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One Shoreline lays out San Bruno resilience plan, household pilot and FEMA‑funded planning
Summary
One Shoreline officials told the San Bruno City Council about a $1.7 million planning package (including $900,000+ FEMA funds) to advance resilience projects in the Bair neighborhood, described pump‑station work and a household flood‑supplies pilot that provided up to $1,500 per eligible household.
One Shoreline, the San Mateo County Flood and Sea Level Rise Resiliency District, outlined priorities for San Bruno at the May 26 City Council meeting, describing short‑term maintenance, community pilots and a resilience planning grant that staff said totals about $1.7 million for study and conceptual design.
Len Matterman, One Shoreline’s CEO, told the council the agency inherited aging infrastructure — tide gates and pump stations built decades ago — and emphasized that protecting the Bair neighborhood requires partnership across the city, the district and external funders. He said the district currently holds roughly $4 million in flood‑zone funds and secured nearly $1 million from FEMA to plan rehabilitation or replacement of pump stations.
Project director Summer Bundy described community engagement since 2024, the household flood supplies pilot and infrastructure maintenance work. The pilot provided up to $1,500 per household for items such as sump pumps, elevated racks for appliances and water alarms; One Shoreline reported outreach to 99 eligible households, engagement with 56 and supplies delivered to 26 households.
Bundy described earlier maintenance and permitting work: dredging near 7th Avenue to remove sediment and vegetation, collaboration with San Francisco Airport on mechanical dredging, and rehabilitation or replacement of four pumps at the Walnut pump station since 2020. She credited Caltrans for installing a flap gate in an outfall that reduced flooding during subsequent high‑tide/storm events.
On planning, One Shoreline said it is advancing the "San Bruno resilience project" with over $900,000 in FEMA funds, a $600,000 required match from property‑tax assessments and roughly $200,000 from Caltrans, producing about $1.7 million for planning and conceptual design. That funding, Matterman said, will help the city prepare compliant plans to be more competitive for larger grants and to identify near‑term projects.
One Shoreline also announced a community advisory group of residents in the flood zone to meet four times through next spring; the kickoff meeting was scheduled for the coming Saturday at 7th and Walnut Park. Public commenter Ari Simon praised the outreach effort and said it has shifted many residents from anger or apathy to active engagement.
Council members thanked One Shoreline and asked technical questions about maintenance responsibilities and tide‑gate operation; Bundy said One Shoreline maintains the pump stations and the tide gate operates passively, but it is undersized and can be a bottleneck when high tides and fast storm flows coincide.
