Metro - File #: 2019-0489

• File #: 2019-0489
• Type: Plan
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 6/10/2019
• In control: Executive Management Committee
• On agenda: 7/18/2019
• Title: ADOPT the Metro Climate Action and Adaptation Plan.
• Sponsors: Executive Management Committee
• Indexes: Annual reports, Barriers (Roads), Budgeting, California Environmental Quality Act, Construction, Maintenance practices, Measure M, Measure R, Metro Climate Action and Adaptation Plan, Metro Divisions, Metro Vision 2028 Plan, Mitigation, Operations and Maintenance, Partnerships, Plan, Procurement, Rolling stock, Safety, Service disruption, Strategic planning, Surveys, Switches (Electricity), Switches (Railroads), Switching, Transit System, Weather and climate, Zero Emissions
• Related files: 2019-0600

Meeting_Body
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
JULY 18, 2019

Subject
SUBJECT: METRO CLIMATE ACTION AND ADAPTATION PLAN

Action
ACTION: ADOPT PLAN

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
ADOPT the Metro Climate Action and Adaptation Plan.

Issue
ISSUE

In 2012, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) released the Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP), establishing a framework for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and building the agency's resilience to the effects of climate change. The 2012 CAAP needs to be updated to reflect the current state of science and policy regulations and to conform to LA Metro's commitments under Measure R, Measure M and acceleration of the completion of 28 projects by 2028.

Background
BACKGROUND

Metro's 2012 CAAP established a framework for reducing our greenhouse gas emissions and building resilience to minimize the impacts of climate change. Metro has worked to embed climate action into systems, assets and operations to create a resilient and forward-thinking Agency prepared for a changing future since 2012.
Metro is at the forefront of implementing visionary climate impact reducing strategies. Our projects and activities have been cited in recommended practice and best practice reports produced by the American Public Transportation Association, the Transportation Research Board, and most recently by the State of California in the report Paying It Forward: The Path Toward Climate-Safe Infrastructure In California http://resources.ca.gov/climate/climate-safe-infrastructure-working-group/). Metro staff has been actively involved in all of these activities. But these are not enough.
Metro has accomplished much in climate impact reducing programs and infrastructure since the 2012 CAAP was released. Staff believes that more ambitious goals for the near and long term developed through this 2012 CAAP update process will ensure that the assets we currently have and that we are building through the Measure ...