grant team to submit any required documentation in order to lift the funding restriction as described below.

Funding Restriction for Strategy 3.1, Task 6: City of Santa Cruz: Living Shorelines Strategy 3.1: City of Santa Cruz: City of Santa Cruz Living Shorelines was not sufficiently defined for the National Ocean Service to perform an environmental review by the time the final award file needed to be submitted to obligate funds. The Recipient is not authorized to expend federal funds in the amount of $1,250,000 for construction of living shoreline projects until the recipient provides to NOAA necessary information, such as a scope of work, site plans, map, permits, environmental consultations and any additional information requested to satisfy requirements for National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and environmental consultation, and receives approval from NOAA. This information should be submitted to NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management by May 31, 2027. NOAA will review these tasks for compliance with NEPA and Environmental compliance once the applicant has submitted the final documentation to determine if additional information is necessary and what level of NEPA documentation applies. Once this Specific Award Condition has been released by NOAA, the Recipient is authorized to expend federal funds to complete Strategy 3.1, unless there are other conditions placed on the award that would restrict this expenditure of funds.

Funding Restriction for Strategy 3.2 Outcome 1: City of Santa Cruz Jessie Street Marsh Wetland Strategy 3.2 (Outcome 1): City of Santa Cruz Jessie Street Marsh Wetland Enhancement and Multi-Use Trail was not sufficiently defined for the National Ocean Service to perform an environmental review by the time the final award file needed to be submitted to obligate funds. Fieldwork in support of engineering and design is not expected to affect the natural environment, but the applicant must provide location, methods, and timing for review prior to starting work. Fieldwork in support of engineering and design is not expected to affect the natural environment, but the applicant must provide location, methods, and timing for review prior to starting work. The Recipient is not authorized to expend federal funds for restoration implementation or any earthwork until the recipient provides to NOAA necessary information, such as a scope of work, site plans, map, permits, environmental consultations and any additional information requested to satisfy requirements for National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and environmental consultation, and receives approval from NOAA. This information should be submitted to NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management by May 31, 2027. NOAA will review these tasks for compliance with NEPA and Environmental compliance once the applicant has submitted the final documentation to determine if additional information is necessary and what level of NEPA documentation applies. Once this Specific Award Condition has been released by NOAA, the Recipient is authorized to expend federal funds to complete Strategy 3.2 (Outcome 1), unless there are other conditions placed on the award that would restrict this expenditure of funds.

Funding Restriction for Strategy 3.2 Outcome 2: City of Santa Cruz San Lorenzo Park Strategy 3.2 (Outcome 2): City of Santa Cruz San Lorenzo Park Flood Management and Habitat Enhancement was not sufficiently defined for the National Ocean Service to perform an environmental review by the time the final award file needed to be submitted to obligate funds. Fieldwork in support of engineering and design is not expected to affect the natural environment, but the applicant must provide location, methods, and timing for review prior to starting work. The Recipient is not authorized to expend federal funds for Docusign Envelope ID: 6DAD93B8-FACD-4D52-8601-802B74F244DA

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restoration implementation or any earthwork until the recipient provides to NOAA necessary information, such as a scope of work, site plans, map, permits, environmental consultations and any additional information requested to satisfy requirements for National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and environmental consultation, and receives approval from NOAA. This information should be submitted to NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management by May 31, 2027. NOAA will review these tasks for compliance with NEPA and Environmental compliance once the applicant has submitted the final documentation to determine if additional information is necessary and what level of NEPA documentation applies. Once this Specific Award Condition has been released by NOAA, the Recipient is authorized to expend federal funds to complete Strategy 3.2 (Outcome 2), unless there are other conditions placed on the award that would restrict this expenditure of funds.

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BUDGET SUMMARY
The City of Santa Cruz will be a subrecipient to the California Marine Sanctuary Foundation for two projects, which will both implement the Adaptation Strategy, Flood Risk Reduction. The two projects are described separately below, but their budgets have been combined into one. The total request is $7,887,878.

Adaptation Activity Project Title Federal Funding Request Flood Risk Reduction Main Beach – Living Shorelines Final Design and Implementation
$2,610,556
Flood Risk Reduction Santa Cruz City Parks Flood
Mitigation and Habitat
Enhancement and Restoration
$5,277,322
Figure 1. Sea level rise and flood risk reduction project locations in the City of Santa Cruz. Project boundaries in black. Northernmost is the Riverlands project along the San Lorenzo River. Downstream at the right edge of the dark blue sea level rise footprint is the Jessie Street Marsh project. At the river mouth is the Beach Flats neighborhood, and the general area for the Living Shorelines project.

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BUDGET NARRATIVE
The City of Santa Cruz, as subrecipient of California Marine Sanctuary Foundation, will utilize $7,887,878 in grant funds for the projects “Main Beach - Living Shorelines Final Design and Implementation” and “Santa Cruz City Parks Flood Mitigation and Habitat Enhancement and Restoration.” The budgets for these two projects are combined into one, with costs summarized as follows:

A. Personnel TOTAL: $ 344,700
Position Title, Name Yearly Full time Equivalent
Salary
(in Base Year, 2025)
% of Time # of Months
Employed
Total Amount
(over project
term)
TBD Public Works Resiliency
Planner, TBD $110,000 50% 54 $247,500
Parks and Recreation Engineering
Associate, TBD $108,000 20% 54 $97,200

COST CATEGORY TOTAL BUDGET
Personnel $344,700
Fringe $117,198
Travel $3,412
Equipment $6,000
Supplies $25,200
Contractual
i. Interpretation/Translation Consultant
ii. Environmental Consultant for permitting
iii. Community Engagement Consultant
iv. Grants Administration consultant
v. Project 1 – 100% design consultant
vi. Project 2 – 100% design consultant
vii. Project 1 – Living Shoreline Implementation Contractor viii. Project 2 – Restoration Implementation Contractor $7,331,368 (total)
$30,000
$700,000
$100,000
$800,000
$300,000
$500,000
$1,250,000
$3,651,368
Construction $0
Other
i. Frontline Community Member – subject matter expertise consultation (stipends)
$60,000
TOTAL DIRECT COSTS $7,887,878
Indirect Costs $0
TOTAL COSTS $7,887,878
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Annual Personnel Cost Detail:

YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR 5 TOTAL
Public Works Resiliency Planner,
TBD $55,000 $55,000 $55,000 $55,000 $27,500 $247,500
Parks and Recreation Engineering
Associate, TBD $21,600 $21,600 $21,600 $21,600 $10,800 $97,200 Total $76,600 $76,600 $76,600 $76,600 $38,300 $344,700
Funding in the amount of $344,700 in salaries is requested for the 4.5-year period of these projects (Y5 is only six months): $76,600 per year for both projects: Project 1 = $55,000; Project 2 = $21,600. This budget covers staff time for Project 1: project and administration, reporting, permitting, engagement coordination, vendor coordination; for Project 2: project administration, reporting, vendor coordination, construction management and inspection. No cost-of-living adjustment is included.

Public Works Resiliency Planner, TBD: The Public Works Resiliency Planner will provide administrative and technical services for the project including overall grant administration and reporting for both Projects 1 and 2 and permitting and engagement coordination for Project 1. Funding in the amount of $247,500 is requested over the 4.5 years of the grant period, at 50% FTE for each year. This position relates to the risk reduction program objective, and supports the equity and inclusion objective because it will work collaboratively to design and carry out equity-focused engagement activities.

Parks and Recreation Engineering Associate, TBD: The Parks and Recreation Engineering Associate will provide project administration, construction management and inspection for Project 2. Funding in the amount of $97,200 is requested over the 4.5 years of the grant period, at 20% FTE for each year. This position relates to the risk reduction program objective.

B. Fringe Benefits TOTAL: $ 117,198
Position Title, Name Yearly
Salary
Total Grant
Salary
% Rate Total Amount (over
project term)
Public Works Resiliency Planner, TBD $110,000 $247,500 34 $84,150 Parks and Recreation Engineering Associate, TBD $108,000 $97,200 34 $33,048 Annual Fringe Cost Detail:

Position Title, Name YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR 5 TOTAL Public Works Resiliency Planner, TBD $18,700 $18,700 $18,700 $18,700 $9,350 $84,150 Parks and Recreation Engineering
Associate, TBD $7,344 $7,344 $7,344 $7,344 $3,672 $33,048 Total $26,044 $26,044 $26,044 $26,044 $13,022 $117,198
Fringe benefits for the salaries of the personnel listed above equal $117,198. The fringe benefit rate for full-time employees for Y1-5 is calculated at 34% of personnel costs. Fringe benefits for full time yearround employees include FICA, health, dental and disability insurance, and retirement plan.

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C. Travel TOTAL: $ 3,412
Project team members from City staff will participate in two peer exchange opportunities by proposing and delivering projects’ progress and outcomes to audiences at sessions at the California Adaptation Forum (2027) and the National Wetlands and Estuaries Conference (2026). Participation in these forums will give the project team an opportunity to hear crucial feedback on their work and the ability to share its innovations beyond the Monterey Bay region.

Trip #1: To California Adaptation Forum (CAF) From Santa Cruz; 2027 ● Airfare for 2 people @ $182 = 364
● 4 days per diem @ $74/day for 2 people= 592
● 3 nights lodging @ $100/night for 2 people = 600
● Ground transportation to/from airport for 2 people = 150 (at the rate of $0.655 per mile) Project 1 requires $1,706 for domestic travel as specified in the Travel Detail Table in Y3 of this project.

The purpose of this travel is to share/present project findings and progress with other jurisdictions and agencies all around California. The requested travel funds support the development and maintenance of these partnerships, plus attendance at conferences on climate resiliency. Tiffany Wise-West and the TBD Resiliency Planner will travel to CAF location to attend CAF conference being held in 2027. They will both travel from Santa Cruz to the conference location (within California) and take ground transportation from the airport to the event or hotel.

Trip #2: To National Wetlands and Estuaries Conference from Santa Cruz; 2026 ● Airfare for 2 people @ $182 = 364~ 400
● 4 days per diem @ $74/day for 2 people= 592
● 3 nights lodging @ $100/night for 2 people = 600
● Ground transportation to/from airport for 2 people = 150 (at the rate of $0.655 per mile) The project 2 requires $1,706 for domestic travel as specified in the Travel Detail Table in Y2 of this project. The purpose of this travel is to share/present project findings and progress with other jurisdictions and agencies all around the country. Travis Beck and Tiffany Wise-West will travel to the conference location to attend the National Wetlands and Estuaries Conference being held in 2026. They will both travel from Santa Cruz to the conference location and take ground transportation from the airport to the event or hotel.

D. Equipment TOTAL: $ 6,000
Equipment Per Item Cost Quantity Total Amount
Acknowledgement Signs / CoastSnap Community
Science Stations
$2,000 3 $6,000
Equipment costs of $6,000 is requested for the 4.5-year period of this project (Y3: $6,000). Signage (3 x $2,000) will be purchased and installed in Year 3 to acknowledge NOAA as funder and to accompany coastal community science stations at the two project sites.

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E. Supplies TOTAL: $ 25,200
Project Supplies Per Item Cost Quantity Total Amount
1 Meeting Supplies (live and virtual tools, rental, food, transportation, virtual webinar and engagement
apps)
$3,000 3 meetings $9,000
Virtual and Print ads $1,200 3 meetings $3,600
2 Meeting Supplies (live and virtual tools, rental, food, transportation, virtual webinar and engagement
apps)
$3,000 3 meetings $9,000
Virtual and Print ads $1,200 3 meetings $3,600
Project 1: Funding in the amount of $12,600 for engagement supplies is requested as follows: Meeting Supplies (live and virtual tools) for 3 meetings at $3,000 per meeting, and Virtual and Print ads for 3 meetings at $1,200 per meeting. These engagement meetings are necessary to satisfy Task 1:

Community Engagement, where continuous engagement with the disadvantaged frontline neighborhood (Beach Flats) and other interested parties are required to address community concerns, incorporate feedback into project plans, and facilitate ongoing communication and collaboration with stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.

Project 2: Funding in the amount of $12,600 for engagement supplies is requested as follows: Meeting Supplies (live and virtual tools) for 3 meetings at $3,000 per meeting, and Virtual and Print ads for 3 meetings at $1,200 per meeting. These engagement meetings are necessary to satisfy Task 1:

Community Engagement, particularly with the severely disadvantaged Lower Ocean neighborhood. This requires developing and implementing a public outreach plan, conducting community meetings and workshops, gathering feedback on project plans and designs, addressing community concerns, and incorporating feedback into the project.

F. Contractual TOTAL: $ 7,331,368
Interpretation/Translation Consultant (TBD)
Method of Selection: Competitive
Period of Performance: January 1, 2025 to June 30, 2029 Description of Activities: Interpretation and translation: To provide interpretation and translation of key project outputs and deliverables as well as engagement meeting materials. Cost estimate is based on the type and quantity of deliverables required for translation and interpretation based on prior consulting contractors for similar scale and scope of work. Expenses will include personnel and fringe for these services.

Method for Maintaining Performance Accountability: TBD will report to the City of Santa Cruz quarterly to ensure progress.

Total Budget: $ 30,000
Environmental Consultant for Permitting (TBD)
Method of Selection: Competitive
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on prior recent work that is similar in scope and scale. Expenses will include: (1) personnel and fringe for TBD staff.

Method for Maintaining Performance Accountability: TBD will report to the City of Santa Cruz quarterly to ensure progress.

Total Budget: $ 700,000
Community Engagement Consultant (TBD)
Method of Selection: Competitive
Period of Performance: January 1, 2025 to June 30, 2029 Description of Activities: Design and conduct equitable community engagement for Projects 1 and

2. Expenses will include personnel and fringe for TBD staff. Cost estimate is based on prior recent work that is similar in scope and scale.

Method for Maintaining Performance Accountability: TBD will report to the City of Santa Cruz quarterly to ensure progress.

Total Budget: $ 100,000
Grants Administration Consultant (TBD)
Method of Selection: Competitive
Period of Performance: January 1, 2025 to June 30, 2029 Description of Activities: Grant administration and reporting. Expenses will include personnel and fringe for TBD staff. Cost estimate is based on prior recent work that is similar in scope and scale.

Method for Maintaining Performance Accountability: Monthly invoices and progress meetings.

Total Budget: $ 800,000
Project 1 – 100% Design Consultant (TBD)
Method of Selection: Competitive
Period of Performance: January 1, 2025 to June 30, 2029 Description of Activities: Create 100% design drawings and specifications for Project 1. Cost estimate is based on prior recent work that is similar in scope and scale. This involves taking a 30% design, incorporating community feedback, and completing 100% design drawings and specifications that the implementation contractor can use to implement the living shoreline.

Expenses will include personnel and fringe for TBD staff.

Method for Maintaining Performance Accountability: Preliminary and final drawings and specifications, monthly progress meetings, monthly invoices. TBD will report to the City of Santa Cruz quarterly to ensure progress.

Total Budget: $ 300,000
Project 2 – 100% Design Consultant (TBD)
Method of Selection: Competitive
Period of Performance: January 1, 2025 to June 30, 2029 Description of Activities: Create 100% design drawings and specifications for Project 2. Cost estimate is based on prior recent work that is similar in scope and scale. This involves taking a 30% design, incorporating community feedback, and completing 100% design drawings and specifications that the implementation contractor can use to restore the Jesse Street marsh and Riverlands riparian portion of San Lorenzo River. Expenses include personnel and fringe for TBD staff.

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Method for Maintaining Performance Accountability: Preliminary and final drawings and specifications, monthly progress meetings, monthly invoices. TBD will report to the City of Santa Cruz quarterly to ensure progress.

Total Budget: $ 500,000
Project 1 – Living Shoreline Implementation Contractor (TBD) Method of Selection: Competitive
Period of Performance: January 1, 2025 to June 30, 2029 Description of Activities: Implement and monitor Project 1. Cost estimate is based on prior recent work that is similar in scope and scale. Expenses will include personnel and fringe for TBD staff and supplies to install the living shoreline and monitoring. TBD will report to the City of Santa Cruz quarterly to ensure progress.

Method for Maintaining Performance Accountability: Weekly on-site meetings, monthly invoicing.

Total Budget: $ 1,250,000
Project 2 – Restoration Implementation Contractor (TBD) Method of Selection: Competitive
Period of Performance: January 1, 2025 to June 30, 2029 Description of Activities: Restoration implementation and monitoring of Project 2. Expenses will include personnel and fringe for TBD staff and supplies. Cost estimate is based on prior recent work that is similar in scope and scale.

Method for Maintaining Performance Accountability: Weekly on-site meetings, monthly invoicing.

TBD will report to the City of Santa Cruz quarterly to ensure progress.

Total Budget: $ 3,651,368
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Total Itemized Contracts Budget:

DIRECT CHARGES
(Consultants and
Contractors)
YEAR1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR 5 TOTAL
Interpretation/Translations $6,000 $6,000 $6,000 $6,000 $6,000 $30,000 Environmental Consultant for
permitting $250,000 $300,000 $50,000 $50,000 $50,000 $700,000 Community Engagement
Consultant $20,000 $20,000 $20,000 $20,000 $20,000 $100,000 Grants Administration
consultant $160,000 $160,000 $160,000 $160,000 $160,000 $800,000 Project 1 – 100% design
consultant $150,000 $150,000 $300,000
Project 2 – 100% design
consultant $250,000 $250,000 $500,000
Project 1 – Living Shoreline
Implementation Contractor $900,000 $350,000 $1,250,000
Project 2 – Restoration
Implementation Contractor $1,900,000 $1,751,368 $3,651,368 TOTAL $836,000 $886,000 $236,000 $3,036,000 $2,337,368 $7,331,368 G. Construction TOTAL: $ 0

H. Other TOTAL: $ 60,000
Frontline Community Member – Subject Matter Expertise Consultation (stipends – specific community members TBD).

Period of Performance: January 1, 2025 to June 30, 2029 Description of Activities: Community members from frontline groups to participate in community engagement.

Method for Maintaining Performance Accountability: Community members will sign into meetings to track participation and invoice the City of Santa Cruz quarterly.

Contractual costs of $60,000 are requested to compensate community members from frontline groups to participate in community engagement. Cost is estimated at $100 stipend per meeting for three meetings and 200 people per meeting. Community members who identify as members of historically underrepresented or underserved groups will be eligible for compensation. Expenses will include personnel and fringe for an undetermined number of community members. Community members will invoice the City of Santa Cruz quarterly.

Other Total Amount
Frontline Community Member Stipends $60,000
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I. Total Direct Charges TOTAL: $ 7,887,878
Total Project Cost
A. Personnel $344,700
B. Fringe $117,198
C. Travel $3,412
D. Equipment $6,000
E. Supplies $25,200
F. Contractual $7,331,368
G. Construction
H. Other $60,000
Total Direct Costs $7,887,878
J. Indirect Charges TOTAL: $ 0
K. Totals: Direct and Indirect Charges TOTAL: $ 7,887,878 L. Cost Share or Match TOTAL: $ 0

LEVERAGED FUNDS

A total of $533,886 will be leveraged for this project. Funding in the amount of $487,926 in salaries and $45,960 in fringe benefits will be provided as labor leveraged funds for the 4.5-year period of these projects. Project 1 salary = $286,385; Project 1 fringe = $24,090. Project 2 salary = $201,541; Project 1 fringe = $21,870.

Salary and fringe leveraged funds for staff include the time spent coordinating project design, permitting, CEQA and installation and monitoring as well as construction inspection. No cost-of-living adjustment is included for each subsequent year after Y1.

YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR 5 Total Leveraged Funds Salary $97,585 $97,585 $97,585 $97,585 $97,585 $487,926 Fringe $9,192 $9,192 $9,192 $9,192 $9,192 $45,960
• Dr. Tiffany Wise-West, Sustainability and Resilience Officer, will provide 10% FTE toward Project 1 for project leadership, coordination and engagement totaling $78,676 in salary and $6,055 in fringe benefits.
• Kevin Crossley, City Engineer/Asst Public Works Director, will oversee Project 1 and provide a 10% FTE for project leadership and coordination totaling $93,226 in salary and $8,905 in fringe. • Travis Beck, Parks Superintendent, will oversee Project 2 and provide a 10% FTE for project leadership and coordination totaling $75,514 in salary and $7,767 in fringe benefits. • Noah Downing, Parks - Associate Planner II will provide 20% FTE toward Project 2 as project manager totaling $126,027 in salary and $14,102 in fringe benefits. • TBD Public Works Associate Engineer will provide design review and installation inspection services for Project 1 at a 20% FTE totaling $114,483 in salary and $9,131 in fringe benefits.

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Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
NOS Office for Coastal Management (OCM)
Notice of Award (NoA)
NA24NOSX473C0102-T1-01

RECIPIENT INFORMATION

1. Recipient Name

CALIFORNIA MARINE SANCTUARY

FOUNDATION
99 PACIFIC ST
MONTEREY, CA 93940

2. Congressional District of Recipient
19 3. Employer Identification Number (EIN)
94-3225675

4. UEI
JAEJU1YFDBN3

5. Recipient Point of Contact
Danielle Brown (Contact)

6. Authorized Official
Mr. Mazurek, Robert
[email protected]
_______________________________________________

FEDERAL AGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION

7. Grant Specialist
Brandi Franklin
[email protected]

8. Program Officer
Lindy Dingerson Betzhold
[email protected]

9. Grant Officer
Brandi Franklin
[email protected]

FEDERAL AWARD INFORMATION

10. Award Number / FAIN
NA24NOSX473C0102-T1-01 / NA24NOSX473C0102 / Mod 0

11. Award Type
Cooperative Agreement

12. Period of Performance Start Date & End Date
10/01/2024 – 09/30/2029

13. Federal Share of Cost
$71,100,000

14. Recipient Share of Cost
$0

15. Total Federal and Recipient Cost
$71,100,000

16. Opportunity Number
NOAA-NOS-OCM-2023-2008068

17. Project Title
Regional Adaptation for Climate Resilience of Monterey Bay Coastal Communities

18. Assistance Listing Number and Name

11.473 Office for Coastal Management

19. Award Action Type
New Competing

20. Multiyear Award?
No

21. R&D Award?
No

22. Construction Award?
No

23. Grants Officer – Signature and Date
Brandi Franklin – 09/06/2024
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Department of Commerce
NOAA
NOS Office for Coastal Management (OCM)
Notice of Award
NA24NOSX473C0102-T1-01

NOTICE OF NOAA AWARD COVER LETTER
Congratulations, you are the recipient of NOAA award Number NA24NOSX473C0102-T1-01.

This Notice of Award (NoA) approved by the NOAA Grants Officer, constitutes the official grant award and the obligation of Federal funding. The NoA serves as the official legal document issued to notify the recipient and others that an award has been made. The NoA contains all terms and conditions of the grant award.

The complete NoA can be found and downloaded under eRA Commons using the following instructions: View Notice of Award | eRA
This NoA was sent to the specified email address entered in the NoA email field by the recipient organization when completing the electronic Research Administration (eRA) Commons registration process. The Signing Official (SO) can update this email address through the Institutional Profile section in eRA Commons. The NoA can also be viewed from the Status Information page in eRA Commons. By accepting the award, the recipient agrees to comply with the award provisions specified on the award document.

As the Signing Official (SO) you are authorized to legally bind the institution in grant-administration matters. In providing your signature approval on the grant application submission you are responsible for monitoring grant related activities and authorizing expenditures under this award.

Additional Information about your award is shown below:
• Assistance Listing Number: 11.473
• Project Period: 10/01/2024 – 09/30/2029
• Program Office: NOS Office for Coastal Management (OCM) • Program Officer: Lindy Dingerson Betzhold
• Program Officer Phone:
• Program Officer Email: [email protected]
• Total Federal Funding: $71,100,000
• Total Non-Federal Funding: $0
• Organization Name: CALIFORNIA MARINE SANCTUARY FOUNDATION • Project Title: Regional Adaptation for Climate Resilience of Monterey Bay Coastal Communities • Name of Principal Director/Project Investigator (PI/PD) as identified in the negotiated application:
o Danielle Brown (contact)
o Susan Marie Robinson
o Katelyn Sprofera
This email was sent from a source that is not monitored for responses. If you need assistance, contact your Program/Project Officer (for programmatic issues) or the eRA Help Desk (for technical issues).

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SECTION I – BUDGET INFORMATION

Approved Budget
Year 1
Federal
Year 2
Federal
Year 3
Federal
Year 4
Federal
Year 5
Federal
Total
Personnel(nonresearch) $581,910 $605,186 $629,393 $654,568 $627,297 $3,098,354 Fringe Benefits $174,574 $181,556 $188,816 $196,372 $188,189 $929,507 Travel $4,161 $10,433 $10,433 $10,433 $10,433 $45,893
Supplies $4,620 $620 $620 $620 $620 $7,100
Contractual $269,229 $272,887 $232,914 $241,013 $229,252 $1,245,295 Other $12,190,544 $13,456,010 $13,517,473 $16,257,374 $9,764,923 $65,186,324 Total Direct Charges $13,225,038 $14,526,692 $14,579,649 $17,360,380 $10,820,714 $70,512,473 Indirect Charges $114,399 $118,073 $117,277 $121,250 $116,528 $587,527 Federal $13,339,437 $14,644,765 $14,696,926 $17,481,630 $10,937,242 $71,100,000 Non-Federal $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Authorized
Cumulative
Federal $71,100,000
Non-Federal $0
Total $71,100,000

Authorized Funding Codes
Cumulative
140W8KMPZC 22P00 1410170000000000
00 41000100 IRA CRRC $71,100,000
Total $71,100,000

SECTION II – NOAA STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS
• 2 CFR PART 200, UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS, COST PRINCIPLES, AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO 2 CFR § 1327.101
https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-2/subtitle-A/chapter-II/part-200?toc=1 • DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS https://www.commerce.gov/oam/policy/financial-assistance-policy The Department of Commerce Financial Assistance Standard Terms and Conditions (ST&C) issued November 12, 2020, are incorporated by reference into this award. • Bureau Financial Assistance Standard Terms and Conditions Administrative Standard Award Conditions for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Financial Assistance Awards U.S. Department of Commerce • Department of Commerce Pre-Award Notification Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements (REF: 79FR 78390)
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2014-12-30/pdf/2014-30297.pdf SECTION III – SPECIFIC AWARD CONDITIONS

SPECIAL TERMS

Foreign Air Carrier
The recipient shall comply with the provisions of the Fly America Act (49 U.S.C. § 40118).

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Grants Officer.

New Award
This competitive award number NA24NOSX473C0102-T1-01 to CALIFORNIA MARINE SANCTUARY FOUNDATION supports the work described in the Recipient's proposal entitled Regional Adaptation for Climate Resilience of Monterey Bay Coastal Communities, dated 02/09/2024, as revised on 06/18/2024, which is incorporated into the award by reference.

This award is made under the following statutory authorities: Section 40001 of the Inflation Reduction Act (Public Law 117-169), Section 310 of the Coastal Zone Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1456c) (titled Technical Assistance ), the Digital Coast Act (Public Law 116-223), the National Climate Program Act (Public Law 95 367), and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA, Public Law 117-58). Where the terms of the award and proposal differ, the terms of the award shall prevail.

The terms in Section II of the Notice of Award applicable to this award are the version in effect at the time of award, unless the award is amended. Historical versions of 2 CFR 200 are available by clicking links at the top of the eCFR weblink in the Notice of Award.

Required Use of American Iron, Steel, Manufactured Products, and Construction Materials
Buy America Preference. Recipients of an award of Federal financial assistance from the Department of Commerce (Department) for a program for infrastructure are hereby notified that none of the funds provided under this award may be used for an infrastructure project unless:

1. all iron and steel used in the project are produced in the United States – this means all manufacturing processes, from the initial melting stage through the application of coatings, occurred in the United States;

2. all manufactured products used in the project are produced in the United States – this means the manufactured product was manufactured in the United States; and the cost of the components of the manufactured product that are mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States is greater than 55 percent of the total cost of all components of the manufactured product, unless another standard that meets or exceeds this standard has been established under applicable law or regulation for determining the minimum amount of domestic content of the manufactured product; and

3. all construction materials are manufactured in the United States – this means that all manufacturing processes for the construction material occurred in the United States. The construction materials standards are listed below.

Incorporation into an infrastructure project. The Buy America Preference only applies to articles, materials, and supplies that are consumed in, incorporated into, or affixed to an infrastructure project. As such, it does not apply to tools, equipment, and supplies, such as temporary scaffolding, brought to the construction site and removed at or before the completion of the infrastructure project. Nor does a Buy America Preference apply to equipment and furnishings, such as movable chairs, desks, and portable computer equipment, that are used at or within the finished infrastructure project but are not an integral part of the structure or permanently affixed to the infrastructure project.

Categorization of articles, materials, and supplies. An article, material, or supply should only be classified into one of the following categories: (i) Iron or steel products; (ii) Manufactured products; (iii) Construction materials; or (iv) Section 70917(c) materials. An article, material, or supply should not be considered to fall into multiple categories. In some cases, an article, material, or supply may not fall under any of the categories listed in this paragraph. The Docusign Envelope ID: 6DAD93B8-FACD-4D52-8601-802B74F244DA

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classification of an article, material, or supply as falling into one of the categories listed in this paragraph must be made based on its status at the time it is brought to the work site for incorporation into an infrastructure project. In general, the work site is the location of the infrastructure project at which the iron, steel, manufactured products, and construction materials will be incorporated.

Application of the Buy America Preference by category. An article, material, or supply incorporated into an infrastructure project must meet the Buy America Preference for only the single category in which it is classified.

Determining the cost of components for manufactured products. In determining whether the cost of components for manufactured products is greater than 55 percent of the total cost of all components, use the following instructions:
a. For components purchased by the manufacturer, the acquisition cost, including transportation costs to the place of incorporation into the manufactured product (whether or not such costs are paid to a domestic firm), and any applicable duty (whether or not a dutyfree entry certificate is issued); or b. For components manufactured by the manufacturer, all costs associated with the manufacture of the component, including transportation costs as described in paragraph (a), plus allocable overhead costs, but excluding profit. Cost of components does not include any costs associated with the manufacture of the manufactured product.

Construction material standards. The Buy America Preference applies to the following construction materials incorporated into infrastructure projects. Each construction material is followed by a standard for the material to be considered “produced in the United States.” Except as specifically provided, only a single standard should be applied to a single construction material.

1. Non-ferrous metals. All manufacturing processes, from initial smelting or melting through final shaping, coating, and assembly, occurred in the United States.

2. Plastic and polymer-based products. All manufacturing processes, from initial combination of constituent plastic or polymer-based inputs, or, where applicable, constituent composite materials, until the item is in its final form, occurred in the United States.

3. Glass. All manufacturing processes, from initial batching and melting of raw materials through annealing, cooling, and cutting, occurred in the United States.

4. Fiber optic cable (including drop cable). All manufacturing processes, from the initial ribboning (if applicable), through buffering, fiber stranding and jacketing, occurred in the United States. All manufacturing processes also include the standards for glass and optical fiber, but not for non-ferrous metals, plastic and polymer-based products, or any others.

5. Optical fiber. All manufacturing processes, from the initial preform fabrication stage through the completion of the draw, occurred in the United States.

6. Lumber. All manufacturing processes, from initial debarking through treatment and planing, occurred in the United States.

7. Drywall. All manufacturing processes, from initial blending of mined or synthetic gypsum plaster and additives through cutting and drying of sandwiched panels, occurred in the United States.

8. Engineered wood. All manufacturing processes from the initial combination of constituent materials until the wood product is in its final form, occurred in the United States.

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Waivers
When necessary, recipients may apply for, and the Department may grant, a waiver from these requirements.

To help federal agencies and recipients meet BABA requirements, the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) National Network™ provides a service to connect stakeholders, including recipients, to U.S. manufacturers that have relevant production capabilities and capacities to help fulfill current market and supply chain needs. Recipients considering a BABA nonavailability waiver are strongly encouraged to contact the NIST/MEP for assistance with supplier scouting services prior to seeking a BABA nonavailability waiver. Further information on the NIST/MEP supplier scouting services is available at: https://nist.gov/mep/supply-chain/supplier-scouting.

When the Department has made a determination that one of the following exceptions applies, the awarding official may waive the application of the Buy America Preference in any case in which the Department determines that:
applying the Buy America Preference would be inconsistent with the public interest (public interest waiver);
the types of iron, steel, manufactured products, or construction materials are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities or of a satisfactory quality (nonavailability waiver); or
the inclusion of iron, steel, manufactured products, or construction materials produced in the United States will increase the cost of the overall project by more than 25 percent (unreasonable cost waiver).

A request to waive the application of the Buy America Preference must be in writing. The Department will provide instructions on the format, contents, and supporting materials required for any waiver request. Waiver requests are subject to public comment periods of no less than 15 days and must be reviewed by the Made in America Office.

There may be instances where an award qualifies, in whole or in part, for an existing waiver described on the Department’s Build America, Buy America website found at https://www.commerce.gov/oam/build-america-buy-america.

Definitions
“Buy America Preference” means the “domestic content procurement preference” set forth in section 70914 of the Build America, Buy America Act, which requires the head of each Federal agency to ensure that none of the funds made available for a Federal award for an infrastructure project may be obligated unless all of the iron, steel, manufactured products, and construction materials incorporated into the project are produced in the United States. “Construction materials” means articles, materials, or supplies that consist of only one of the items listed in paragraph (1) of this definition, except as provided in paragraph (2) of this definition. To the extent one of the items listed in paragraph (1) contains as inputs other items listed in paragraph (1), it is nonetheless a construction material.

1. The listed items are:
i. Non-ferrous metals;
ii. Plastic and polymer-based products (including polyvinylchloride, composite building materials, and polymers used in fiber optic cables);
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iii. Glass (including optic glass);
iv. Fiber optic cable (including drop cable);
v. Optical fiber;
vi. Lumber;
vii. Engineered wood; and
vii. Drywall.

2. Minor additions of articles, materials, supplies, or binding agents to a construction material do not change the categorization of the construction material. “Infrastructure” means public infrastructure projects in the United States, which includes, at a minimum, the structures, facilities, and equipment for roads, highways, and bridges; public transportation; dams, ports, harbors, and other maritime facilities; intercity passenger and freight railroads; freight and intermodal facilities; airports; water systems, including drinking water and wastewater systems; electrical transmission facilities and systems; utilities; broadband infrastructure; and buildings and real property; and structures, facilities, and equipment that generate, transport, and distribute energy including electric vehicle (EV) charging.
“Infrastructure project” means any activity related to the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of infrastructure in the United States regardless of whether infrastructure is the primary purpose of the project. See also paragraphs (c) and (d) of 2 CFR 184.4.
“Iron or steel products” means articles, materials, or supplies that consist wholly or predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both. “Manufactured products” means:

1. Articles, materials, or supplies that have been:
i. Processed into a specific form and shape; or
ii. Combined with other articles, materials, or supplies to create a product with different properties than the individual articles, materials, or supplies.

2. If an item is classified as an iron or steel product, a construction material, or a Section 70917(c) material under 2 CFR 184.4(e) and the definitions set forth in 2 CFR 184.3, then it is not a manufactured product. However, an article, material, or supply classified as a manufactured product under 2 CFR 184.4(e) and paragraph (1) of this definition may include components that are construction materials, iron or steel products, or Section 70917(c) materials.
“Predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both” means that the cost of the iron and steel content exceeds 50 percent of the total cost of all its components. The cost of iron and steel is the cost of the iron or steel mill products (such as bar, billet, slab, wire, plate, or sheet), castings, or forgings utilized in the manufacture of the product and a good faith estimate of the cost of iron or steel components.
“Section 70917(c) materials” means cement and cementitious materials; aggregates such as stone, sand, or gravel; or aggregate binding agents or additives. See Section 70917(c) of the Build America, Buy America Act.

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IMPLEMENTATION OF DOMESTIC SOURCING REQUIREMENT
Prior to initiation of any construction that may arise in this award, the Recipient is required to inform the NOAA Grants Officer and the Federal Program Officer whether it is using iron, steel, manufactured products, or construction materials as described in the Specific Award Condition in this award on Required Use of American Iron, Steel, Manufactured Products, and Construction Materials. In addition, the Recipient is required to inform the NOAA Grants Officer and the Federal Program Officer whether those materials are produced or manufactured in the United States, or alternatively, it is requesting one or more waivers, as described in the award condition. The Recipient is required to coordinate with NOAA regarding its compliance with this Term.

Signs (BIL/IRA)
The Recipient is responsible for constructing, erecting, and maintaining in good condition throughout the construction period a sign(s) satisfactory to NOAA that identifies the project and indicates that the project is Federally funded by the Bi-Partisan Infrastructure Law, and/or the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). NOAA may require that the recipient maintain a permanent plaque or sign at the project site with the same or similar information. The temporary and permanent proposed signage implementation plans must be submitted to and approved by NOAA prior to installation.

Tangible Property Reporting and Disposition
Tangible personal property has been identified and budgeted in the grant application. The Recipient must report such property to NOAA. The SF-428, SF-428-B (final report), and as needed, the SF-428-S (inventory list) must be submitted no later than 120 days after the project end date. The SF-428-C (the disposition report) must be submitted when the property is no longer required for the purpose of the project, and in accordance with 200.311-314. These forms can be accessed at
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/forms/post-award-reporting-forms.html.

Pre-Award Costs
Pre-award costs in the amount of $146,488.65 for the period 06/01/2024 through 10/01/2024 are acceptable only to the extent of their reasonableness and relationship to the proposed activities of this award. The approved pre-award costs are a portion of, not in addition to, the approved total budget.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS

Programmatic Requirements for Inflation Reduction Act Climate Regional Resilience Challenge Awards
A. Implementing Project Activities: Prior to implementing a project activity developed as part of a planning activity funded under this award, the applicant must ensure that the work will be conducted in accordance with appropriate Federal, state and local laws.

B. Field Work: The applicant must ensure that any field work conducted as part of educational, training or volunteer programs/activities will be conducted in accordance with appropriate Federal, state and local laws and will follow recognized best practices for minimizing impacts to the human and natural environment.

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C. Safety: The Recipient is responsible for safety in the project, including the safety of project personnel, associates, visitors, and volunteers. In addition, for any Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus (SCUBA) diving activities in a project, it is the responsibility of the Recipient to ensure that SCUBA divers are certified to a level commensurate with the type and conditions of the diving activity being undertaken.

Furthermore, it is the responsibility of the Recipient to ensure that any SCUBA diving activities under this award meet, at a minimum, all applicable Federal, State, and local laws and regulations pertaining to the type of SCUBA diving being undertaken.

D. Uncrewed Aircraft Systems: If this project involves Unoccupied Aircraft Systems (UAS or drone technology), the Recipient is responsible for coordinating with the Federal Program Officer regarding any applicable policies and standards in NOAA's Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) Handbook (June 2022, and any updates). See https://www.omao.noaa.gov/learn/aircraft-operations/aircraft/uncrewed-aircraft-systems.

In addition, for any UAS activities in a project, it is the responsibility of the Recipient to ensure it has complied with applicable federal/state/local laws and have the appropriate permits in hand prior to conducting drone operations.

E. Supplemental Guidance on Acknowledgement of Sponsorship for Climate Regional Resilience Challenge Awards: The following provision supplements the Department of Commerce Financial Assistance Standard Terms and Conditions G.05 and the Environmental Data and Publications Special Award Condition in this award: The cover of the title page of all reports, studies, or other documents, published or distributed electronically or hard copy, and acknowledgement pages of websites and web pages, that are supported in whole or in part by this award or any subawards shall acknowledge the financial assistance provided by the Inflation Reduction Act administered by the Office for Coastal Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

F. International Travel: Consistent with Department of Commerce Financial Assistance Standard Term and Condition G.05.d., all international travel is required to comply with the regulations set forth in the Fly America Act, 49 U.S.C. 40118.

G. Subaward and Contract Extensions: The Recipient is responsible for administering any requests for extensions of performance periods for any approved subaward or contract up to, but not beyond, the full Federal award period without prior approval by NOAA. NOAA must be notified in writing of any such task extension in semi-annual performance reports.

H. Funding Acknowledgement Sign: For any property restored or acquired under the award, the Recipient shall cause to be erected at the property a permanent plaque or sign satisfactory to NOAA that identifies the project and credits the "National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration through the Inflation Reduction Act" as a funding source. The Recipient's final project report shall include photographs of the sign installed at the property as evidence that this award condition has been met.

I. Meeting Attendance: Applicants should allocate travel funds for any necessary coordination meetings at regional or national levels. Applicants should budget travel costs for up to two representatives of each collaborative to participate in three national Climate Regional Resilience Challenge program meetings during the period of performance.

NOAA Substantial Involvement for Cooperative Agreement
This award is a cooperative agreement as described in 2 C.F.R. 200.1, meaning that the NOAA is substantially involved in the project. NOAAs partnership involves the following:

Coordination and Oversight
● NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) staff will coordinate and collaborate with the recipient on programmatic, administrative, and other award-related matters and provide guidance and assistance in the management and execution of the cooperative agreement throughout the period of performance.

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● OCM staff will closely monitor the execution of the award, and in its discretion, may review or monitor sub-awards for which the Recipient remains responsible. NOAA may require milestones before subsequent stages of the project may continue. ● NOAA may limit the recipient s discretion with respect to the scope of work, organizational structure, staffing, mode of operations, and other management processes, which will be coupled with close monitoring of operational involvement during performance.

Technical Assistance
● OCM and other NOAA staff will provide additional technical assistance to the recipient and participate in programmatic activities as needed. The specific terms (e.g., type, frequency, duration) of the technical assistance will be identified and agreed upon by the recipient and NOAA during the first four months of the period of performance and documented in a Technical Assistance Plan as part of the cooperative agreement. The Technical Assistance Plan may include known and anticipated assistance from OCM or other NOAA staff such as training delivery, facilitation and convening, geospatial services, tool and resource development, and other subject matter consultation. The Technical Assistance Plan will be an iterative document that captures evolving and emerging needs as the project progresses for the duration of the period of performance and may be updated on a semi-annual basis as needed.

Climate Resilience Regional Challenge Fellowships
If this award involves one or more Coastal Resilience Fellows, each fellow is anticipated to collaborate on the Recipient s project for a period of up to two years, starting in 2025.

Recipients are expected to cooperate with NOAA to establish fellowship activities for the project. A second round of fellows may also be considered under the award, subject to NOAA approval.

The Recipient will coordinate with NOAA as needed to ensure that the fellow s project activities remain consistent with program objectives. The Recipient must also coordinate with a third party administrator on implementation of the fellowship program, including ensuring that a salary, stipend, or other funding is provided to the fellow. Fellows are not agents or assignees of NOAA, and NOAA is not responsible for supervising or controlling the means and manner of any fellow's participation in the project, or establishing the work schedule or tenure for the fellow.

Specific responsibilities of the Recipient also include providing the following for each fellow:
● A specific two-year project for which the fellow can play a meaningful role; ● Office space, supplies, and equipment (such as a computer and any specific software); and
● A mentor to provide professional development advice and support, ensure the fellow is integrated into the project team and office, look for opportunities for the fellow to gain skills and experience, and supervise the fellow s project work.

Coastal Geospatial Services
Upon request, NOAA will collaborate with the Recipient on the potential for cooperative use of NOAA s Coastal Geospatial Services Contract (CGSC) for geospatial data and services.

Post Award Environmental Review Process
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National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Requirements for Change of Scope: Under Department of Commerce Standard Terms and Conditions G.04.a., the Recipient isrequired to identify to NOAA any impact the award will have on the quality of the human environment, and assist NOAA in complying with NEPA and associated environmental laws and policies. For any tasks or sub-tasks with a Special Award Condition attached requiring further NOAA Office for Coastal Management review prior to full approval, the Office for Coastal Management will review these tasks to determine the appropriate level of National Environmental Policy Act analysis, and if additional information is necessary.

If the scope of an award amendment has changed from the original grant scope (e.g., funding is being awarded for additional construction not originally considered), then NOAAwill consider if the change implicates the National Environmental Policy Act even if it was considered in the original award of the grant. A Categorical Exclusion, Environmental Assessment, or Environmental Impact Statement may be prepared for grant amendments, depending on scope of the amendment and what type of analysis is appropriate. For additional grant cycle steps, such as the release of funds, cost extensions, and other administrative steps that do not change the scope of the original grant award where NEPA was conducted, a NEPA review will not need to be conducted again.

NOAA may require additional information to fulfill post award NEPA and environmental compliance review requirements. If NOAA determines that an environmental assessment is required, applicants may also be required to assist in drafting the assessment.

Applicants may also be required to cooperate with NOAA in identifying and implementing feasible measures to reduce or avoid any identified adverse environmental impacts of their proposal.

Supplemental Reporting Guidance
This Special Award Condition supplements reporting requirements in 2 C.F.R. 200.328- 200.330, the Department of Commerce Standard Terms and Conditions and NOAA Administrative Standard Award Conditions.
(a) Format: Performance reports shall address the subject areas specified in Office for Coastal Management, FY 2024 Inflation Reduction Act Funding Performance Report Guidelines , which is available from the NOAA Office for Coastal Management and may be attached to this award.
(b) NOAA will coordinate with the recipient to develop performance metrics that will be used to evaluate the implementation of the projects. Additionally, NOAA will work with all CRRC recipients to develop resilience metrics for the CRRC program to evaluate the impact of adaptation efforts to build coastal resilience.

Land Acquisition Special Award Conditions- General Requirements A. General requirements on land acquisitions and conservation easements The Recipient shall comply with all requirements set forth in the Department of Commerce Financial Assistance Standard Terms and Conditions and 2 CFR 200, including 2 CFR 200.311, and the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (URA- 42 USC 4601 et seq., and implementing regulations issued at 15 CFR Part 11 and 49 CFR 24). The URA includes providing for fair and equitable treatment of displaced persons or of persons whose property is acquired as a result of Federal or Federally-assisted programs. These requirements apply to all interests in real property acquired for project purposes regardless of Federal participation in purchases.

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easements. Unless approved by NOAA, conservation easements shall be perpetual in nature (as opposed to a conservation easement for a set term of years).

The Recipient agrees (a) Not to use any power of eminent domain available to the Recipient (including the commencement of eminent domain proceedings) for use in connection with the project for the purpose of advancing the economic interests of private parties; (b) Not to accept title to land, easements, or other interest in land acquired by the use of any power of eminent domain for use in connection with the project for such purposes; and (c) Any use of the power of eminent domain to acquire land, easements or interests in land, whether by the recipient or any other entity that has the power of eminent domain, in connection with the project without prior written consent of the operating unit constitutes an unauthorized activity and/or use of funds under the award, and subjects the recipient to appropriate enforcement action by the Grants Officer, including but not limited to the disallowance of award costs and the termination of an award.

B. Post-acquisition requirements
The Recipient shall manage the Property in accordance with the award. With the written approval of NOAA, Recipient may transfer the property to a public agency or entity that in the transfer document agrees to continue to manage the property in accordance with the award and to not further transfer the property without the written approval of NOAA. In the event NOAA becomes aware of title discrepancies or encumbrances that NOAA deems to interfere with the purpose for which these funds were granted, or if NOAA determines that the property has ceased to be used for the original purpose as approved by NOAA, the Recipient shall reimburse NOAAfor the Federal funds received for the project as provided in 2 CFR 200.311.

C. Deed Restriction Language
Pursuant to 2 C.F.R. 200.316, the deed(s) for the real property(ies) acquired with funds from this award shall contain substantially the following provision: "This property has been acquired [in part] with funds from Federal financial assistance award NA24NOSX473C0102 through NOAA's funding under the Inflation Reduction Act. Title to the property conveyed by this deed shall vest upon acquisition in the California Marine Sanctuary Foundation, Land Trust of Santa Cruz County, the Pajaro Storm Drain Maintenance District (PSDMD) of the County of Santa Cruz, the Pajaro Regional Flood Management Agency (PRFMA), or other title holder as approved by NOAA subject to the conditions that the property shall be managed for conservation purposes and consistent with the purposes for which it was acquired. The California Marine Sanctuary Foundation, the Land Trust of Santa Cruz County, the Pajaro Storm Drain Maintenance District (PSDMD) of the County of Santa Cruz, or the Pajaro Regional Flood Management Agency (PRFMA), shall not dispose of, exchange, encumber its title or other interests in, or convert the use of this property without the approval of NOAA or its successor agencies." For each property acquired under the award, a copy of the recorded deed showing the required language shall be submitted with the final project report.

D. Reimbursement of Grant Funds
In the event NOAA becomes aware that the property or easement has been disposed of, transferred, or exchanged; there are title discrepancies or encumbrances that NOAA deems interfere with the purpose for which these funds were granted; or if NOAA determines that the property has ceased to be used for the purposes for the original purposes as approved by NOAA, the Recipient is subject to 2 CFR Part 200.311(c) Real Property Use and Disposition requirements, which include reimbursement to NOAA for the share of the federal funds received for the project based on the fair market value of the interest in the land at the time of disposal.

Complete Project Documentation
The Recipient will complete all necessary due diligence tasks, including those referenced below, unless Recipient requests, and NOAA determines, the task is not applicable. No Docusign Envelope ID: 6DAD93B8-FACD-4D52-8601-802B74F244DA

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NOAA funds may be expended on the acquisition until the Recipient has submitted the resulting due diligence documents to NOAA and NOAA has approved them. - Appraisal
Recipient shall commission an independent appraisal by a certified appraiser as set forth in the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 and 49 C.F.R. 24. Appraisals are to be prepared according to those requirements which establish fair market value of the property, including the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisition (UASFLA/Yellow Book) appraisal standard, and the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) appraisal standard as applicable. The appraisal needs to have an effective date within one year prior to the date of acquisition.

The purchase price of the property should be based on the appraisal. Older appraisals or negotiated purchase prices above the appraised value may be acceptable upon consultation with NOAA. The Recipient should submit an independent review appraisal from a qualified review appraiser, if available. Please note that NOAA retains the right to conduct a separate and/or additional appraisal review, depending on the issues raised within the appraisal as well as the amount of federal investment. - Willing Seller Letter
The recipient should submit a letter from the seller affirming that s/he is a willing participant in negotiations to sell the property at a mutually agreeable price. - Evidence of Agreement
Recipient shall provide documentation (such as an option agreement, purchase agreement, or letter of intent) between the seller and Recipient that indicates agreement to the sale (or intent to agree if terms of a contract can be reached) and the price to be paid for the property.
- Preliminary Evidence of Title
Recipient shall provide evidence that the seller of the property is the owner and has marketable title free and clear of any liens or encumbrances that materially affect the value of the property. An Attorney s Preliminary Opinion on Title or title insurance binder in favor of the Recipient may serve as evidence. Recipient shall supply a copy of the title evidence along with copies of recorded exceptions to NOAA, and NOAA shall make a determination as to whether the condition of title is sufficient for the project to proceed.

Rights of way for public streets and utilities are generally acceptable unless NOAA determines that the encumbrance is inconsistent with the goals of the restoration project. - Environmental Site Assessment
If available, the applicant should submit any environmental assessment (e.g. phase 1 or phase 2 assessment) or environmental impact statement that has been done for the property.
- Survey
The Recipient shall provide a survey of the property in accordance with American Land Title Association/American Congress on Surveying and Mapping Minimum Standard Detail Requirements unless NOAA waives this requirement or determines the survey may be performed to lesser standards.
- Draft Conservation Easement or other use agreements
The Recipient shall provide copies of any proposed conservation easements or other use agreements that may affect long term use of the property. All secondary easements and agreements must be consistent with the purposes of the award.

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Funding Restriction for Strategy 1.5: Community Foundation Santa Cruz County: Monterey Bay Climate Adaptation Revolving Fund (Environmental Compliance for Projects Funded) The Recipient is not authorized to expend federal funds held in the revolving loan fund for land acquisition, or purchase of real property interest through until the recipient provides to NOAA: [evidence of agreement with a willing seller, draft evidence of title, appraisal, survey, draft conservation easement, and draft deed for each site], and NOAA has reviewed and approved them. This does not prohibit recipients from expanding funding to negotiate, conduct appraisals, title searches, etc prior to purchasing properties. This information should be submitted to NOAA?s Office for Coastal Management by May 31, 2027. Note that information should be submitted at least 120 days prior to anticipated real property acquisition in order to allow for NOAA review of due diligence materials.

DUE DATE TASK NAME DUE DATE

STATUS DECISION DATE
05/31/2027 Submit requested
documents Unresolved
Funding Restriction for Strategy 3.3: Pajaro Storm Drain Maintenance The Recipient or Pajaro Storm Drain Maintenance District of the County of Santa Cruz is not authorized to expend federal funds for property or real property interest acquisition until the recipient provides to NOAA: [evidence of agreement with a willing seller, draft evidence of title, appraisal, survey, draft conservation easement, and draft deed for each site], and NOAA has reviewed and approved them. This does not prohibit recipients from expanding funding to negotiate, conduct appraisals, title searches, etc prior to purchasing properties. There may be no real estate cost but there will be costs for staff time processing the agreement including legal review and having the governance of both agencies approve the agreement. This information should be submitted to NOAA?s Office for Coastal Management by May 31, 2027. Note that information should be submitted at least 120 days prior to anticipated real property acquisition in order to allow for NOAA review of due diligence materials.

DUE DATE TASK NAME DUE DATE

STATUS DECISION DATE
05/31/2027 Submit requested
documents Unresolved
Funding Restriction for Strategy 3.3: Pajaro Storm Drain Maintenance - Task 2 The Recipient or Pajaro Storm Drain Maintenance District of the County of Santa Cruz is not authorized to expend federal funds for property acquisition until the recipient provides to NOAA: [evidence of agreement with a willing seller, draft evidence of title, appraisal, survey, draft conservation easement, and draft deed for each site], and NOAA has reviewed and approved them. This does not prohibit recipients from expanding funding to negotiate, conduct appraisals, title searches, etc prior to purchasing properties. This information should be submitted to NOAA?s Office for Coastal Management by May 31, 2027. Note that information should be submitted at least 120 days prior to anticipated real property acquisition in order to allow for NOAA review of due diligence materials.

DUE DATE TASK NAME DUE DATE

STATUS DECISION DATE
05/31/2027 Submit requested
documents Unresolved
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Funding Restriction for Strategy 3.4: Land Trust of Santa Cruz County The Recipient is not authorized to expend federal funds for the Easement Acquisition of Malatesta Ranch property (Task 1, subtask 1.2) until the recipient provides to NOAA:
[evidence of agreement with a willing seller, draft evidence of title, appraisal, survey, draft conservation easement, and draft deed for each site], and NOAA has reviewed and approved them. This does not prohibit recipients from expanding funding to negotiate, conduct appraisals, title searches, etc prior to purchasing properties. This information should be submitted to NOAAs Office for Coastal Management by May 31, 2027. Note that information should be submitted at least 120 days prior to anticipated real property acquisition in order to allow for NOAA review of due diligence materials.

DUE DATE TASK NAME DUE DATE

STATUS DECISION DATE
05/31/2027 Submit requested
documents Unresolved
Funding Restriction for Strategy 3.5: Pajaro Regional Flood Management Agency:

Pajaro River
The Recipient or Pajaro Regional Flood Management Agency is not authorized to expend federal funds for land acquisition, or purchase of real property interest for parcels ?051- 231-19? or ?051-231-22? (Task 4) until the recipient provides to NOAA: [evidence of agreement with a willing seller, draft evidence of title, appraisal, survey, draft conservation easement, and draft deed for each site], and NOAA has reviewed and approved them. This does not prohibit recipients from expanding funding to negotiate, conduct appraisals, title searches, etc prior to purchasing properties. This information should be submitted to NOAAs Office for Coastal Management by May 31, 2027. Note that information should be submitted at least 120 days prior to anticipated real property acquisition in order to allow for NOAA review of due diligence materials.

DUE DATE TASK NAME DUE DATE

STATUS DECISION DATE
05/31/2027 Submit requested
documents Unresolved
Funding Restriction for Strategy 3.4: Land Trust of Santa Cruz County: West Beach Ranch
The Recipient is not authorized to expend federal funds for the Easement Acquisition or purchase of the West Beach Ranch property conservation easement (Task 1, subtask 1.3) until the recipient provides to NOAA: evidence of agreement with a willing seller, draft evidence of title, appraisal, survey, draft conservation easement, and draft deed for each site], and NOAA has reviewed and approved them. This does not prohibit recipients from expanding funding to negotiate, conduct appraisals, title searches, etc prior to purchasing properties. This information should be submitted to NOAA?s Office for Coastal Management by May 31, 2027. Note that information should be submitted at least 120 days prior to anticipated real property acquisition in order to allow for NOAA review of due diligence materials.

DUE DATE TASK NAME DUE DATE

STATUS DECISION DATE
05/31/2027 Submit requested Unresolved
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