Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Plan Update

2026-11-03

The consultant will formulate a suite of proposed mitigation and adaptation strategies to meet the emissions reduction targets with actions identified across all source sectors ( such as transportation , land use , waste , water , food , materials , etc .) and to enhance climate resilience in the face of sea level rise , extreme weather events , risk of wildfires , heatwaves , etc . The strategies will reflect best practices and case studies of effective approaches followed by similar cities in meeting their climate goals and emissions reduction targets . The strategies will be accompanied by a prioritization matrix that helps evaluate trade - offs among different strategies and helps community and decision makers assess options to reach the GHG reduction targets identified in task 4 . Each strategy should include a detailed description , the department or partner agency responsible , performance measure ( s ), and evaluation criteria including but not limited to greenhouse gases reduced , cost - benefit analysis , ease of implementation , and priority level . Plans and initiatives identified during Task 3 should be incorporated with reference to the source document . The proposed strategies will be presented to the community , stakeholder groups , staff , and decision makers for feedback . This phase of engagement is expected to include community meeting ( s ), interdepartmental meeting ( s ), and a study session each with Planning and Transportation Commission and the City Council . Once feedback is collected on the draft strategies , the Consultant will refine this list into a final set of strategies . Task 5 Deliverables : The consultant team will prepare the following documents / deliverables : 1 . Draft Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies memorandum . Allow for 2 iterations of the memorandum . 2 . Interdepartmental meeting ( s ) with City staff 3 . Meetings with community and stakeholder groups 4 . Planning and Transportation Commission Study Session 5 . City Council Study Session 6 . Final Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies memorandum . Allow for 2 iterations of the memorandum ...

California

2026-03-27