SAN FRANCISCO BAY-DELTA MODEL STRUCTURE
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
PROJECT LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION
The San Francisco Bay-Delta Model Regional Visitor Center is located in Sausalito, California. Currently the Center welcomes well over 200,000 visitors annually and 60% of them are from schools. The Center fulfills the Corps Strategic Communication goals by providing public and curriculum-based tours, STEM & special events, workshops, and seminars on the Corps' modern missions within the context of the environmental, cultural, and historical issues of the Bay Area. The centerpiece is a 62-year-old historical hydraulic scale model, covering one and one‑half acres, that was once used to reproduce existing and proposed conditions of the San Francisco Bay and Estuary. Exhibits and programs explain the role of the Corps in water-resource developments in the Bay Area and throughout the Nation, technical aspects of the model, and historical significance of the Marin Shipyard during WWII.
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FISCAL YEAR 2022 ALLOCATION:
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$2,048,000
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FY 2023 BUDGET:
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$20,000
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COST TO COMPLETE:
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FY 22 Accomplishments
The Regional Bay Model Visitor Center (BMVC) continues their partnership with Call of the Sea by establishing a memorandum of agreement. Call of the Sea is an educational non-profit that connects people to the sea and maritime traditions. Through the teaching platforms of the 82′ schooner Seaward, and the 132′ brigantine Matthew Turner the group aims increase coastal access and empower people of all backgrounds through experiential and environmental education on the water. Call of the Sea’s occupancy increase STEM opportunities and the recreational use/visitation at the BMVC.
FY 23 Accomplishments (based on the availability of funds)
- The Regional Bay Model Visitor Center (BMVC) plans to execute several utility and infrastructure repairs/upgrades to the building housing the bay model.
ISSUES AND OTHER INFORMATION
- This project received a budgeted utility repair and upgrades project in the FY22 program year with planned execution in FY23.
- Future efforts include upgrading electrical lighting and updating the existing exhibits.
- The Visitor Center has the only hydraulic scale model of the San Francisco Bay in existence and has the unique opportunity to use it as an educational tool for both students and the general public. It is still used by local state universities in testing and verifying computer-model theories.
CONGRESSIONAL INTEREST
- 2nd District, Rep. Jared Huffman
POINT OF CONTACT
- Deputy for Project Management, (415) 503-6593
Updated on 14 February 2023
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