Bayside Community Resiliency: The Living Levee Project

Bayside Community Resiliency: The Living Levee Project

The City of Imperial Beach and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service propose to prepare a joint draft environmental impact statement/environmental impact report in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and CEQA. The purpose is to evaluate the environmental impacts related to repurposing a 1.2-mile segment of the Bayshore Bikeway corridor and adjacent pathways into a multi-benefit coastal resilience corridor. This corridor runs through the southwestern portion of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge and the adjacent Bayside neighborhood of the City of Imperial Beach. The total site area is approximately 14 acres. The objectives of the coastal resilience corridor include: a) improving flood protection for the adjacent community by converting the existing circulation corridor into a nature-based coastal flood resilience system; b) providing safe land-based public access along San Diego Bay; and c) strengthening ecosystem resilience by providing transitional habitat areas along the Bay’s edge. The project site encompasses jurisdictional areas managed by, leased to, or with an easement or encroachment permit within the City of Imperial Beach; City of Coronado; City of San Diego; San Diego Unified Port District; Service’s San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge; Department of Defense, U.S. Navy; South Bay Unified School District; and San Diego Metropolitan Transit System properties in San Diego County, California.

Imperial Beach

San Diego

Citywide, Countywide

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Coastal Commission (CCC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marin Region 7 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of State Parks, Division of Boating and Waterways, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 11 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Diego Region 9 (RWQCB), California State Coastal Conservancy (SCC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights

Other (Flooding and drainage project/sea level rise resiliency/habitat )

Use Permit

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Coastal Zone, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire