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City of Pleasanton Climate Action Plan, CAP Format, Approach, and Content The following is a preliminary outline for the Pleasanton CAP: TABLE 1 CITY OF PLEASANTON CAP OUTLINE Chapter Title Notes on Content ES Executive Summary Summarizes Plan goals, objectives, baseline, selected strategies (including summary of GHG reduction projections) and implementation. Includes: • Glossary & List of Acronyms 1. Introduction • Review of climate change science and policy. • Plan goals (broad policies regarding GHG reduction, sustainability, and adaptation). Will include short-term (e.g., 2015), medium -term (2020), General Plan build -out (2025), and long -term (2050) goals. • Plan objectives (numeric targets for GHG reduction and other metrics). Will include short-term, medium -term, General Plan build -out, and long -term objectives. • Discussion of CAP process. • Discussion of how the CAP addresses the terms of the Final Settlement Agreement. • Document organization. 2. Current and Projected • Sources and volumes of GHGs in the base year, based on ICLEI inventory, as Greenhouse Gas Emissions reviewed and revised by ESA. Will include both community and municipal emissions, with as much detail on emissions sources as can be derived from the source data. • Projected sources and volumes of GHGs in 2020 and 2025 assuming business -as- usual conditions. • The projected emissions - reducing impact of state policies and regulations (e.g., Assembly Bill 1493) on business as usual (BAU). • Illustration and discussion of achievement of CAP objectives vs. BAU. 3. Strategies for Achieving CAP This chapter will present, at a conceptual level, strategies for achieving Plan goals and Goals and Objectives objectives for GHG reduction. Strategies will include programs and polices for reducing GHG emissions through changes to land use, transportation, electricity and natural gas use, water supply, waste water management, and sustainable materials management (solid waste). Also included will be a discussion of ways to adapt to climate change. This chapter will specifically identify and describe state policy and Scoping Plan measures that are applicable to the City and that will be incorporated as CAP strategies. This chapter will also identify City and regional programs and policies already in place or planned, including a discussion of SB375 implementation. 4. Land Use and Transportation Each of chapters 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 will include a comparative evaluation and prioritization of strategies for achieving CAP goals and objectives, related to a particular type of strategy for GHG reduction and for adaptation to climate change. The evaluation will include: • Quantification of GHG reduction effectiveness, where relevant; • Description of synergies and co- benefits of strategies; • Score for ease and speed of implementation; • Score for cost vs. benefit. Following prioritization, each selected strategy will be described in detail (approx. 1- page description for each) providing information on strategy design development, implementation, and monitoring. 5. Energy See above. 6. Water and Wastewater See above. 7. Sustainable Materials Mgmt See above 8. Adaptation to Climate Change Adaptation will be covered in a separate chapter, which will identify the main risks from climate change that could be experienced in the City of Pleasanton, and ways to mitigate the specific risks associated with wildfire, human health, agriculture, urban forestry, and water resources. Where applicable, carbon reduction or sequestration co- benefits will be identified. 4