DATE: December 1, 2015
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Development Services Director
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Adopt a Resolution of Intention to Execute Renewal of a Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement (JPA) for Another Five Years through December 31 of 2021 for the Hayward Area Shoreline Planning Agency (HASPA)
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That Council adopts the attached resolution (Attachment I) renewing the Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement for the Hayward Area Shoreline Planning Agency (Attachment II).
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SUMMARY
On October 22, 2015, the HASPA Board of Trustees unanimously voted to recommend extending for another five years the Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement (JPA) between the City of Hayward, the East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) and the Hayward Area Recreation and Park District (HARD), with the main goal of addressing sea level rise along the Hayward Shoreline. The HASPA Board's focus on sea level rise aligns with a Hayward General Plan Implementation Program that calls for the development of a Shore Realignment Master Plan, which would entail a comprehensive analysis of sea level rise impacts, along with programs and projects to respond to such impacts.
BACKGROUND
On May 19, 2015, City Council authorized a six-month continuance of Hayward Area Shoreline Planning Agency (HASPA) until the end of 2015. This short extension of the JPA allowed for discussion among the EBRPD and HARD General Managers and Hayward's City Manager to assess the desirability of continuing HASPA. After such communication between the park district General Managers and Hayward's City Manager, it was agreed that HASPA should continue, with sea level rise to be the focus of the JPA for next five-year cycle. General Plan Implementation Program Haz-4.3 calls for a Shore Realignment Master Plan to be drafted in coordination with HASPA, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BC...
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