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: RCAAP CEQA review and Next Steps
RECOMMENDATION
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DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION: RCAAP CEQA Review and Next Steps
STAFF REQUEST: Receive a presentation on the planned approach by the All Jurisdictions Working Group regarding the Administrative Draft and direct staff and Ascent to commence the CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) review process immediately.
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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
At the April 25, 2025 CAC meeting, Staff provided an overview of the internal review process of the Administrative Draft RCAAP (Administrative Draft) that would be initiated on the part of the All Jurisdictions Working Group (AJWG) [Napa County - File #: 25-683]. Staff reiterated the Administrative Draft will summarize the findings reported in the various technical memoranda and the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions reduction measures and the climate adaptation measures developed from them over the past several months, and that all memos and measures have been previously presented to the CAC members and vetted by the project team and staff from jurisdiction agencies. In addition, the Administrative Draft will include chapters on GHG Emissions, Climate Change Vulnerability, GHG Measures, Adaptation Measures, Plan Implementation & Monitoring, an Executive Summary, and Appendices. Ultimately, the purpose and intent of the internal review of the Administrative Draft was for staff to review and refine the document internally, at the administrative/staff level, before becoming a "public" draft.
During the review of the Administrative Draft by the AJWG and following related discussions...
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