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Regional climate action draft draws praise and scrutiny; council asks staff to consolidate public concerns
Summary
Staff and a consultant presented the draft Regional Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (RCAP). Consultants said the plan contains about 82 measures and estimated order‑of‑magnitude implementation costs in the hundreds of millions to low billions; public commenters urged additional benefit‑cost analysis and protections against unfunded mandatory
Consultants and staff presented a draft Regional Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (RCAP) prepared for Napa County jurisdictions. The city’s Climate Action Committee representative summarized the plan’s greenhouse‑gas mitigation and adaptation measures and asked the council for feedback during the public comment period.
A senior project director for the plan described the RCAP as a regional roadmap for reducing greenhouse‑gas emissions and increasing resilience. The consultant said the plan includes roughly 82 measures across sectors — buildings, transportation, solid waste, water, agriculture and open space — with a subset of quantifiable measures that would be the main drivers of reductions. "If we do nothing, there will be some…
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