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BACKGROUND The Committee on Energy and Environment has held four public hearings since August 2020 to discuss the CAP 2.0 (i.e., August 5, September 2, October 7, and October 29). The Committee received and reviewed a series of background documents important to understanding the City's current conditions and context for future policy setting. Those included a Baseline Assessment Memorandum with relevant plans, programs, and policies that inform the City's current decisions relating to climate activities; a CAP 1.0 Progress Memorandum that assesses progress implementing the City's 2012 Climate Action Plan actions; and a Climate Vulnerability Assessment (Assessment). The Assessment is included as Attachment 1. The Assessment provides a high-level overview of climate science, climate scenarios, and a summary of biophysical impacts of climate change (e.g., warmer temperatures, drought, water uncertainty, wildfires, etc.). The Assessment includes a framework by which the City's vulnerabilities are assessed by reviewing exposure, sensitivity, risk, and adaptive capacity across the five sectors included (i.e., Energy and Public Infrastructure, Land Use and Transportation, Water Management, Natural Systems and Biodiversity, and Public Health). Further, the Assessment outlines opportunities to enhance climate resilience across these sectors. The opportunities are identified as climate mitigation, ability to enhance adaptive capacity, and/or potential to reduce GHGs. Opportunities to enhance resilience include, among others: improve and diversify energy sources, enhance destination and fast-charging EV-charging stations along transportation routes, enhance green stormwater infrastructure, restore riparian habitat areas, and promote cooling centers to combat warmer summers. These opportunities can be included as actions in the CAP 2.0. In addition to reviewing background documents, the Committee also reviewed a Community Outreach Plan. Although the initial outreach effort was delayed due to COVID-19 (thus delaying the CAP 2.0 completion date), the outreach strategy has been adjusted to account for current limitations and active project outreach began in August. CAP 2.0 outreach is being coordinated with the Public Information Officer and City Manager's office to ensure the messaging is timely and sensitive to other communication priorities. Outreach to date has included community e-newsletter emails, social media (i.e., Facebook, Linkedln, Nextdoor, and Twitter) posts, the Pleasanton Weekly, and email through distribution lists. The Local Leaders of the 21st Century clubs at the local high schools are currently developing videos about various CAP topics that will be shared with the community shortly. Virtual engagement is also available on the project website including a survey to gather initial community feedback. Around 510 responses have been received to date. DISCUSSION The first few steps of preparing the Climate Action Plan 2.0 involves determining the greenhouse gas emission reduction target pathway and setting the framework for the document. The framework includes establishing the document vision, action guiding Page 2 of 10