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assessment of existing plans and policies, and an analysis of vulnerabilities to climate change impacts in the City. She reported 64% of the City's emissions come from transportation and 10% comes from energy use in buildings. She advised the next step was to forecast future emissions based on job and population growth which is adjusted to take into account other regulations that would impact the City's emission. The target date for carbon neutrality per capita is 2045. She reported a draft CAP and accompanying CEQA documentation has been completed and advised the next step will be preparing a final CAP that will respond to any of the comments received through the public review period. Staff will prepare a monitoring and evaluation tool to track progress annually and provide updates to the City Council. The Committee on Energy and the Environment recommended a set of actions to include in the final CAP with City Council comments incorporated into the draft document. The City Council recommended 16 primary actions and 9 secondary actions which are also reflected in the draft document. She explained major changes from the committee's recommendation include modifying Action P4 to require instead of encouraging covered projects to install solar and battery backup storage, move Action P15 from the secondary action list to the primary action list which expands incentives to install water efficiency retrofits, remove grass lawns and install native drought-tolerant landscaping, and to omit Action 1216 which was to create a dedicated staffing position to support the CAP implementation. Ms. Campbell reported the actions and strategies included in the draft document are across 6 sectors which are Buildings and Energy, Transportation and Land Use, Materials and Consumption, Natural Systems, Water and Wastewater, and Community Resilience and Well-being. The 16 primary actions are recommended to be implemented and phased over the next 10 years and the 9 secondary actions are recommended to be implemented as opportunities arise. The accompanying CEQA documentation includes a draft Initial Study Negative Declaration that evaluates CAP 2.0's potential impacts on 20 environment factors. The study determined that CAP 2.0 would not have a significant negative effect on the environment. She reported staff prepared a qualified GHG Reduction Plan and noted a qualified CAP would allow future development projects to streamline their GHG analysis under CEQA based on the City's adopted CAP. She explained to do that, projects would need to comply with the City's CAP so project compliance would be crucial for City to achieve its goals and targets. Next steps include the public review period which ends today, implementation of modifications as necessary, the preparation of a monitoring and evaluation tool, and summary CAP. She reported the Final CAP 2.0 will be reviewed by the committee in late January and considered for adoption by the City Council in February. Mayor Brown explained staff is looking for a City Council review and a draft of the Initial Study and Negative Declaration, initial feedback on the draft documents, and any suggested revisions to be incorporated into the CAP. She advised it will be brought back one more time in early 2022. Mayor Brown opened the public hearing. Becky Dennis recommended the definition of urban forest be expanded to take into account the native vegetation in the City. She submitted ideas to staff on how to generate mulch. There are also no programs linking transportation improvements to land use. She noted the biggest problem in Pleasanton with emissions is the city is not able to get its workforce into Pleasanton to live. She encouraged developing an employer-assisted housing program to the CAP to help support carbon neutrality and to consider having stringent emission requirements for all new development. Jocelyn Combs expressed delight that the revised plan states the City will implement every single element. She recommends the project have a full-time Project Manager and advised she worked in that role in the past and knows how involved it can be. She believes the City would be well-served to have a single point person on this. She encouraged the City to aggressively look for grants to achieve the CAP 2.0 goals. Mayor Brown closed the public hearing. City Council Minutes Page 8 of 18 December 21, 2021