CAG Meeting Materials

Community Advisory Group (CAG) Meeting
Providing a community perspective on the Plant Master Plan and serving as a conduit for public input for the residents and businesses in the Plant's eight-city service area.


Date: Wednesday, February 10
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Location: Roosevelt Community Center

Climate change and sea level rise information that will help you prepare include:

1. City of San Jose, Climate Action Plan development: http://www.sanjoseca.gov/clerk/CommitteeAgenda/TE/20091207/TE20091207_d1.pdf is an update memo that details the City’s Climate Action Planning process.
2. The Shoreline Study and Restoration project Web sites contain information on how wetlands and levees will play a role. http://www.southbayrestoration.org/climate/ and http://www.southbayshoreline.org/
3. You can find regional information and inundation maps on the Web site of the Bay Conservation and Development commission http://www.bcdc.ca.gov/planning/climate_change/climate_change.shtml and http://www.bcdc.ca.gov/planning/climate_change/index_map.shtml
4. EPA has recognized the Plant for using green power http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/toplists/top20onsite.htm, which can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.  The EPA Web site also has general information on climate change and effects on the coasts http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/effects/coastal/index.html
5. The Association of Bay Area Governments has several resources on climate change and sea level rise http://www.abag.ca.gov/jointpolicy/Bay%20Area%20Regional%20Agencies%20Climate%20Protection%20Program_files/frame.htm#slide0055.htm and http://www.abag.ca.gov/jointpolicy/JPC%20Sea%20Level%20Rise.pdf

If you have extra time, additional documents are:

http://www.pacinst.org/reports/sea_level_rise/report.pdf: a report by the Pacific Institute on sea level rise in California