Longmont will develop a climate adaptation plan to prepare for the threats to public health from a warmer, changed climate. Apply equity lens to understand communities most impacted and under-resourced.
AR.1Public Health
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Description
Develop a coalition focused on identifying issues and solutions for a warming climate, with a specific focus on the needs of low-income households and residents experiencing homelessness. Topics may include addressing heatwaves and other severe weather events, air quality issues, detection, surveillance and treatment of diseases.
City Sustainability staff completed and is now rolling out an online climate risk and resilience mapping tool to determine climate exposures at a neighborhood scale. Of the five vulnerabilities analyzed so far, extreme heat was identified as the biggest risk to Longmont. The City is using 2024 Boulder County Sustainability tax funding to implement two initiatives to address this issue: 1) The Whole Home Health program addresses extreme heat resilience through energy efficiency, building electrification and health/safety measures; and 2) the implementation of community-driven cooling solutions.
A two year term position has been filled to implement the Whole Home Health program.
The City recently completed a Heat Action Plan to better incorporate heat resilience strategies into sustainability and climate action efforts.
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Tasks
What are we doing?
- 12/31/2024
Climate Risk Mapping Tool – Staff Training and Implementation
- 12/31/2024
Extreme Heat Resilience through Energy Efficiency and Building Electrification
A demonstration program with approximately ten low-income households that combines energy efficiency, housing rehabilitation and building electrification to enhance heat resilience while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and utility cost burden.
What has been done?
- 06/30/2024
Heat Action Plan
- 12/31/2023
Heat Mapping and Community-Driven Cooling Solutions
A consultant-led campaign to determine real-time heat index information across the community and better understand the heat differential between neighborhoods. Once completed, the City will engage stakeholders in conversations about extreme heat and gain a better understanding of experiences and appropriate solutions at the neighborhood scale.
Related actions
- Implementation (Late)
Sustainability PlanBI-3. Develop and implement a process to incorporate social equity into prioritizing infrastructure improvements - Continuous
Envision Longmont4.1. Emergency Operations Plan - Implementation (On time)Envision Longmont4.2. Resilient Community and Neighborhoods Partnerships
- Implementation (Late)Envision Longmont4.5. Update Floodplain Boundaries
- Implementation (On time)Envision Longmont4.6. St. Vrain Creek Floodway and Floodplain Improvements
- Implementation (On time)Envision Longmont4.7. Improve and Rebuild Bridges
- CompletedEnvision Longmont4.9. Older Adult Risk Liaisons
- ContinuousEnvision Longmont4.10. Disaster Response and Preparendess Planning
- Envision Longmont4.11. Public Safety Coordination and Partnerships
- Implementation (On time)Envision Longmont4.14. Grants and Partnerships
- Planning (On time)
Envision Longmont5.3. Sustainable and Resilient Regulations
Summary and contacts
Timeline
7/2021 →
Initiation Period
Responsible organizations
Contact persons
- Lisa KnoblauchSustainability ManagerSustainability
- Adam SandersonEnergy Program CoordinatorLongmont Power & Communications
Information updated 07/18/2024
An initial staff training was conducted in June 2024, with additional support for implementation ongoing.