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Carbondale trustees review VCAPS update; staff and environmental board plan public meeting on drought and resilience
Summary
A consultant-led update to the town—limate Vulnerability and Assessment (VCAPS) recommended prioritizing water-wise landscaping, wildfire mitigation coordination and public education. Trustees asked the environmental board and staff to prioritize actions the town can implement and to hold a public meeting in late May.
Trustees received an update April 22 on an update to Carbondale's Vulnerability, Consequences and Adaptation Planning Scenarios (VCAPS), a local vulnerability assessment first completed in 2018. Consultant Gwen Garsalan and the town's environmental board presented a condensed, action-oriented update and proposed a community meeting to share recommendations.
Garsalan said the original 2018 VCAPS generated many recommendations but lacked an implementation structure; the update focuses on actions the town can carry out and on coordination with regional partners. She told trustees…
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