Walnut Creek General Plan Safety Element Update

Walnut Creek General Plan Safety Element Update

The City is proposing to update its existing Safety Element of the General Plan. The Safety Element Update, as part of the Walnut Creek General Plan, would establish goals, policies, and actions that are intended to guide City decision-making related to safety and climate adaptation and resilience strategies. The purpose of the Safety Element goals, policies, and actions is to increase the city’s adaptive capacity to respond to hazards and climate change-related impacts to meet the current and future needs of people living and working in Walnut Creek. The Safety Element assesses existing conditions of potential hazards, health risks, and environmental burdens faced by residents and visitors. The Safety Element Update includes policies related to future development intended to minimize the risk of personal injury, loss of life, property damage, and environmental damage associated with natural and human-made hazards. The Safety Element Update addresses the city’s natural hazards and human activities that may pose a threat to public safety within the following topic areas: • Seismic and Other Geologic Hazards • Flooding • Hazardous Materials • Fire Hazards • Public Safety • Emergency Planning and Preparedness • Climate Adaptation and Resilience • Extreme Heat • Extreme Precipitation • Drought The goals, policies, and actions incorporated in the proposed Safety Element Update would not facilitate the development of new residential, commercial, or industrial uses. The goals, policies, and actions of the Safety Element Update may facilitate new development including construction and installation of new water supply, fire protection, roads, drainage improvements, and other utilities infrastructure, as well as repair of existing facilities. Additionally, the Safety Element Update may facilitate trimming or removal of vegetation and trees throughout the City due to fuel reduction requirements in the Safety Element Update intended to reduce fire risk.

Walnut Creek

Contra Costa

Citywide

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), California State Coastal Conservancy (SCC), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, California Department of Conservation (DOC)

California Department of Conservation (DOC)

Other (General Plan Safety Element Update)

General Plan Element

Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Wildfire