September S/CAP Ad Hoc Committee Meeting

Published on September 03, 2021

On August 12, 2021, 86 participants joined the inaugural meeting of the Sustainability and Climate Action Plan (S/CAP) Ad Hoc Committee meeting, which includes Vice Mayor Burt and Council Member Cormack. Read the latest blog to learn more about the Ad Hoc kickoff meeting, their workplan over the next several months, and ways to share input on this important community priority. A summary of the public comments and general responses to recurring themes from the public comments can be found here(PDF, 230KB).

We invite you to join the next S/CAP Ad Hoc Committee meeting, with a focus on residential building electrification, on Thursday, September 9 from 9:00 – 11:30 am via Zoom.

This meeting has concluded. Watch the recording.

September meeting topics are:

Residential Building Electrification Overview(PDF, 223KB), including electrification retrofits, low-income programs, and financing programs
A summary of the Impact Analysis Memo(PDF, 377KB) prepared by the City's Consultant, AECOM
An overview of the revised S/CAP Goals and Key Actions(PDF, 704KB)
A review of the draft Three-Year Work Plan(PDF, 211KB)

We welcome your input on the following topics in advance of the meeting:

In the Residential Building Electrification Overview(PDF, 223KB), we’ve outlined barriers to residential building electrification. What are your top three barriers?
Does our draft Three-Year Work Plan(PDF, 211KB) address those barriers?
What should the City’s top three priorities be for advancing residential building electrification?

You can submit comments and questions to sustainability@paloalto.gov.

The City of Palo Alto launched an update to the Sustainability and Climate Action Plan (S/CAP) in 2020 to help meet our City's sustainability goals, including our goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2030. The S/CAP Ad Hoc Committee was formed by City Council on April 19, 2021 to guide the development, implementation, communication, and future community engagement of the S/CAP. To watch recordings of previous S/CAP topic webinars and S/CAP Ad Hoc Meetings visit our S/CAP Community Engagement page.

The S/CAP Ad Hoc Committee is not subject to the requirements of the Brown Act. There will not be an agenda packet and minutes will not be taken. However, information about future meetings, including Open Town Hall Surveys, will be posted on our S/CAP Community Engagement page.