TO: Napa County Climate Action Committee
FROM: Brian D. Bordona, Director of Napa County Planning, Building & Environmental Services
REPORT BY: Jesse Gutiérrez, Principal Planner, Sustainability
SUBJECT: Updates on the Napa Regional Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (RCAAP)
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RECOMMENDATION
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Receive a presentation from Ascent Environmental on the status of the RCAAP and Initial Study/Proposed Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND)
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BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
The RCAAP serves as a roadmap that identifies strategies, measures, and actions that guide the region to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to climate change. Shaped by input from residents, businesses, community organizations, and staff across all six jurisdictions, it supports a more sustainable and resilient Napa County and requires bold and coordinated action across jurisdictional boundaries.
The RCAAP presents regionally-tailored solutions that are representative of the unique environmental, economic, and social characteristics of the county, its cities and town. Additionally, the RCAAP builds upon existing planning efforts and climate change and sustainability initiatives throughout the county (some of which are detailed in Section 1.3 of the RCAAP), and seeks to coordinate and amplify these and future efforts through a unified regional framework.
In May 2023, the Climate Action Committee (CAC) made the preparation of the RCAAP a top priority. Leveraging a California State Appropriations Grant for $500,000, thanks to the office of former California Senator Bill Dodd, Ascent Environmental joined the project team as lead consultant to begin development of the RCAAP. The RCAAP development process was launched in January 2024, and community engagement efforts began that summer. Project outreach began with a community survey and five focused group conversations exploring community needs, gathering perspectives on the impacts of climate change, and experiences in community resiliency. T...
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