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BACKGROUND The Beacon Award is sponsored by the California Climate Action Network, a program of the Institute for Local Government, of which the City of Pleasanton is a current member. The program is funded by California utility ratepayers and administered by Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San Diego Gas and Electric Company, Southern California Edison, and Southern California Gas Company under the auspices of the California Public Utilities Commission. To participate, cities and counties must complete and submit an application and: • Adopt a resolution by the governing body committing the City to participate in the program; • Designate a lead staff person as a point of contact; • Prepare, or commit to prepare, a baseline greenhouse gas emission inventory for agency facilities and the community as a whole; • Prepare, or commit to prepare, a climate action plan that includes actions in each of the Best Practice Areas below: o Energy Efficiency and Conservation, o Water and Waste Water Systems, o Green Building, o Waste Reduction and Recycling, o Climate - Friendly Purchasing, o Renewable Energy and Low - Carbon Fuels, o Efficient Transportation, o Land Use and Community Design, o Open Space and Offsetting Carbon Emissions, and o Promoting Community and Individual Action. • Demonstrate compliance with AB 939, the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989; and • Achieve specified measurable greenhouse gas reductions and energy savings in agency facilities, and achieve measurable greenhouse gas reductions and promote energy conservation activities in the community. Category SILVER GOLD PLATINUM Agency facilities and operations: • Greenhouse gas emission reductions 5% 10% 20% • Energy savings from energy 5% 10% 20% efficiency retrofits Community: • Greenhouse gas emission reductions 5% 10% 20% • Activities that promote energy One Two Four efficiency in the community Best practices • Activity(ies) implemented in each of One Two Three the 10 best practices areas Page 2 of 3