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ATTACHMENT 5 P11-0997, City of Pleasanton Recommend approval to the City Council of an amendment to the City of Pleasanton General Plan Air Quality and Climate Change Element to adopt a Climate Action Plan by reference. Ms. Stern stated that Daniel Smith, Operations Services Director, will be presenting the staff report regarding the Climate Action Plan. She indicated that what the Planning Commission is specifically being asked to do tonight is to consider a General Plan Amendment to the City of Pleasanton General Plan Air Quality and Climate Change Element to adopt a Climate Action Plan by reference. She advised that the proposed wording changes are contained in Exhibit B of the staff report. Daniel Smith stated that similar to the Housing Element, the Climate Action Plan (CAP) is close to the finish line and getting ready to go back to Council with the final draft. He noted that there really have not been many technical changes in this Plan, which is the final formatted version, from when the Commission first considered in as a draft. He added that the changes are more cosmetic, and his goal tonight is not to go back through what he went through with the Commission the last time, but specifically to identify what the changes are before the Commission makes its recommendation to the City Council. Chair Pentin noted that he does not see a copy of the Plan in any of the Commissioners' hands and, therefore, thinks that all the Commissioners have agreed to the pdf version online. He stated that he thinks this is a good step in the right direction for the CAP and thanked the Commissioners for that. Mr. Smith started with an overview of what he wanted to talk about tonight. He stated that during the Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (SEIR) process, the draft CAP went to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) for its review and, as a good regulator, came back with a comment letter asking the City to do more than what was in the Plan. He noted that staff had been working closely with the District and with its representatives, made some CAP adjustments. Mr. Smith then proceeded to give a summary of the BAAQMD comments and the changes made to the Plan. He noted that staff had anticipated that the District may ask to revise or strengthen some of the things that were in the Plan, and staff had saved some elements that were not included in the Plan in the event that this occurred. He stated that the District asked for four revisions: 1. Distribute the potential greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions from Community Engagement to the appropriate sector. Quite a few of the elements were included in outreach and education, and the District felt more comfortable about putting them in more of the traditional categories, even though it felt the scientific backup was credible and the strategies viable. DRAFT EXCERPT: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, 1/11/2012 Page 1 of 4