7. 25-1645 Public Hearing: Action on a General Plan Amendment to the City's Open Space Element to Add Policies to Address Climate Resilience and Other Co-benefits of Open Space; to Help to Increase Access to Open Space for Everyone; and to Preserve, Enhance, and Expand a Network of Open Spaces.
Plans include Carbon Farming, a set of ag. methods for storing carbon in the soil and biomass, a.k.a. carbon sequestration. This is laudable. However other city plans for covering land with pour-in-place (PIP) rubber or with plastic grass ("artificial turf") do the opposite. Santa Clara should be aligned in its climate resilience activities across all parks & open space. There is an entire CA Coastal Commission document on plastic: http://tiny.cc/CCC_plastic_pollution. Search "carbon" for more.
Plans include Carbon Farming, a set of ag. methods for storing carbon in the soil and biomass, a.k.a. carbon sequestration. This is laudable. However other city plans for covering land with pour-in-place (PIP) rubber or with plastic grass ("artificial turf") do the opposite. Santa Clara should be aligned in its climate resilience activities across all parks & open space. There is an entire CA Coastal Commission document on plastic: http://tiny.cc/CCC_plastic_pollution. Search "carbon" for more.