Join the Conversation: S/CAP Ad Hoc Committee
On Sept. 9, 2021, 73 participants joined Vice Mayor Burt and Council Member Cormack for the Sustainability and Climate Action Plan (S/CAP) Ad Hoc Committee meeting. Read the latest blog to learn more about the September Ad Hoc meeting, which focused on residential building electrification. A re-cap of the inaugural, August S/CAP Ad Hoc Committee Meeting can be found here.
The next Ad Hoc meeting will building electrification – including programs in development, planned goals and key actions related to commercial building electrification, and plans to electrify City buildings - and is Thursday, October 14 from 9 – 11:30 a.m. via Zoom.
Pre-registration is required to view the meeting in real time
October meeting topics are:
- Commercial Building Electrification
- Permitting for all building electrification
- S/CAP Near-term funding and resource options
We welcome your input in advance of the meeting and especially appreciate input on the following questions.
- Other than the goals already proposed (S/CAP Goals and Key Actions), are there other intermediate goals that the City should consider for the non-residential building sector?
- What are some ways that the community can help support non-residential building electrification?
- What are some ways that the City can acknowledge community business leaders who are electrifying their businesses?
You can submit comments and questions to sustainability@cityofpaloalto.org.
Meeting materials will be posted on the S/CAP Ad Hoc Committee page in advance of the meeting.
New Sustainability and Climate Action Survey
In addition to hearing your thoughts about non-residential building electrification, we recently launched an on-line survey to help inform climate and sustainability conversations taking place with the S/CAP Ad Hoc Committee and City Council. We welcome your input through the Sustainability and Climate Action Plan Update Survey.
The survey should take about 5-7 minutes to complete, and we invite you to return to the survey as you learn more through the Ad Hoc Committee meetings. This survey is open through April 2022.
The City of Palo Alto launched an update to the Sustainability and Climate Action Plan (S/CAP) in 2020 to help meet our City's sustainability goals, including our goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2030. The S/CAP Ad Hoc Committee was formed by City Council on April 19, 2021 to guide the development, implementation, communication, and future community engagement of the S/CAP. To watch recordings of previous S/CAP topic webinars and S/CAP Ad Hoc Meetings visit our S/CAP Community Engagement page.
The S/CAP Ad Hoc Committee is not subject to the requirements of the Brown Act. There will not be an agenda packet and minutes will not be taken. However, information about future meetings, including Open Town Hall Surveys, will be posted on our S/CAP Community Engagement page.
Conserve Water and Help Prevent Future Restrictions
With most of California, including the Bay Area and Palo Alto, considered to be in an Extreme and Exceptional Drought phase, we urge community members to act now to conserve water. In under six months, much of California was upgraded to the Exceptional Drought phase. Conserving water is more important than ever to help prevent possible future water restrictions. Find conservation tips, best practices, and permanent water use restrictions here.
One way to conserve valuable water resources is by installing Green Stormwater Infrastructure such as rain barrels, cisterns, rain gardens, and pervious pavement to capture rain runoff from these hard surfaces. The City recently launched a pilot rain barrel program to encourage residents and businesses to purchase high-quality 50-gallon rain barrels that help conserve water and reduce water pollution. This is one way you can conserve water during rainy times. Learn more and order your rain barrel online at rainbarrelprogram.org/paloalto now through Nov. 14, 2021.
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