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City of Pleasanton Climate Action Plan, CAP Format, Approach, and Content Attachment 1 throughout the State adopt a strategy to achieve and maintain the State ambient ozone, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide standards by the earliest practable date. In the Bay Area, the BAAQMD is the agency responsible for preparing the strategy to improve air quality. Based on monitoring data collected and compiled by the BAAQMD, the Bay Area is currently not in attainment for ozone (03). In response to legal requirements of the California Clean Air Act, BAAQMD has prepared a series of clean air plans aimed at reducing emissions from stationary and mobile sources. In January 2006, the BAAQMD replaced the 2000 Clean Air Plan with the 2005 Bay Area Ozone Strategy. The state also establishes measures to control additional pollutants including PMIO and PM2.5. City of Pleasanton General Plan 2005 -2025 (adopted 2009). General Plan references AB 32 and SB 375 (below), and also explains the City's own response to climate change. In advance of any specific regional targets or state direction, the City of Pleasanton has taken several steps to address climate change: first, to understand the nature and extent of greenhouse gas production from City operations and from the community; and second, to incorporate greenhouse gas reduction measures into the General Plan. The next step will he to prepare a climate action plan that consists of polices and measures that include existing and future actions capable of meeting local greenhouse -gas- reduction targets. The City will implement, monitor, and report appropriate and achievable components of the proposed action plan. The Climate Action Plan will set a target for greenhouse gas production consistent with AB 32, and will include specific targets for greenhouse gas emission reductions for emissions under the control of the City, will quantify the contributions of existing programs in the General Plan, and will discuss additional measures needed to achieve the City's targets, including exploring the relationship between jobs, available housing, vehicle miles traveled and greenhouse gas production. This General Plan currently includes numerous Goals, Policies, and Programs that, when implemented, will serve to reduce greenhouse gases over "business as usual" levels. These are contained in the Land Use, Circulation, Public Facilities and Community Programs, Conservation and Open Space, Water, Air Quality /Climate Change, Energy, Community Character, and Subregional Planning elements of the General Plan. The programs address climate change and greenhouse gas reduction through multiple approaches including: • A more efficient use of land and other resources; • Measures that encourage alternative means of travel; • Maintenance of the Urban Growth Boundary; See Goals, Policies and Programs listed at the end of Air Quality Section in the General Plan. Final Settlement Agreement. This Settlement Agreement and Covenant Not to Sue ( "Settlement Agreement ") is entered into by and among Plaintiffs URBAN HABITAT PROGRAM and SANDRA DE GREGORIO, Intervenor PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, EX REL. EDMUND G. BROWN JR., ATTORNEY GENERAL and Defendants CITY OF PLEASANTON and CITY COUNCIL OF PLEASANTON. Al -2