Peninsula Resilience Planning (PREP)/Safety Element Update Virtual Workshop #3
San Mateo County, Atherton, Belmont, Brisbane, Burlingame, East Palo Alto, Half Moon Bay, Pacifica, and San Bruno are working collaboratively on the Peninsula Resilience Planning (PREP) project. PREP is a project to study how natural hazards and climate change will harm our communities, and to plan for a safer and more resilient future. Understanding climate hazards, preparing for them, and being better able to respond and recover from them helps make our communities safe and resilient. The PREP Project will result in climate change vulnerability assessments and updated General Plan Safety Elements.
We want to hear from community members about potential strategies to address natural hazards such as flooding and sea level rise, wildfire, earthquakes, extreme heat, landslides, and severe weather. Join us at an upcoming virtual workshop on Zoom to review our vulnerability assessment findings and share your thoughts on draft resilience strategies. Community feedback is critical to ensuring the Safety Element addresses priority vulnerabilities and improves community resilience , so we want to hear from you!
The workshop will be held virtually on Zoom, Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM. Please register at this link: https://bit.ly/3Z7DKbO or the QR Code below.
For additional information, please visit https://prepsmc.com/east-palo-alto/# or https://www.cityofepa.org/planning/page/safety-element-update
Public Draft Background Report: https://prepsmc.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/East-Palo-Alto-Background...
Public Draft Vulnerability Assessment Report: https://prepsmc.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/East-Palo-Alto-Vulnerabil...
Staff Contact: Alvin Jen, 650-853-3128, ajen@cityofepa.org
Supporting Documents
Contact Information
1960 Tate Street
East Palo Alto, CA 94303
Ph: 650-853-3189
Email: planning@cityofepa.org
Counter Hours
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 9:00am - 3:45pm (Closed 12:00pm - 1:00pm) Wednesday and Friday virtually and by appointment only
(Please note in order to allow for processing time, the last walk-ins for service are at 11:45 am and 3:45 pm)
Counter staff will be available virtually and by appointment only on Wednesday and Fridays. Staff can be reached at any time and appointments can be made by emailing staff at planning@cityofepa.org or via this link. Planning staff will continue to respond to emails by the following day or the following Monday for inquiries received on Friday.
In the case of more urgent issues or questions tied directly to an existing project, please contact the project planner or call the mainline (650-853-3189) to be routed to the project planner. We thank you for your patience and understanding.
Note: Please drop off all payments/checks attached with relevant application forms in addition to emailing us a copy. Application forms must be attached. Checks without forms attached will not be processed.
All payment for projects will be required to be paid by a check made out to "City of East Palo Alto"
This check will be attached to the planning permit application form and dropped off at a no-contact Drop Box at the address listed above.
Upcoming Events
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05/21/2025 - 6:00pm