TO: Napa County Climate Action Committee
FROM: Brian D. Bordona, Director of Planning, Building & Environmental Services
REPORT BY: Jesse Guti?rrez, Principal Planner, Sustainability
SUBJECT: Presentation and Discussion: Napa County Regional Climate Action and Adaptation Plan CEQA Approach Memorandum
RECOMMENDATION
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PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION: FISCAL IMPACT - NAPA COUNTY REGIONAL CLIMATE ACTION AND ADAPTATION PLAN CEQA APPROACH MEMORANDUM
STAFF REQUEST: Receive a presentation from Ascent Environmental and discuss the CEQA approach options and alternatives outlined in the Napa County RCAAP CEQA Approach Memorandum.
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: The proposed action is not a project as defined by 14 California
Code of Regulations 15378 (State CEQA Guidelines) and therefore CEQA is not applicable.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
Ascent Environmental has prepared a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Approach Memorandum (Memo) for the Regional Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (RCAAP). The Memo provides summaries of several types of environmental review and analysis documents and describes why a CEQA environmental review document is recommended for a project such as the RCAAP and various options to accomplish this task.
Staff requests that the CAC review, discuss, and take the memo back to their respective jurisdictions for in-depth discussion with staff, counsel, and agency leadership. A subsequent item will be added to the March 28, 2025, CAC meeting agenda for further discussion and possible action.
Since 2019, all CAC member jurisdictions have demonstrated a commitment to address climate change through regional action and coordination. In the Spring of 2020, Napa County and the local incorporated jurisdictions entered into a Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) with a goal of developing a regional plan to address climate change, reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions, and strengthen community, economic, and environmental resilienc...
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