Options Database

Designate a full-time position for floodplain management. The position would manage Community Rating System activities, outreach and education, coordinating with surrounding jurisdictions and working with residents.

Designate an individual to regularly report to the Climate Resiliency Task Force on forest health, in order to assist with early identification of wildfire risk, changes to wildlife patterns, dangers to public health and disruptions in recreational opportunities that may affect tourism activities.

Designate public cooling shelters for extreme heat events within municipal and county facilities (e.g., library, community centers) and with partners (e.g., non-profits, faith-based organizations).

Designate public cooling shelters for extreme heat events

Designate the flood zone as green space that can be used for trails and recreation or to augment small scale agriculture or flood water retention.

Determine if alternative, acute-drought solutions, such as trucking potable water to rural users, are adequate given the projected frequency of severe drought events.

Determine frontline communities' access to opportunity of all types, including education, economic health, housing and neighborhood quality, health, natural environment and parks, and mobility and transportation.

Determine the cost sharing structure for capital investment, water rates, ownership, and operation and maintenance, etc.

Determine the economic impact of climate impacts on critical elements of the economy.

Determine the economic impact of water management on critical elements of the economy, including agriculture, tourism and marine industries.

Determine what the thresholds are to indicate when a heat and humidity (heat index) alert may be triggered

Determine where medical needs are (e.g. dialysis) and how to notify public of droughts.

Develop an adaptive management plan to address the long-term impacts of sea level rise.

Develop or adopt safety guidelines for appropriate and safe graywater use. Within the guidelines, encourage the use of captured stormwater for irrigation and other applicable purposes where non-potable water is sufficient. Graywater is the relatively clean wastewater from other uses, such as from washing machines, bathtubs and sinks. Increasing water use efficiency can prevent or alleviate drought impacts.

Develop agreements with Uber and other ride share platform drivers to provide emergency egress and evacuation services to residents and community visitors vulnerable to road access issues.

Develop an air quality mapping program at the neighborhood level.

Develop and adopt a cohesive regional stormwater ordinance. Include baseline best practices and the option for communities to go beyond minimum requirements.

Develop and communicate water-use best practices for agricultural producers in real time to inform plant and animal water needs, improve efficiency and reduce water loss.

Develop and implement a jurisdiction-wide green infrastructure plan that supports vegetation-based stormwater management best practices and strategies for managing urban heat.

Develop and implement localized adaptation strategies for areas of greatest climate-related vulnerability.