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echoed Ms. Testa's comments that this is really just the beginning of a significant amount of change for most communities. He could support the motion, with reference to the memo identified by staff. MOTION: It was m/s by McGovern/Cook-Kallio to waive full reading and adopt Resolution No 12-497 approving an amendment to the 2005-2025 General Plan to replace Housing Element adopted on April 15, 2003 with an updated Housing Element for the 2007-2014 Planning Period, with reference to the memo identified by staff. Motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmembers Cook-Kallio, McGovern, Sullivan, Thorne, Mayor Hosterman Noes: None Absent: None 2. Continued from February 7, 2012 — P11-0997, City of Pleasanton — Adopt a Climate Action Plan (CAP) and a General Plan Amendment to Incorporate the CAP by reference in the General Plan Air Quality and Climate Change Element Director of Operation Services Daniel Smith introduced members of the Committee on Energy and the Environment, Jeff Katin of ESA, and Laura Ryan, Energy and Sustainability Manager. He stated that the City Council approved a draft CAP in August 2011 after which staff began work on a Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (SEIR) and certain revisions to the plan. Staff received only one comment from the public during the SEIR, which was submitted by Pleasanton Garbage Service and indicated strong support for the CAP and the goals contained within. Following submission of the Draft Climate Action Plan to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, staff received a letter recommending several changes in order to achieve a "qualified" status. A significant portion of the plan calls for community engagement, which the District supported but was more comfortable with moving into the specific areas to which each strategy pertains. The District also felt the document incorrectly included emission reductions from fuel price increases that are projected over the next several years. While the consultant disagreed, the District deemed them allowable only if the City could prove it. Ultimately, staff and the consultant felt this was not worth doing and removed those reductions from the plan. The District further requested minor changes to transportation demand management policies to include more businesses within Pleasanton and to change all land use measures from 'incentivized' to 'required'. He noted that staff and the consultant intentionally elected to withhold certain strategies from the plan in reserve, thereby allowing the City to make the requested changes and still meet the requirements of the plan. Mr. Smith reviewed the following specific changes: • Removed the emissions credit for fuel price increases, equaling approximately 18,700 metric tons; • Transportation Demand Management 2-9: lowered the threshold from any business over 100 employees to commercial developments with 100 employees or more; • EC 1234 and ER 2-2: elements transferred from community engagement into energy efficiency, enabling a credit for those measures already installed and balancing those credits lost as a result of losing the emissions credit; • Water conservation: calculation adjustments to include credits for the local energy required to pump water to users. Councilmember Sullivan said it was his understanding that legislation prohibited the requiring of transportation demand management programs. Mr. Katin said that was not his understanding; that this is a very common type of measure within CAPs, but he would look into the legislation. Mr. Smith reviewed final projections as compared to the draft CAP. Total draft CAP measures equaled 113,000 metric tons, as compared to 117,000 in the revised document. Total reductions in the draft Special Meeting Minutes Page 4 of 7 February 13, 2012