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SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE

Meeting Date:	03/20/2023
Subject: Receive Report from Sustainability Coordinator
Submitted For:	Jody London, Sustainability Coordinator
Department:	Conservation & Development
Referral No.:
Referral Name:	RECEIVE REPORT from Sustainability Coordinator. (Jody London, Department of Conservation and Development - Sustainability)
Presenter:	Jody London, Sustainability Coordinator	Contact:	Jody London, 925-655-2815

Information

Referral History:

This is a standing item of the Sustainability Committee.

Referral Update:

Key activities since the Sustainability Committee's meeting on February 17, 2023, are listed below.

DCD Sustainability Staff

Sustainability staff organized and hosted the Q1 2023 meeting of the Sustainability Exchange on February 22, 2023. The topic was federal funding opportunities and how to pursue grant opportunities. a tool that can be used to identify and begin preparing for grant opportunities.
Staff is working to submit a FY 2024 Community Project Funding request to the County’s congressional delegation for submission to the federal Appropriations Committees in the House of Representatives and the Senate. This request seeks partial funding of the Contra Costa County Sea Level Rise Adaptation Plan.
Staff is working with a coalition of local governments and CivicWell to secure passage of SB 511, a priority in the County’s State legislative platform that would require the California Air Resources Board to prepare inventories of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for use by cities and counties to use in the preparation of Climate Action Plans (CAPs) and to prioritize the use of funding and resources to achieve optimal reductions of GHG emissions in local communities.
The Healthy Lands, Healthy People carbon sequestration feasibility study is going to be delayed a few months while staff and consultants revise some of the analysis to update faulty assumptions in a dataset maintained by the State.
Climate Emergency Resolution:
- Just Transition. The County is preparing to receive a $750,000 Community Project Funding grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to support the development of a Just Transition Economic Revitalization Plan.
- Interdepartmental Climate Action Task Force. The Task Force met on Feb. 21, in preparation for its semi-annual update to the Board of Supervisors on March 21.

Public Works

Public Works continues implementation of the Vision Zero Action Plan and the Active Transportation Plan adopted by the Board of Supervisors. Public Works has submitted a number of grant applications for projects that meet goals of the County’s Active Transportation and Vision Zero policies. Two Active Transportation Program (ATP) grant applications were awarded to install two-way cycle tracks within Impacted Communities (physically separated cycle tracks that allow bicycle movement in both directions on one side of the road). The County received $14.4M in ATP funding. The first project is the North Bailey Active Transportation Project that is located on Bailey Road between the SR4 westbound onramp and Willow Pass Road. This project won ATP Cycle 5 funding and is presently in Design and is expected to be constructed in 2026. The second project is the Pacifica Avenue Safe Routes to School Project, which runs from Port Chicago Highway to Driftwood Drive. This project just won Cycle 6 ATP funding and is expected to be constructed around 2027. Award of the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) grant applications to further the Vision Zero Action Plan
were announced on March 10. The County received $4.7M in HSIP funding for the following projects: Countywide Guardrail Upgrades – Phase 2, Appian Way at Fran Way Pedestrian Crosswalk Enhancements, Walnut Boulevard Bike Safety Improvements, Byron Highway Safety Improvements, Vasco Road Safety Improvements, and Deer Valley Road Traffic Safety Improvements.
Public Works has been continuing to pursue opportunities to install bikeways after surface treatment of roadways through reconfiguration of roadway striping. See attached photos of the revamped Blum Road in Martinez. The County plans to install bikeways as part of the 2023 Surface Treatment project along Kevin Drive in Bay Point and along Jones Road, Las Juntas Road, and Walden Road near the Contra Costa Centre.

Ongoing

Staff participated in professional learning opportunities regarding environmental justice, carbon sequestration, climate resilience, communication and facilitation strategies, race and equity, and related.
Staff participated in regional activities.

Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):

RECEIVE REPORT from Sustainability Coordinator.

Fiscal Impact (if any):

N/A

Attachments
Awarded Transportation Infrastructure Projects 2018-Present