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To prepare for potential droughts, coordinate with owners of winter recreation areas and water recreation areas to support the development of recreational activities that are less dependent on snowpack and water levels.

To prepare for sea level rise, update design standards for seawall heights for private landowners.

Prepare geohazard designation mapping. Use these maps to update zoning codes and building regulations.

Preservation of open space in flood prone areas

Preserve undeveloped and vulnerable shoreline.

Prevent building new roads in flood-prone areas.

Prioritize fuel supply routes to mitigate fuel shortage due to outside event.

Prioritize road treatment to streets and sidewalks to increase access to critical facilities (e.g., hospitals, emergency medical services, police and fire stations, food suppliers).

Prioritize the proper function of transit, transportaiton, and mobility access points for socially vulnerable populations before, during, and after climate-related events.

Prioritize urban heat island mitigation strategies in transportation corridors to reduce the impacts of extreme heat on roads (e.g., trees, green roofs for buildings in transportation corridors, painting roofs white to absorb heat and light).

Proactive maintanence of stormwater infrastructure.

Proactively create, protect and restore native vegetation communities and species habitat to provide ecosystem services on local government properties (including parks, open spaces and other public properties).

Promote and leverage existing policies and programs designed to reduce flood risks and economic losses. Promote local mitigation strategy activities and the Federal Emergency Management Agency National Flood Insurance Program Community Rating System.

Promote and support sustainable practices in all areas of the food system. The food economy is an integral contributor to the overall economic vitality of the City.

Promote diverse economic opportunities that are responsive to changes in available natural resources.

Promote drought-tolerant plant species or other landscaping strategies to reduce dependence on irrigation (i.e., xeriscaping).

Promote fire safe landscaping practices for residential and commercial development.

Promote green infrastructure (GI) for residential, commercial and golf course properties. Encourage GI installations such as wetlands, supply canals and lakes, green roofs, rain barrels and trees. GI helps manage stormwater on site, can improve water quality, can help protect coastal areas and offers cooling benefits when it is hot outside.

Promote opportunities for controlled-environment agriculture (e.g., hydroponics, aquaculture) to increase local food production of food that is less energy and water intensive and protected from climate extremes.

Promote regenerative soil building to revitalize soil quality.