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needed to make this plan more than just enough. She advised this is the opportunity for the City Council to lead aggressively with GHG emission reductions. She recommends adding staff as recommended by the committee, taking on more action items, front-loading the plan and selling carbon credits, doing more research, mandating more, and suggesting less. She wants Pleasanton to regain its title of the City of Planned Progress. She encouraged the City Council to take on climate head-on. Becky Dennis encouraged the City Council to embrace climate action and noted it will color many of the other decisions the City needs to make for housing, preservation of open space, and transportation. She advised climate action, the management of emissions, and the sequestration of carbon is the growth management strategy for the future, and anything the City does to improve resident's quality of life through that process and monetize the City's success in that process will serve it well. She inquired if the City is planning to any standards and requirements for people who are bringing new land uses to the City for mitigating their emissions, so the City does not end up with more emissions than it has today. She recommended partnerships for exceeding the CAP goals in the future. She encouraged the City Council to make policy that is good for all residents. Sharon Piekarski advised developing CAP 2.0 and implementing it is critical to providing a livable planet. She reported transportation is the largest source of Greenhouse Gas emissions and the City encouraging alternative means of getting around is very important to achieve reduction goals. She noted it is important to provide safe, convenient, active transportation options by implementing the Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan, the Trails Master Plan, and continuing to implement the City's Complete Streets Program. She added that incentivizing businesses to provide amenities like showers to encourage employees to ride to work and providing bicycle parking are necessary. She advised bicycle improvements on West Las Positas Boulevard, the Bike and Pedestrian Master Plan, and the maintenance of existing trails must become a priority during the 2023 priority setting process. Mayor Brown closed the public hearing. Councilmember Balch noted that building electrification has been a constant conversation and wants the City Council to talk about grid reliability and robustness. Associate Planner Campbell advised that for the existing building electrification plan which is 1164 and noted the intent is to have step one be to work with East Bay Community Energy (EBCE) and Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) to understand where the grids at and make sure that it can handle the onboarding of this electrification and noted grid capacity and reliance is going to be a big piece of that. Councilmember Balch reported a concerning trend is that people are installing backup generators in their homes grid reliability while working from home is causing a problem. He inquired if the City has a partnership with PUSD or an ability to include the school district in some type of partnership to electrify their buildings. Associate Planner Campbell advised the City can work with the school district but noted it is not included as a requirement in the action. In response to Councilmember Balch, Assistant to the City Manager Hopkins advised part of SB 1383's procurement of mulch and compost was legislation's attempt was to create a marketplace and infrastructure that does not currently exist. She advised that although the State requires the City to procure certain amounts of mulch and compost there has already been a clear understanding from the enforcement agency that most cities are not going to be able to meet those objectives because the product will not be available. Councilmember Balch expressed support on many of the actions but thinks electrification is difficult for residents to get behind and noted they may appreciate it being incentivized. He expressed concern that additional elements to the plan are needed to achieve the goal. City Council Minutes Page 14 of 19 November 2,2021