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principles, action co-benefits, and action selection criteria. To guide the next steps of the process, staff is seeking City Council policy direction on these items before moving forward with CAP 2.0 action selection. GHG Emission Reduction Target Pathway In the CAP 2.0, the City will establish future GHG emission reduction targets for emissions in Pleasanton. Those targets will create a trajectory (a target pathway), that identifies the City's pathway to reach the emission targets by the target years (e.g., 2030 and 2045). The actions included in the CAP 2.0 (to be developed in the next phase of the project), will establish how the City intends to meet the target pathway. The City's long-term target is meant to be aspirational. Progress Towards CAP 1.0 Target The City's first Climate Action Plan (CAP 1.0), adopted in 2012, included a GHG emission reduction target of 15-percent below its baseline year by 2020 (consistent with the State's goals, as established in Assembly Bill 32 (AB 32) in 2006).1 This target was established as a mass emissions target, meaning it is not adjusted for population growth the City may have experienced. The most recent Pleasanton GHG emissions inventory (2017) is used to measure the City's progress toward the 2020 emission reduction goals established in the CAP 1.0. Attachment 2 specifies inventory methodology in detail.2 Figure 1 below, summarizes the change in emissions by sector from 2005 (the City's baseline year) to 2017 (the City's current inventory). Based on the 2017 inventory, Pleasanton exceeded the 2020 reduction goal three years ahead of schedule. In 2017, Pleasanton GHG emissions were estimated to be 588,553 metric tons (MT) of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e)3 or 7.7 MT CO2e per capita (if adjusted for population). The area with the largest decrease of emissions (in terms of metric tons equivalent) is off- road transportation (e.g., agricultural equipment, construction equipment, light commercial equipment, etc.). 1 AB 32 requires reducing emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. The California Air Resources Board(GARB)Scoping Plan identified 1990 levels as 15-percent below"current"baseline levels. The City's baseline levels are from the 2005 GHG emissions inventory. 2 The initial 2005 inventory was updated so both inventories use the same methodology to allow consistent comparison. Detailed description of the methodology used,and inventory data is included in Attachment 2. 3 Carbon dioxide equivalent is a term for describing GHG emissions in a common unit, signifying for any GHG the amount of CO2 that would have the equivalent global warming impact.The equivalent amount of CO2 is calculated based on the GHG global warming potential value. Page 3 of 10