Foster City Levee Protection Planning and Improvements Project (Capital Improvement Project - CIP 301-657)
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Summary
SCH Number
2016012012
Lead Agency
City of Foster City
Document Title
Foster City Levee Protection Planning and Improvements Project (Capital Improvement Project - CIP 301-657)
Document Type
EIR - Draft EIR
Received
Document Description
The purpose of the project is to provide flood protection in accordance with updated FEMA guidelines and regain FEMA accreditation for its existing levee system. Current FEMA guidelines require the current levee elevation along the city's levee system to be raised to protect the city from flooding associated with levee overtopping from extreme high tides or storm surges. In addition, the improved levee system will be designed to adapt to future sea level rise while maintaining public access along the levee system and protections for sensitive species. The precise design and height of the project is not yet finalized; therefore, the environmental analysis studies two scenarios at an equal level, which would have different ranges of levee elevations/floodwall heights as needed to meet FEMA freeboard requirements and protect against future sea level rise. The two scenarios are: (1) FEMA Freeboard with Sea Level Rise for the year 2050, and (2) FEMA Freeboard with Sea Level rise for the year 2100.
Based on currently available data, preliminary evaluations, and city council direction, the city anticipates that the project will utilize a combination of three different levee improvement types, depending on the location along the existing levee earthen levee, and (3) conventional floodwall.
Contact Information
Name
Curtis Banks
Agency Name
City of Foster City
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Foster City
Counties
San Mateo
Cross Streets
Approx. 8 miles of levees eastward from the geogrpahic coordinate noted below
Zip
94404
Total Acres
107.7
State Highways
92 and 101
Waterways
Foster City Lagoon, SF Bay
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), Department of Water Resources, Resources Agency, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), California State Lands Commission (SLC)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California State Lands Commission (SLC)
Development Types
Other (Levee Improvements)
Local Actions
CIP
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cumulative Effects, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Recreation, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, GHG
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