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Attachment 3 RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON CERTIFYING AND ADOPTING THE CITY'S CLIMATE ACTION PLAN WHEREAS, the City of Pleasanton is required under AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020; and WHEREAS, in July 2010, City staff, in cooperation with the Committee on Energy and the Environment and assistance from Environmental Science Associates (ESA), the City's consultant, began developing a Climate Action Plan to address the issue of greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction; and WHEREAS, the City of Pleasanton is required under a Settlement Agreement and Covenant Not to Sue by the State of California and others, dated August 2010, to develop and adopt a Climate Action Plan by February 17, 2012, and prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Report; and WHEREAS, the City of Pleasanton has solicited community input and developed a comprehensive Climate Action Plan that meets the requirements of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District's CEQA Guidelines. WHEREAS, the Climate Action Plan provides a roadmap to achieving a more sustainable community. WHEREAS, a Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (SEIR) was prepared for this project, and Resolution 12-493 certifying the SEIR as complete and adequate in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act was adopted by the City Council on January 4, 2012. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER THE FOLLOWING: SECTION 1. The Climate Action Plan shall be qualified and adopted, as prepared. SECTION 2. The Climate Action Plan shall be incorporated by reference into the General Plan Amendment (attached). SECTION 3. City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Pleasanton at a regular meeting held on February 7, 2012. I, Karen Diaz, City Clerk of the City of Pleasanton, California, certify that the foregoing resolution was adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting held on the 7th day of February 2012, by the following vote: Ayes: Noes: