The Climate Action and Adaptation Plan was officially adopted on August 20, 2024!

Review the CAAP here which covers the following sectors:

Cornerstone  Building Energy  Transportation Solid Waste Water  Carbon Sequestration City Infrastructure and Operations City Goverance  Climate Adaptation

Some key actions to acheive the Cornerstone measure are:

• Economic development to attract green and clean energy businesses
• Green workforce development in climate industries
• Pinole businesses' participation in the County's Green Business program
• Green technology incubator development
• And more!

Some key actions to achieve the Building Energy measures are:

• Adoption of a single margin source energy code/more stringent ordinance to avoid new gas infrastructure
• Electrification infrastructure and capacity feasibility study
• Building decarbonization workforce development
• Increased account enrollment in MCE's Deep Green option
• Adoption of  a reach code requiring central A/C installation be a two-way cooling and heating unit
• Virtual all-electric building resource center creation
• Barriers and financing options assessment
• Building performance standard program development
• And more!

Some key actions to achieve the Transportation measures (pp. 42-56) are:

• Continued development of the City's Active Transportation Plan
• Expansion of existing rebate programs for active transportation modes and gear
• E-bike rental program pilot
• Optimization of public transit routes and transit route times
• Improvement of bus shelters
• Adoption of an ordinance to require a transportation demand management plan of all employers with 25+ employees
• Adoption of EV reach codes for commercial and multi-family EV charging infrastructure
• Off-road equipment decarbonization
• And more!

Some key actions to achieve the Solid Waste measures (pp. 57-68) are:

• Education of high organic generation commercial accounts 
• Establishment of neighborhood swap meets through Resource Recovery Day
• Increased food and prepared meals recovery to food banks
• Comprehensive organics collection outreach program
• Refill pop-ups at local community events
• Creation of a Terracycle collections program for unconvential recycable materials
• Performance disincentives for non-compliance with construction and demolition materials
• And more!

Some key actions to achieve the Water measures (pp. 69-73) are:

• Adoption of a Water Conservation and Water Shortage Contingency Program Ordinance
• Dual Drainage Plumbing feasibility study and ordinance adoption
• Recycled water feasibility study
• Laundry-to-Landscape greywater outreach campaign
• And more!

Some key actions to achieve the Carbon Sequestration measures (pp. 74-79) are:

• Adoption of a Strategic Tree Plan to inform a Community Urban Forest Plan
• Municipal Code amendment to include street tree requirements
• Development of a City incentive program for new tree planting on private properties
• Blue carbon ecosystem resotration and expansion
• Concrete carbon sequestration
• And more!

Some key actions to achieve the Carbon City Infrastructure & Operations measures (pp. 80-94) are:

• Adoption of an electrification ordinance for new construction
• Completion of a Municipal Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Plan
• Adoption of an emissions-free equipment purchasing policy
• Development of a municipal transportation demand management plan
• Development of a schedule of water efficiency improvements
• Performance of a waste audit every two years
• Sea level rise preparedness
• And more!

Some key actions to achieve the City Governance measures (pp. 95-99) are:

• Identification of Climate Coordinators in each City department
• Conduction of annual Staff surveys to implement and monitor progress
• Performance of a community GHG inventory every two years and a municipal inventory every 5 years
• Reporting of CAP progress on the publicly accessible reporting tool, CAPDash
• And more!

Some key actions to achieve the Climate Adaptation measures (pp. 106-124) are:

• Assessment of pime locations for resilience centers with backup battery storage
• Preparation of emergency preparedness and evacuation communications in multiple translations
• Assessment of shelters for climate displaced residents
• Identification of flood mitigation actions
• Conduction of a shoreline stabilization study
• Mapping of the urban heat island effect and mitigation via reflective paint murals
• Preparation and adoption of a Vegetation Management Plan for high fire risk areas
• And more!