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Larkspur climate action forum finalizes five priorities, asks council to greenlight implementation planning
Summary
The Climate Action Forum finalized five priority action areas and will ask Larkspur City Council to direct staff to develop measurable implementation plans and metrics; staff will return to CAF with feasibility assessments and suggested timelines.
The Larkspur Climate Action Forum voted to present five prioritized climate actions to the City Council and asked staff to develop implementation plans with measurable baselines and timelines.
"We have just hit our one-year mark. So we are just in time to deliver a set of priorities to council," said Sarah Margules, a Larkspur city council member who serves as the forum liaison. Members said the timing aligns with the city's upcoming budget work for fiscal year 2026–27 and should increase the chances of resourcing key items.
The priorities were distilled from the city’s 2030 climate action plan, the regional EV acceleration and adoption roadmap, and the Marin Countywide building electrification roadmap. Forum members reviewed a concise Microsoft Word summary intended for council and a companion spreadsheet meant to function as a public dashboard and progress tracker.
Dan Schwarz, acting city manager staff, told the group the documents were created to be "reachable and attainable by the city," and said staff would take the list back to determine which actions can be delivered directly by city departments and which are aspirational and depend on external partners or broader incentives.
Members asked staff to populate baselines where possible (for example, the number of electric vehicles in the municipal fleet) and to propose quantifiable metrics the city could report on. CAF members also requested that staff indicate items that require additional city resources or council-level decisions.
Several participants urged clarity about the document’s purpose. "Present this as a working document," one member said, urging council and staff to treat the priorities as living guidance rather than a fixed ordinance. Forum members agreed the council should be asked next week to bless the priorities and direct staff to return with implementation details.
The group also discussed how CAF could support outreach and amplification for priority items that rely on resident or private-sector participation, such as landlord engagement on multifamily EV access. Katie (committee member) urged the forum to balance ambition with operational feasibility so staff can implement high-impact items efficiently.
Next steps: CAF will take the priorities to the City Council and ask for direction; staff will review the action list, identify feasible, measurable steps and reasonable timelines, and report back to CAF at a special meeting planned for May (or as soon as staff can prepare). The forum agreed to present the materials to council as a working/package document and to reconvene with staff recommendations before moving into any budget or ordinance requests.
