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revision is that when after the Draft was done, the BAAQMD gave recommendations on some changes on the Plan. Mr. Smith then presented the Strategy Summary of what the City gets. He indicated that the community engagement has been changed and integrated more into the energy program because if the community engagement can be tracked through the energy program. He noted the three real big strategies: land use and transportation is about 25 percent; community engagement is 37 percent, which raises up the energy part quite a bit; and solid waste at 26 percent. Commissioner Olson inquired why water and wastewater are so low. Mr. Smith replied that comparatively, even though we need to be conserve water and use recycled water as a source, water and wastewater do not produce a lot of GHG in actual metric tons of CO. He indicated that the City has spent the last 12 years making 2 this process very efficient, so the efficiencies gained from this are very small. He noted that in connection with climate change, this is one of the biggest issues the City is facing in addition to GHG. He stated that another law, SBX 7-7, requires us to use 20 percent less water by 2020. He indicated that past ten years is 244 gallons, and by 2020, this must be down to 195 gallons per capita per day. He noted that everything we build and add to Pleasanton gets added to that total, and the more we expand, the more difficult it will be to get down to that number. He added that the really bad news is that the State goal for this area is 145 gallons per capita per day, and as it gets worse, the amount of water we will have available to us is less and less. He stated that one of the things the City is working on to help this is the recycled water project, for which the City has received a $250,000 grant to start over the next 4 months; however, while this will help us a lot, it will not get us all the way there. With regard to land use and transportation, Mr. Smith stated that 55 percent of the GHGs produced in the City come from vehicle transportation. He indicated that this is the most important part and also something the City has the least control over. He noted that the big challenge is to tell people they have to get out of their car and change that behavior; but some potential in-roads can be made through land use. Mr. Smith stated that the City also needs to reduce municipal community energy use and increase renewable energy. He noted that the City has done a lot of solar municipal projects and will do many more programs, one of which is the community energy rebate program for both commercial and residential, where a 2 KW solar installation on a house, with tax rebates and other rebates, would cost $991 to install. He indicated that this is one of the best programs the City has and will help reach some of these goals. Mr. Smith stated that the City has a zero waste goal for the community by 2025. He noted that reducing methane achieves more than reducing CO, and a huge amount of 2 GHG reduction that can be achieved by recycling more and not adding to the land fill. He added that Pleasanton has done several programs to address this. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, October 17, 2011 Page 30 of 36