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Require floodproofing as a condition of a certificate of occupancy for structures in the floodplain, for example, when renovation costs are 25% of the value of building.

Require higher stormwater treatment design standards for water quality related to outputs and surface water assets.

Require hydrologic matching before and after new developments for commercial properties.

Require or incentivize additional stormwater detention efforts (e.g., green streets, swales, underground storage tanks).

Require increased buffers and stream flooding capacity for stream restoration projects.

Require new public facilities to be located outside of areas susceptible to sea level rise and increased coastal flooding.

Require that all critical public facilities be built at least three feet above the base flood elevation or above the 500-year floodplain.

Require that all publicly funded properties be energy efficient.

Require that new development develop a transportation access plan to ensure that are multiple ingresses and egresses.

Require that public facilities have open or deep foundations to avoid erosion and scour and to resist higher wind speeds.

Require the planting of vegetation with strong root systems following a wildfire as a condition for program financing.

Require the use of Open Space Residential Design or Conservation Subdivision regulations for any residential subdivision.

Require the use of solar power and battery storage – either on individual units or as a community installation – on new affordable housing developments to help residents reduce energy bills as extreme heat becomes more frequent in summer months.

Require the use of tree species that will persist for an expected lifetime, given shifting habitat projections.

Require, through a brush ordinance, property construction and maintenance for “defensible space.”

Require transportation access plan agreements for all large developments.

Research ways of protecting pollinators from changing seasons, extreme heat.

Restore and conserve land and corridors identified as newly suitable for habitats and species of concern. Restore and conserve corridors between current habitat and future newly suitable lands.

Restore and conserve land and water identified as newly suitable for habitats and species of concern.

Restore degraded ecosystems to a “climate-smart” condition that enhances the natural adaptive capacity of biological communities and allows for a healthy and functioning biological community both now and in the future.