Half Moon Bay Presents the First Draft of the 2023 Climate Action and Adaptation Plan; A Roadmap for New Programs, Services and Policies

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VIDEO. From the Half Moon Bay City Council meeting on Tuesday, October 17th, 2023 at 7:00pm, as a hybrid meeting.

 


 

Draft Climate Action Plan (CAAP) Phase 1

The City of Half Moon Bay is pleased to present its first draft of the Climate Action and Adaptation Plans (CAP). This CAP is designed to be a blueprint of our community’s response to challenges posed by climate change and is a living document that reflects the ongoing efforts and challenges our community faces as the impacts from climate change grow more frequent, severe, and urgent.

 

Our city cannot solve the climate crisis alone. Phase 1 of the Climate Action and Adaptation Plan documents how Half Moon Bay plans to collaborate with our partners in county, state, and federal governments, along with community organizations and local businesses to assist in reaching State climate goals.

 

This draft is focused on Climate Action, or a roadmap to create new programs, services, and policies that will support our community in taking actions that reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

 

Once Phase 1 is complete, a second complimentary plan (Phase 2) will be published focused on Climate Adaptation, or responding and preparing for the impacts of climate change.

August 2023 Public Draft (PDF)

 

The August 2023 draft includes changes to the City’s approach related to industrial natural gas emissions and clarify some suggested measures related to residential natural gas emission reduction strategies.

 

Phase 1 of the CAAP is planned discussed at the City Council Meeting on October 17th, 2023.

 


 

A summary of previous outreach events and supplemental materials are below:

2019 Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory Workshop

November 3, 2022 at Half Moon Bay Library

Presentation

Climate Change Workshop Series with San Mateo County Office of Sustainability

Thank you to everyone who attended our Climate Workshops in October 2020!

We received a lot of valuable feedback from over 230 attendees from our October Workshops. Based on the feedback received, you may be interested in the following resources:

 

 

Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP) Outreach Pilot Project

In the fall of 2019, The City of Half Moon Bay received a $60,000 grant from the County of San Mateo Office of Sustainability to complete the CAAP outreach pilot project. The City partnered with local community organizations to conduct climate change education and outreach to under- and unrepresented communities within Half Moon Bay. The city worked with Latinos, seniors and the youth by partnering with three community based organizations (Ayudando Latinos A Soñar (ALAS)Senior Coastsiders, and Youth Leadership Institute (YLI) ) to hold 17 events in September – December of 2019. These events included movie screenings, surveys, workshops, murals and VR simulations to and gain valuable insight on the climate change concerns of these populations.

 

All three community-based organizations presented their findings and recommendations to City Council at the January 21, 2020 meeting. The City of Half Moon Bay plans to continue this valuable outreach and will be incorporating their findings in their upcoming Climate Action and Adaptation Report.

 

Review the final pilot report.

 

 


 

City Council of Half Moon Bay meets ~ 1st and 3rd Tuesdays at 7:00pm

 

The City Council of Half Moon Bay is the City’s governing body, and consists of five elected members. The Council sets priorities and policies, makes final decisions on all major City matters, adopts ordinances and resolutions, appoints the City Manager and City Attorney, and approves the annual budget.

City Council members are elected at-large to four-year, overlapping terms. There are no term limits in Half Moon Bay. The City Council selects one of its members to serve as Mayor and one to serve as Vice Mayor, on an annual basis.

The Half Moon Bay City Council typically meets on the first and third Tuesday of each month starting at 7 pm at the Ted Adcock Community Center, 535 Kelly Avenue.

Watch streaming, or the Pacifica Coast TV video, that we will post. Stay tuned!
The meeting will be held at the Adcock Community Center for any members of the public who wish to speak in person, though we do encourage all members to participate remotely.
The meeting will be:

Members or the public are welcome to submit comments (in accordance with the three-minute per speaker limit) via email

to [email protected] prior to or during the meeting, via Facebook live during the meeting, and via two phone lines during the meeting – (650) 477-4963 (English) and (650) 445-3090 (Spanish).
The City Clerk will read all comments into the record.

Half Moon Bay City Council member’s Contact

  1. Deborah Penrose

    Mayor
    Phone: 650-726-8250 (leave message with Clerk’s office)
  2. Joaquin Jimenez

    Vice Mayor
    Phone: 650-726-8250 (leave message with Clerk’s office)
  3. Debbie Ruddock

    Councilmember
    Phone: 650-726-8250 (leave message with Clerk’s office)
  4. Robert Brownstone

    Councilmember
    Phone: 650-726-8250 (leave message with Clerk’s office)
  5. Harvey Rarback

    Councilmember
    Phone: 650-726-8250 (leave message with Clerk’s office)
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