City of Alameda Climate Action, Resilience, and Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update | 1 Mid-Cycle Update
Climate Action & Resilience Plan
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan
March 18, 2025
City of Alameda Climate Action, Resilience, and Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update | 2 Mid-cycle
Holistically evaluate and celebrate our
successes and barriers to progress
Align with recent and ongoing local initiatives
and plans by City and regional agencies
New State laws and initiatives, including 2022
Scoping Plan update
Why Update Now?
www.alamedaca.gov/CARP
www.alamedaca.gov/HazardMitigationPlan
CARP update + inventory: Strategic Plan Project CC1
City of Alameda Climate Action, Resilience, and Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update | 3 • Updated CARP vision and goals to better
capture community values
• 2022 GHG inventory
• Updated GHG mitigation measures, created
GHG Action Plans
• Aligned the resilience component of the
CARP with the Local Hazard Mitigation Plan
(LHMP) update cycle
• Updated the list of Strategies for Location-
Based Priority Flooding
Overview of the CARP Update
City of Alameda Climate Action, Resilience, and Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update | 4 Key Findings 2005-2022
Total Emissions: -29%
Main driver: AMP providing
100% clean energy
Per capita: -31%
Per service population:
-40%
Main driver: AMP providing
100% clean energy
Transportation Emissions:
-25%
Main driver: cleaner vehicles, more
EVs on the road, reduced VMT,
more efficient off-road equipment
Vehicle Miles Traveled:
-6%
Main driver: Pandemic
driving patterns, city mode
shift efforts
Electricity Emissions:
-100%
Main driver: AMP providing
100% clean energy
Natural Gas Emissions:
-6%
Main driver: reduced
residential NG usage
City of Alameda Climate Action, Resilience, and Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update | 5 • 6 Flood risk reduction
• 6 Near-term
• 4 Mid-term
• More information
available in LHMP
Chapter 5
Strategies for
Location-Based
Priority Flooding
City of Alameda Climate Action, Resilience, and Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update | 6 Community Engagement
Stakeholder
meeting 4/18/24
• City Green Team Meetings (6 meetings)
• Key departments/organizations interviews
• Community Survey – April 15 – June 18
• Stakeholder Meetings (8 meetings) April &
August 2024
• Community Popups (Spring Shindig, Bike Fest)
• Community Workshop #1 – June 25
• Sustainability Newsletter ~1,400 recipients
• City Council Workshop – October 15
• Community Workshop #2 – December 18
• Public Review Period – Dec/Jan 2025
• Boards and Commissions – Feb/March 2025
• City Council – March 2025
City of Alameda Climate Action, Resilience, and Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update | 7 • Support for CARP and shared additional existing/ongoing efforts in Alameda and by the community that could be highlighted.
• A few comments refuted the need for the city to take climate action. • Concern about sea level rise and support for strategies to increase community resilience. • Concern about the difficulty of reducing VMT and transitioning to walking and biking modes • Appreciation for consideration of equity in the CARP and desire to see it included in the implementation of CARP strategies.
• General clarification and proofreading comments.
• No comments resulted in major policy changes related to the CARP goals or strategies.
Incorporation of Public Comment into Final Draft
City of Alameda Climate Action, Resilience, and Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update | 8 • Greenhouse gas inventory and CARP update completed
• AMP continues to provide clean electricity to all customers • Launched Alameda Youth Climate Ambassadors
• Pilot program to expand public EV charging across the city • AMP clean transportation and home electrification incentives for customers • First annual Home Electrification Fair in March 2024
• Draft Urban Forest Plan
• Community outreach and Council approved design concepts for three Oakland Alameda Adaptation Committee (OAAC) projects
• Interactive CARP dashboard in development
2024 Accomplishments
City of Alameda Climate Action, Resilience, and Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update | 9 CARP Dashboard Preview
CARP website
landing page
CARP Target and
Metric Dashboards
City of Alameda Climate Action, Resilience, and Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update | 10 • Expand publicly available EV charging infrastructure
• Adopt building electrification policies and building code amendments, as feasible • Continue to hold the annual Home Electrification Fair • Develop a tree canopy protection ordinance to implement the Urban Forest Plan • Develop a long-term Subregional Adaptation Plan and continue to implement priority near-term adaptation projects
• Implement a Citywide basement flooding campaign and related policies • Continue the Alameda Youth Climate Ambassadors program • Continue to implement Active Transportation Plan, Transportation Choices Plan, Zero Waste Implementation Plan and other related plans
2025 - 2030 CARP Priorities
City of Alameda Climate Action, Resilience, and Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update | 11 • Adopt the 2025 Climate Action and Resiliency Plan (CARP) Mid-Cycle Update • Accept the 2024 CARP Annual Report
Will return to Council to request LHMP adoption following CalOES approval Recommendation