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Belmont planners review draft safety element update with new sea-level-rise and wildfire policies
Summary
City planners and consultants presented a comprehensive draft update to Belmont's safety element, adding sections on sea level rise, emergent groundwater, severe weather and human health hazards and emphasizing implementation actions and regional alignment ahead of public review.
Belmont's Planning Commission on April 21 reviewed a draft update to the city's safety element that adds new sections on climate-related risks and directs staff to a set of implementation actions.
Adrienne Smith, the city's principal planner and project manager on the update, introduced the study session and turned the main presentation over to consultant Eli Crispi of PlaceWorks, who said the safety element is "a required part of the city's general plan. It is required by state law." Crispi said the update responds to recent state requirements to incorporate climate change and to align the safety element with the region's 2021 multi-jurisdictional local hazard mitigation plan.
The draft introduces new sections on climate change impacts, sea level rise and associated emergent groundwater, severe weather and…
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