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18711 | Address the needs of low-income and other underserved coastal populations that will be highly impacted by climate change. Promote on-the-ground demonstration projects that implement innovative approaches or enhance understanding of effective coastal management strategies and will potentially lead to broader change to policies, regulations, or to duplicating the effort elsewhere. Promote collaboration among various stakeholders and multiple sectors. Establish and expand non-traditional alliances to accelerate effective problem-solving between and among public and private resource managers, scientists, and decision-makers. Reduce GHG emissions or enhance the ability of natural systems to sequester greenhouse gases. Incorporate outreach or educational component. One of the innovative approaches envisioned at DePave Park is floating wetlands in the Seaplane Lagoon. California Department of Fish and Wildlife CDFW awards funding for wetland restoration and greenhouse gas reduction every year. On December 10, 2019, for example, it awarded $11.35 million to seven projects. The Wetlands Restoration for Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program (Program) restores or enhances wetlands and watershed ecosystems to provide essential services to California's people, wildlife, and fish. Wetlands have high carbon sequestration rates that can sequester carbon for decades. There is tremendous opportunity to restore or enhance large areas of mountain meadow, coastal tidal, inland seasonal, and Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta wetlands that do not currently provide the full potential of carbon storage or other benefits due to historical land use. The Program is part of California Climate Investments, a statewide program that puts billions of Cap-and-Trade dollars to work reducing GHG emissions, strengthening the economy, and improving public health and the environment. In conclusion, funds for the implementation of DePave Park are out there for the asking. All we need is the commitment to bring DePave Park into being. It will be of benefit to the environment, to the character and attractiveness of Alameda Point, and to the community as a whole, as we demonstrate with action our dedication to the goals embodied in the Climate Action and Resiliency Plan, of which DePave Park is a part. Thank you, Richard Bangert Photo site: https://www.flickr.com/photos/63740093@N03/ Blog: https://alamedapointenviro.com/ |