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Belmont weighs joining Redwood Shores sea‑level rise project as region plans levee upgrades
Summary
Belmont staff briefed council on a Redwood City‑led regional levee and shoreline adaptation project; the council signaled preliminary support for studying a small Belmont 'catch‑up' segment—Island Park—so residents there could be included in a larger, grant‑funded effort to reduce flood risk and avoid FEMA flood‑insurance impacts.
Belmont officials heard detailed briefings on Jan. 27 about a multi‑jurisdictional effort led by Redwood City to raise and adapt levees in Redwood Shores to protect the shoreline from tides and future sea‑level rise. The project team asked whether Belmont would be amenable to a discrete “catch‑up” segment around Island Park that could be folded into the larger project to reduce costs and simplify permitting.
The presentation, led by Chuck Anderson, project design consultant, described current levee top elevations (about 10–12 feet) and recent extreme tides, noting that a January tide reached roughly 9.7 feet. Anderson said that without upgrades, homeowners with federally backed mortgages in the affected areas could be required to buy flood…
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