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A. Richardson “Richardson Bay” by eeetthaannn is licensed under CC by 2.0 Local Assessments Section A: RICHARDSON Operational Landscape Unit JURISDICTIONS WITHIN THIS SECTION Marin County Tiburon Mill Valley Belvedere Sausalito Alto Marin City Strawberry Tamalpais-Homestead Valley HOW TO USE THE LOCAL ASSESSMENTS WHO IS THIS Local jurisdictions Stakeholder Groups General Public FOR? • Cities • Non-profits/NGOs • Residents • Counties • For-profits/Private Anyone interested in State/Regional understanding their local • Special Districts • Associations • Caltrans shared vulnerabilities to • Utilities Providers • Interested Parties flooding and sea level rise. • MTC/ABAG HOW IS IT ORGANIZED? Local assessments are organized by four regional systems assessed: Transportation, Vulnerable Communities, Priority Development Areas (PDAs), and Priority Conservation Areas (PCAs). Each part of the local assessment provides varying levels of details at three scales: 1) Operational Landscape Unit (OLU), 2) Individual Descriptions, and 3) Shared Stories of Vulnerabilities in Focus Areas/Areas of Impact. This assessment can be reviewed in whole, or individual parts can be reviewed separately depending on interest and level of detail desired. WHAT’S IN THIS ASSESSMENT? WHERE ARE WE IN THE REGION? �������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 3 WHAT REGIONAL SYSTEMS ARE HERE? ���������������������������������������������������������������������� 5 WHAT WAS ASSESSED? �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 6 Transportation .......................................................................................................6 Vulnerable Communities ........................................................................................8 Priority Development Areas (PDAs) ......................................................................12 Priority Conservation Areas (PCAs) ......................................................................14 FOCUS AREAS AND AREAS OF IMPACT OLU: RICHARDSON OLU: Focus Area A: Manzanita, Marin City & Waldo .......................................................18 ENDNOTES ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������29 LOCAL ASSESSMENT LOCAL A - 2 • ADAPTING TO RISING TIDES: BAY AREA Where are we in the region? The Richardson OLU encompasses the entire Richardson Bay in Marin County, ranging from just north of the Golden Gate Bridge on the Southern end to the tip of the Tiburon Peninsula on the northern end. It includes multiple cities on the shoreline, including Tiburon, Mill Valley, Belvedere, and Sausalito, and unincorporated communities including Marin City and Strawberry, as well as several harbors and marinas. Flooding effects from sea level rise occur early and threaten residents as well as the US-101, which is the only land-based transportation route to the North Bay and south towards San Francisco, and SR-1/Shoreline Highway, which is the singular access for Tamalpais Valley and the Marin Parklands, which includes Muir Woods, Stinson Beach and Mt. Tamalpais State Park. Frontline economically challenged communities located here include Marin City, the Gates Co-op Houseboat Community in Sausalito, and boat residents anchored out in Richardson Bay. Approximate area of the OLU. Photo map data: Google, TerraMetrics, CSUMB SFML, CA OPC. TerraMetrics, map data: Google, Photo of the OLU. area Approximate OLU: RICHARDSON OLU: LOCAL ASSESSMENT LOCAL A - 3 • ADAPTING TO RISING TIDES: BAY AREA FOCUS AREA A: Manzanita, Marin City, and Waldo OLU: RICHARDSON OLU: LOCAL ASSESSMENT LOCAL A - 4 • ADAPTING TO RISING TIDES: BAY AREA What regional systems are here? Operational Landscape Unit (OLU) boundaries were used to organize and ART Bay AreaARThelp identifyColor Bay regionallyART Palette Area significant Bay Colorassets Area that were PaletteColor co-located together Palette (Methodology can be found in Section 3.0 Local Assessments). 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Photo Bay Richardson US-101 • US-101 is the primary north-south transportation artery through the Marin and Sonoma Counties and provides access to the North Bay and East Bay via SR-37 and I-580. It provides important commuter transportation service for local, regional, and inter-regional automobile and truck traffic, averaging 131,500 vehicles1 and 2,579 trucks2 per day. It is also a designated emergency route for the Bay Area3. Within this OLU, US-101 is an 8-lane highway in the western section of TRANSPORTATION the OLU between Marin City in the South and Greenbrae in the north. It is the only major roadway in and out of this OLU. The ramp near Bridgeway is first exposed at 36” TWL, with significant flooding impacts at 48” TWL, when flooding impacts the other access roads and Donahue St and Drake Ave leading into Marin City. SR-1 • SR-1 provides access to west Marin, including National Parks. There are OLU: OLU: RICHARDSON limited roadways connecting West and East Marin, and the next westbound connecting road is at Sir Francis Drake Blvd in San Rafael. It averages 33,000 vehicles per day.4 Within this OLU, it is first exposed at 12” TWL at the junction with US-101. LOCAL ASSESSMENT LOCAL A - 6 • ADAPTING TO RISING TIDES: BAY AREA Manzanita Park & Ride • Located beneath the US-101 in Manzanita, the Manzanita Park & Ride is a key local hub for accessing Golden Gate Transit, Marin Airporter and “tech business” commute buses, regionally significant Muir Woods Shuttle run by Marin Transit, and carpools, which use the US-101. It already frequently floods due to rainfall and King Tides. It would become permanently inundated as early as 12” TWL. Sausalito Ferry Terminal • Shared by Golden Gate Ferry and Blue and Gold Fleet and owned and maintained by the City of Sausalito, this terminal has an average annual ridership of roughly 800,000 (2015-2017).5 This is the fourth highest
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