Options Database

Establish a fund to maintain or rehabilitate existing flood protection infrastructure such as flood walls, levees and diversions.

Establish long-term governmental agreements with federal, state, local, tribal, nonprofit and private partners to implement aggressive forest thinning, prescribed burning, post-treatment monitoring and invasive weed control.

Establish partnerships to conduct prescribed burns in priority areas and manage forests at an ecologically meaningful scale.

Establish partnerships with agencies, tribal institutions and local fire departments to apply prescribed burns in priority areas and manage forests at an ecologically meaningful scale.

Establish policies and management plans to develop urban forests and incentivize the use of best practices for long-term maintenance and preservation of urban trees.

Establish policies for building rehabilitation programs that limit the percentage of impervious surface — areas covered by impenetrable materials such as asphalt, concrete and rooftops — within developed and re-developed parcels.

Establish post-disaster restoration targets for critical infrastructure.

Establish resilient road design standards to manage sea level rise.

Establish temporary and permanent car-free streets.

Establish a year-round fire crew if one does not exist.

Evaluate and implement slash removal methods that minimize smoke production, such as air curtain burners.

Evaluate and modify traffic patterns to reduce emissions in frontline communities.

Evaluate and pilot smart technologies to manage and monitor stormwater and flooding. One example technology is the use of real-time controls in detention systems across the watershed to manage volumes of water more efficiently. Other examples include and crowdsourced response and recovery and connecting real-time flooding information to mobile apps and other route guidance platforms.

Evaluate and revise land use and zoning codes to mitigate development patterns that concentrate poverty.

Evaluate and test heat absorbing materials on infrastructure such as roads and parking lots.

Evaluate and understand how projects impact economic activity, development opportunities and environmental factors such as air quality, water quality and overall quality of life.

Evaluate City facilities in areas at risk of landslides and floods including the likliehood and consequences of additional climate-related impacts to these properties and identify additional actions to enhance resilience

Evaluate climate-related risks for sludge and biosolids mobility, contamination, storage, and/or processing. Ensure sludge and sewage processing facility placement and design minimize health and environmental contamination risks.

Evaluate critical infrastructure vulnerabilities to the impacts of climate change. Work with regulators to minimize gaps in services. Examples of critical infrastructure includes utilities, schools, critical care and emergency buildings.

Evaluate landscape and stormwater codes for suitability with projected changes in temperature and precipitation. Include an evaluation of how effectively the codes support the development of green infrastructure.