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Mountain View committee reviews draft climate vulnerability assessment, directs staff to pursue integrated resiliency and decarbonization plan
Summary
Sustainability Committee reviewed a draft Climate Vulnerability Assessment highlighting extreme heat, wildfire smoke, flooding and air‑quality risks; members directed staff to pursue an integrated climate strategy and authorized a contract amendment to expand scope and funding.
Mountain View’s Sustainability Committee on Nov. 6 reviewed a draft Climate Vulnerability Assessment (CVA) and voted to direct staff to develop an integrated climate strategy that combines resiliency planning with the city’s decarbonization work.
The committee heard a presentation from Cascadia consultant Celine Fujikawa, who said the CVA was designed “to identify where the climate risks are most significant within the city,” provide a foundation for tailored strategies and support cross‑sector planning. Fujikawa called out four primary hazards for Mountain View — extreme heat, warm nights, intensified rainfall and wildfire smoke — and said projections show the city could face about "23 extreme heat days as well as 78 warm nights per year by late century" compared with the historic baseline.
The assessment maps neighborhoods with overlapping…
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