TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Talyn Mirzakhanian, City Manager
FROM:
Michael Codron, Interim Community Development Director
Britny Coker-Moen, Environmental Programs Administrator
SUBJECT:Title
Consideration of a Resolution Adopting a Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP) (No Budget Impact) (Interim Community Development Director Codron.)
(Estimated Time: 1 Hr. 30 Mins.)
ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 25-0034
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 25-0034, adopting a Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP), which will provide a set of recommended programs and initiatives to reduce the City's energy consumption and carbon footprint in accordance with the State's greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets. Any program implementation will be brought back to City Council for approval.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
A core mission of the City is to ensure a healthy, sustainable, and resilient community. This has been established with the City's rich history of environmental leadership and with advancements over the past 15 years. The City has tackled numerous environmental issues that range from plastic pollution to urban sustainability. Now, the City faces a range of challenges related to climate change impacts that include, but are not limited to, more extreme heat events, sea level rise, flooding, worsening air quality, and drought.
Environmental Science Associates (ESA) and staff have prepared a Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP), which establishes specific goals to continue setting a precedent for best practices in sustainability and to better prepare the City for the impacts of climate change. The CAAP is intended to serve as a guiding policy document to provide direction to City Council on future decisions and projects to help the City reach its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions goals in alignment with State and regional ...
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