Public Comment
January 22, 2026
RCEA Board of Directors
Regular Meeting
From: Colin Fiske
To: Public Comment
Cc: Beth Burks
Subject: Agenda Item 13.4: Regional Climate Action Plan Implementation Date: Tuesday, January 20, 2026 7:57:08 PM
RCEA Board Members,
CRTP encourages you to approve staff's request to further explore the possibility of RCEA coordinating implementation of the Regional Climate Action Plan (RCAP)..
The decision facing the region is whether RCEA or HCAOG should coordinate RCAP implementation. In taking on this role, either agency would be required to take the lead on some issues which have not historically been at the center of their work. For HCAOG, those new topics would include things like zero-emission vehicles and building electrification. For RCEA, those new topics would include things like land use regulation and reducing vehicle miles traveled. Nevertheless, as your staff report points out, all these topics are well within the bounds of RCEA's existing JPA, and many of them are already addressed in the RePower Humboldt strategic plan.
HCAOG has done valuable work developing proposals for the Regional Climate Committee and the Regional Climate Manager. However, this work is mostly transferable should RCEA take on the role instead.
It may very well turn out upon further exploration that RCEA is the best home for RCAP implementation. The region deserves RCEA to seriously consider taking on this crucially important role.
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Colin Fiske (he/him)
Executive Director
CRTP - Coalition for Responsible Transportation Priorities www.transportationpriorities.org
13.4: Regional Climate Action Plan Implementation