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Port OKs $25,000 contribution to SPUR-managed Mission Creek sea-level rise study
Summary
The Port Commission authorized a grant agreement with SPUR to manage a Mission Creek sea-level rise and adaptation study; the project budget is $190,000 with Arcadis awarded an $80,000 grant and city departments contributing matching funds; resolution 1347 passed.
The Port Commission voted to authorize a grant agreement with SPUR (San Francisco Planning + Urban Research Association) to manage a Mission Creek study exploring sea-level rise adaptation strategies.
Elaine Forbes, representing Port finance and staff, explained that Delta Alliance awarded Arcadis (a Dutch engineering firm) an $80,000 grant to examine adaptation approaches for Mission Creek and the city must provide matching funds equal to 100% of that award. The combined budget for the project is $190,000: $160,000 for engineering and evaluation work and $30,000 as SPUR’s project-management fee. The Port proposed contributing $25,000; the Public Utilities Commission and other departments committed additional funds (the Planning Department, DPW and City Administrator’s Office each were listed with $20,000 contributions during the presentation). The study was described as building on the Adapting to Rising Tides work led by BCDC.
Forbes said the work would develop adaptation alternatives for Mission Creek, apply lessons from the ARC/BCDC study, and incorporate considerations of equity, finance and governance. Staff expects the study to be completed by mid‑2014.
Corinne Woods (Mission Creek resident and Mission Bay Citizens Advisory Committee chair) spoke in support, highlighting sewer and stormwater system vulnerabilities and urging attention to adaptation measures that integrate sewer-treatment limits.
Commissioners praised the interagency collaboration, noted BCDC and NOAA partnerships in related work, and approved the grant agreement; the commission adopted Resolution 1347. Staff said the Port will execute the grant agreement with SPUR and that the project team expects deliverables later in 2014.
