The Hayward Area Shoreline Planning Agency (HASPA), established in 1970, is a joint powers agency consisting of representatives from the City of Hayward, East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD), and Hayward Area Recreation and Park District (HARD).
The primary purpose of HASPA is to coordinate agency planning activities and adopt and carry out policies for the improvement of the Hayward Shoreline for future generations. Through the efforts of HASPA and its member agencies, over 3,150 acres have been purchased for public ownership, preserved, restored, or are in the process of being returned to wetlands, marshes, and protected uplands.
The Hayward Regional Shoreline is a low-lying shoreline that is particularly vulnerable to sea level rise. Sea level rise is climate change-induced phenomenon that will inevitably cause flooding and harm to the various recreational, transportation, and ecological assets currently along the Shoreline. While the Shoreline’s eight marshes provide some level of natural flood protection for these assets, including the entrance to the SR 92 and the San Francisco Bay Trail, continually rising sea levels and stronger storm events are already overtaking these barriers two to three times a year. If no adaptation actions are taken, many of the tidal marshes and managed wetlands will be inundated by 2050 and the Bay Trail will be increasingly inaccessible to its thousands of visitors.
To prepare for the rising tides, HASPA has already conducted two vulnerability assessments for the Shoreline and completed a long-range Shoreline Master Plan that will outline adaptation measures to prepare for and mitigate against sea level rise. Measures being considered range from natural solutions, such as wetland restoration, to man-made improvements, such as levees.
Schedule and Past Meetings
HASPA meets quarterly (see 2024 Meeting Schedule); locations and meeting times may vary, check here for updates and upcoming meeting information.
Meeting and Adopted Minutes
*Our video meetings will take you to our Clerk of the Board YouTube Channel.
- October 10, 2024, 3 pm (In-Person and Remote Participation)
- July 11, 2024, 3 pm (In-Person and Remote Participation)
- April 11, 2024 3 pm (In-Person and Remote Participation)
- March 21, 2024, 3 pm (In-Person and Remote Participation)
- February 8, 2024, 3 pm (In-Person and Remote Participation)
- December 7, 2023, 3 pm (In-Person and Remote Participation)
- November 9, 2023, 3 pm (Cancellation Notice)
- October 26, 2023, 3 pm (In-Person and Remote Participation)
- August 10, 2023, 3 pm (In-Person and Remote Participation)
- May 11, 2023, 3 pm (In-Person and Remote Participation)
- April 13, 2023, 3 pm (In-Person and Remote Participation)
- January 20, 2023, 10 am, In-Person tour of Hayward Shoreline (PDF)
- January 12, 2023, 3 pm (Virtual)
- December 8, 2022, 3 pm (Virtual)
- October 13, 2022
- Previously scheduled meeting is cancelled. Public Meeting Notice.
- September 1, 2022
- July 14, 2022:
- Previously scheduled meeting is cancelled. Public Meeting Notice
- June 8, 2022:
- April 14, 2022:
- January 13, 2022:
Inter-Agency Liaison Committee Meetings Agendas
Board of Trustees
- City of Hayward: Councilmember Francisco Zermeno
- East Bay Regional Park District: Dennis Waespi
- Hayward Area Recreation and Park District: Louis Andrade
Questions
Contact HASPA@ebparks.org or Devan Reiff at dreiff@ebparks.org or call 510-544-2325
News Articles
Bay Area City May Surrender Land to the Rising Sea: https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/2021/san-francisco-bay-area-sea-level-rise-2021/hayward
Horizontal Levees On The Rise: https://baynature.org/article/newfangled-horizontal-levees-rise-gently-across-the-bay/
First Mile Horizontal Levee https://www.sfestuary.org/first-mile-horizontal-levee/