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next few decades. Coastal and Bay communities, with critical infrastructure that are at <br />risk, are urged to take action to protect communities and infrastructure sooner than <br />earlier expected. <br />BCDC is revising its guidelines using the above projections and Adapting to Rising Tides <br />(ART) Bay Area, March 2020 provides an extensive and detailed foundation for future <br />sea level rise planning in the Bay Area, with analysis that can be used to inform local, <br />regional, and state level planning. These findings provide definitive answers about what <br />is anticipated to get wet, where, and when -- in the absence of significant intervention.2 <br />Many locally and regionally critical emergency management assets, such as lifeline <br />routes or redundant routes (for example, ferries provide redundancy if bridges are <br />unusable), and police or fire stations are located in flood areas, putting their functions at <br />risk. Additionally, critical services such as water, wastewater, electricity, and <br />communications are also at risk <br />We believe it would be prudent for City Council to deny initiation of General Plan changes that <br />promote further development in this area of Redwood City, creating more future liability for the <br />city and its residents, till after a Sea Level Rise and Flooding Assessment and there is a plan in <br />place for adaptation for this vulnerable area of the City. <br />Respectfully, <br />Gita Dev <br />Sustainable Land Use Committee <br />Sierra Club Loma Prieta (SCLP) <br />Cc James Eggers, Executive Director, Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter <br />Gladwyn D'Souza, Conservation Co -Chair, SCLP <br />Dave Pine, Supervisor, San Mateo County <br />Len Materman, San Mateo County Flood and Sea Level Rise Resiliency Agency <br />for a given location or project. This target will be modified periodically based on the best available science <br />and updates to the State's Sea -Level Rise Guidance Document. <br />2 Adapting to Rising Tides BAY AREA Regional Sea Level Rise Vulnerability and Adaptation Study <br />MARCH 2020. While the findings in this report may cause some alarm and concern, having this <br />data at our fingertips gives us the information we need at the local, regional, state and federal <br />levels to do what needs to be done to reduce the risks we face from flooding and rising sea <br />level.... <br />sierraclub.org/loma-prieta — 3921 East Bayshore Road, Suite 204, Palo Alto, CA 94303 <br />