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7 <br />The City will evaluate OneShoreline's Planning Policy Guidance to identify possible interim <br />adaptation strategies (in the form of General Plan policies, Zoning Ordinance amendments, <br />and/or Municipal Code amendments) that address near-term impacts. <br />The City will continue the Redwood Shores Sea Level Rise Protection Project. <br />The City will continue the Redwood Creek Watershed and Wetland Capacity Study. <br />The City will continue to pursue FEMA approval for construction of the new Bradford Pump <br />Station, which was designed in 2023 to account for projected sea level rise and will be elevated 2 <br />feet above the Base Flood Elevation. <br />The City will continue designing the new Price Pump Station. <br />Pursuant to Public Safety Element Goal PS-7a, which is to “provide adequate and appropriately designed <br />storm drainage and flood control facilities to meet current and future needs and minimize the risk of <br />flooding,” City staff will commence an update to the City’s Stormwater Master Plan in 2026. <br />Natural Resources Element <br />Natural Habitat & Open Space Chapter <br />In 2022, the State enacted SB 1425, which requires local jurisdictions to update their Open Space Element <br />by January 1, 2026, to address: <br />1. Access to open space for all residents in a manner that considers social, economic, and racial <br />equity, correlated with the environmental justice element or environmental justice policies in the <br />general plan, as applicable. <br />2. Climate resilience and other co-benefits of open space, correlated with the safety element. <br />3. Rewilding opportunities, correlated with the land use element. <br />The City already adopted environmental justice policies throughout all elements of its General Plan in <br />2023. Staff is currently drafting amendments to the Natural Resources Element to implement the aspects <br />of SB 1425 related to climate resilience and rewilding opportunities and anticipates bringing them to City <br />Council for consideration by mid-2026. <br />Urban Forest Chapter <br />Pursuant to Goal NR-9 of the Natural Resources Element, which is to “maintain, enhance, and increase <br />the number of trees on both public and private property to provide the maximum benefits of improved <br />air quality, compensate for carbon dioxide production, reduce stormwater runoff, and mitigate the urban <br />heat island effect,” the City will complete its Street Tree Inventory of existing street trees and tree wells <br />in February 2026. Also in 2026, the City will continue to draft updates to its Tree Ordinance as well as <br />related community engagement. <br />Precise/Specific Plan Updates <br />Downtown Precise Plan/Greater Downtown Area Plan <br />The City hired a consultant team in 2024 to support City staff in updating the community vision, objectives, <br />and development standards for Downtown Redwood City and adjacent neighborhoods. This <br />comprehensive planning effort, dubbed the Greater Downtown Area Plan (GDAP), is anticipated to repeal <br />and replace the City’s existing Downtown Precise Plan and will likely be in the form of a specific plan. In <br />2025, the GDAP project team focused on developing a Vision Framework through an extensive community <br />engagement process. In 2026, the project team will develop a Preferred Framework for endorsement by <br />7.A. - Page 62 of 63 <br />69