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Tumwater committee reviews climate resilience subelement, discusses resilience hubs and backup power projects
Summary
City staff reviewed the draft climate resilience subelement of the 2025 comprehensive plan, highlighting projected climate changes, required state elements, resilience hub concepts and near-term projects such as solar-plus-storage feasibility for fire stations and library using Climate Commitment Act funds.
City staff presented the draft climate resilience subelement of the City of Tumwater’s 2025 comprehensive plan at the General Government Committee meeting on March 18, 2025, explaining required state guidance and local adaptation actions and inviting council feedback.
The presentation, led by Alyssa (city planner, presenter), said the resilience subelement is a required component under the Washington State Department of Commerce and House Bill 1181 and focuses on adaptation actions such as weatherizing and hardening homes and infrastructure, protecting habitat connectivity and siting future development in lower-risk areas. “Adaptation [is] the process of adjusting to new climate conditions in order to reduce risks to valued assets,” Alyssa said, adding that “assets includes people.”
The draft uses climate modeling that staff described as a “high emission…
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