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Ayes: Councilmembers Arkin, Balch, Narum, Testa, Mayor Brown Noes: None Absent: None 17. Ratify calendar year 2022 City Council assignments to various boards and commissions, and Vice Mayor selection Mayor Brown explained Councilmembers have many responsibilities in addition to their regular meetings. She noted she tried to balance it as best as possible to weigh in Councilmember requests but explained scheduling conflicts precluded some Councilmembers from certain positions. Councilmember Balch advised the Livermore Amador Valley Water Management Agency (LAVMA) and StopWaste meetings are typically on the same day so if in-person meetings resumed it would potentially be a problem. He advised he is an alternate for LAVMA. In response to Councilmember Testa, Councilmember Balch clarified StopWaste meets in the City of Oakland so if they are held in person he could not be back to Pleasanton in time for the LAVMA meeting. Councilmember Testa advised it is important for the entire City Council to have the background and understanding of different regional committees and commissions. She requested consideration of moving things around in the future so each City Councilmember can have an opportunity to learn more about different issues. She recommended two years per assignment. Mayor Brown thanked Councilmember Testa for serving as Vice Mayor in 2021 and filling in for her over the year. She nominated Councilmember Arkin to be the 2022 Vice Mayor. Councilmember Narum moved to accept the nomination of Councilmember Arkin as Vice Mayor and the committee assignments as listed. Councilmember Testa seconded the motion. MOTION: It was m/s by Narum/Testa to accept the nomination for Vice Mayor and committee assignments as listed. Motion passed by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmembers Arkin, Balch, Narum, Testa, Mayor Brown Noes: None Absent: None 18. Introduce and review draft Climate Action Plan 2.0 and draft Initial Study Negative Declaration Associate Planner Megan Campbell reported the City's first Climate Action Plan (CAP) was adopted in 2012 and works to set the City's environmental policy framework. The first CAP had local policies through 2020 so CAP 2.0 is a City Council work plan priority. Ms. Campbell reported some of the initial objectives of CAP 2.0 include responding to state, regional, and local regulations, reducing the City's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, enhancing local environmental sustainability, and improving resilience, to create a plan that is evidence-based, actionable, achievable and is realistic and implementable, to create a qualified CAP under CEQA that complies with current regulations, and to shorten, simplify, and improve the aesthetics of the existing CAP. She advised after a delay due to the pandemic, the CAP process resumed in mid-2020, and noted staff has been working with the Committee on Energy and the Environment to prepare a CAP 2.0 that meets the initial objectives and sets the policy framework for the City for the next 10 years. She explained there is a long-term target of 2045 but the policies and actions in the CAP are focused on the first 10 years and will require another update in 2030. She reported the process started with reviewing existing conditions including CAP 1.0 progress, an City Council Minutes Page 7 of 18 December 21, 2021