Action
Item # Action Item Description Hazard(s) Mitigated
Lead Responsible
for Implementation
Potential Funding
Sources
Expected
Timeline for
Completion Priority
PA-2 San Fransicquito Creek Upper Reach
Flood Reduction and Ecosystem
Restoration Project to widen channel,
improve floodwalls, and replace the
Pope-Chaucer Bridge
Flood, Heavy
Precipitation/Atmospheric River
San Francisquito
Creek Joint
Powers Authority
General Fund,
Hazard Mitigation
Grant Program
(HMGP), Flood
Mitigation
Assistance (FMA)
Short-Term High
PA-3 Newell Creek Bridge replacement
project to accommodate a 100-year
flood event.
Flood, Heavy Rain, High Wind,
Atmospheric River
Public Works -
Engineering
CALTRANS/ Santa
Clara Valley Water
District (SCVWD)
Short-Term High
PA-6 Storm Drain System Replacement and
Rehabilitation to maintain the integrity
of the storm drain system of
deteriorated storm drain infrastructure
to eliminate potential pipeline
blockages that could cause street
flooding
Flood, Heavy Rain, High Wind,
Atmospheric River
Public Works Capital
Improvement
Project (CIP): SD-
06101
Ongoing Medium
PA-7 Recycled Water Pipeline Expansion
Project to expand the recycled water
purple pipeline within South Palo Alto
towards Stanford Research Park.
Drought, Climate Change Utilities –
W/G/W
CIP: WS-07001 Short-Term Medium
PA-8 Continue to maintain good standing and
compliance in the NFIP and improve
Community Rating System Class to
provide higher CRS premium discounts.
Flood, Heavy Rain, High Wind Public Works -
Engineering
General Fund Long-term High
PA-10 Construct new public Safety Building to
mitigate current risks to public safety
essential services.
Earthquake, Terrorism Public Works –
Engineering
CIP: PE-15001 Short-Term High
PA-11 Rebuild Fire Station 4 to reduce impact
from seismic events
Earthquake, Terrorism Public Works –
Engineering
CIP: PE-15003 Short-Term High
PA-13 Replace the Baylands Tide Gate to
reduce flood hazards in the Palo Alto
flood zone.
Flood, Heavy Rain, High Wind,
Atmospheric River, Dam and Levee
Failure, Tsunami
Santa Clara
Valley Water
District
Santa Clara Valley
Water District
funds
Long-term Medium
Action
Item # Action Item Description Hazard(s) Mitigated
Lead Responsible
for Implementation
Potential Funding
Sources
Expected
Timeline for
Completion Priority
PA-15 Implement Wastewater Long-Range
Facilities Plan to improve facilities for
treatment and discharge of waste; and
to improve water recycling
opportunities
Flood, Heavy Rain, High Wind,
Extreme Heat, Earthquake, Sea
Level Rise
Palo Alto Public
Works
CIP: WQ-10001 Ongoing High
PA-19 Install Fiber Optic Service to Black
Mountain Radio Repeater Site to
improve public safety communications
along Skyline Drive.
Earthquake, Heavy
Precipitation/Atmospheric River,
High Wind, Wildfire, Space Weather
Palo Alto Utilities CIP: TBD Short-term Low
PA-21 Construct a second electrical
transmission interconnection to PG&E
using a new corridor to reduce the
single dependency of our connection to
the electric grid.
Wildfire, Power Outage, Heavy
Precipitation / Atmospheric River,
Extreme Heat/Extreme Cold, High
Wind, Space Weather
Utilities –
Electrical
Engineering
CIP, HMGP, Pre-
Disaster Mitigation
(PDM)
Long-Term Medium
PA-27 Address hazardous fuels and reduce
structural ignitability in the Foothills
region in accordance with the
Community Wildfire Protection Plan
and Foothills Fire Management Plan.
Wildfire, Extreme Temperature Community
Services
Department –
Open Spaces
General Fund,
HGMP
Short-Term Medium
PA-29 Consider a policy for Seismic
Retrofitting of earthquake prone
structures.
Earthquake Planning and
Development
Services
General Fund Short-Term Low
PA-32 Conduct public education that raises
awareness of Palo Alto threats and
hazards and improves community
resilience.
All hazards, including Earthquake,
Dam Failure, Flood, Wildfire,
Landslide, Tsunami, Heavy Rain,
High Wind, Extreme Heat, Drought
Palo Alto Office
of Emergency
Services
Staff Time; General
Fund
Ongoing High
PA-36 Where appropriate, support
retrofitting, purchase or relocation of
structures located in high hazard areas
and prioritize those structures that have
experienced repetitive losses.
All hazards, including Earthquake,
Flood, Dam Failure, Heavy Rain,
High Wind, Wildfire
Palo Alto
Development
Services
HMGP, PDM, FMA Short-Term Medium
Action
Item # Action Item Description Hazard(s) Mitigated
Lead Responsible
for Implementation
Potential Funding
Sources
Expected
Timeline for
Completion Priority
PA-37 Integrate the hazard mitigation plan
into other plans, ordinances and
programs that dictate land use
decisions within the community.
All hazards, including Earthquake,
Flood, Dam Failure, Wildfire,
Landslide, Tsunami, Heavy Rain,
High Wind, Extreme Heat, Drought
Palo Alto
Development
Services
Staff Time; General
Fund
Ongoing High
PA-38 Actively participate in the plan
maintenance protocols outlined in
Volume 1 of the hazard mitigation plan.
All hazards Palo Alto Office
of Emergency
Services
Staff Time; General
Fund
Short-Term High
1 Seismic retrofit two existing potable
water storage reservoirs. Foundation
work and anchorage will be retrofitted
along the lower sections of the tank
shell to restrain the tank against uplift,
The tanks have a combined storage
capacity of 2.0 million gallons, and they
are planned to store emergency water
storage for the City of Palo Alto.
Earthquake, Landslide Utilities
Engineering/
WGW
CIP, HMGP,
Building Resilient
Infrastructure and
Communities
(BRIC)
Short-Term High
2 Replace non-seismically restrained
potable water piping in liquification
zones with new fused and fully
restrained piping. 10 miles of
unrestrained pipe within a liquification
zone will be replaced with fused HDPE
piping.
Earthquake Utilities
Engineering/
WGW
CIP, HMGP, BRIC Short-Term Medium
Action
Item # Action Item Description Hazard(s) Mitigated
Lead Responsible
for Implementation
Potential Funding
Sources
Expected
Timeline for
Completion Priority
3 Install two permanent standby
stationary generators at Dahl and Park
Pumping Potable Water Stations. These
stations are located in WUI areas and
service other WUI designated
properties. Power lines are deenergized
during wildfire events and standby
stationary generators will be imperative
to ensure power supply and continued
operation of critical pumping facilities
during a wildfire event.
Earthquake, Wildfire, Power
Outages, High Wind
Utilities
Engineering/
WGW
CIP, HMGP, BRIC Short-Term High
4 Wildfire hardening of critical utilities
infrastructure. This action would
remove and replace the existing roof
and install a new roofing system, soffit,
fascia, and front door with WUI
compliant materials, systems, and
techniques. All vent screens will be
removed and replaced with WUI
compliant mesh. All vegetation within
30-feet of the structures will be
removed and trees limbed for adequate
defensible space around each structure.
There is a total of four structures
located at four different sites, located in
and round the Foothills Nature Preserve
Area in the City of Palo Alto.
Wildfire, Smoke, Air Quality, High
Wind
Utilities
Engineering/
WGW & CPA-OES
CIP, HMGP, BRIC Ongoing Low
Action
Item # Action Item Description Hazard(s) Mitigated
Lead Responsible
for Implementation
Potential Funding
Sources
Expected
Timeline for
Completion Priority
5 Conduct an assessment for
electrification of City facilities to
achieve at least an 80 percent reduction
in current natural gas usage by 2030.
This assessment will provide a schedule,
cost estimate, and timeline of what
facilities this electrification must occur
at to achieve the goals of the SCAP per
this scenario.
Climate Change Public Works
Engineering
CIP, HMGP, BRIC,
Federal Energy
Related Grants
Long-Term Low
6 Apply mitigation techniques to
approximately 11 miles of overhead line
to mitigate the possibility of a wildfire
due to overhead electric lines. This
could include the utilization of more
robust equipment or construction
practices; rerouting to avoid vegetation
and improve access for inspection and
maintenance; or converting the
overhead lines to underground where
feasible.
Wildfire, Smoke, Air Quality, High
Wind
Utilities
Engineering/
Electrical
CIP, HMGP, BRIC,
Cal Fire Wildfire
Mitigation
Short-Term High
7 Study a location of historic seepage
from the Foothills Nature Preserve
Dam. This project will investigate and
monitor the seepage flow by
channelizing seepage flow and
potentially installing weir(s).
Dam-Levee Failure, Earthquake,
Flood, Landslide, Climate Change
Public Works /
Engineering
CIP, HMGP Short-Term High
8 Restore the width and height of the
earthen flood levee between Harbor
Road near the Baylands Interpretive
Center and the perimeter levee of the
airport to six inches above its original
height.
Dam-Levee Failure, Flood, Tsunami,
Climate Change
CSD/Parks and
Open Space
CIP Short-Term Medium
Action
Item # Action Item Description Hazard(s) Mitigated
Lead Responsible
for Implementation
Potential Funding
Sources
Expected
Timeline for
Completion Priority
9 Improve the quality of the tertiary-
treated recycled water by
microfiltration or ultrafiltration
followed by reverse osmosis to reduce
the level of Total Dissolved Solids (TDS).
Drought, Climate Change Public Works/
Environmental
Services
CIP Long-Term Medium
10 Evaluate options for protecting electric
substations from outside vandalism and
intrusion. If necessary, fences and other
protections will be repaired. Security
lighting will be designed and issued for
construction.
Terrorism and Weapons of Mass
Destruction, Active Shooter
Utilities
Engineering/
Electric
CIP, HMGP,
Federal-State
Physical Security
Funding for Utilities
Short-Term Medium