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City of Pleasanton CEQA GHG Emissions Thresholds and Guidance 15064(h) and 1513.5(b)(2).The City of Pleasanton has developed the CEQA GHG Emissions Analysis Compliance Checklist to assist with determining project consistency with the CAP 2.0.The checklist is intended to provide individual projects the opportunity to demonstrate that they are minimizing GHG emissions while ensuring new development achieves its proportion of emissions reduction consistent with the assumptions of the CAP 2.0. Project consistency with a GHG emissions reduction plan can also be demonstrated through a quantitative analysis that demostrates the project will not impede(or will facilitate)the City's ability to meet its GHG emissions reduction targets. Table 1 summarizes the consistency of the CAP 2.0 with these requirements for year 2030(the next State milestone target year for GHG emissions reduction).As shown in Table 1, upon adoption of the IS-ND and approval of the plan by City Council,the Pleasanton CAP 2.0 met the requirements of a qualified GHG emission reduction plan per CEQA Guidelines Section 15183.5(b)(1)for projects with buildout years through 2030. Table 1 CAP 2.0 Consistency with CEQA Guidelines Section 15183.5(b)(1)for 2030 CEQA Guidelines Section 15183.5(b)(1)Requirement' Climate Action Plan Consistency Quantify GHG emissions,both existing Consistent.The Update includes communitywide GHG emissions inventories and projected over a specified time for years 2005 and 2017 and forecasts GHG emissions for years 2030 and period,resulting from activities within 2045. a defined geographic area. Establish a level,based on substantial Consistent.A key aspect of a qualified GHG emissions reduction plan is evidence,below which the substantial evidence that the identified GHG emissions reduction target contribution to GHG emissions from establishes a threshold where GHG emissions are not cumulatively activities covered by the plan would considerable.The AEP(2016)Beyond Newhall and 2020 white paper identifies not be cumulatively considerable. this threshold as being a local target that aligns with the State legislative targets.The CAP 2.0 establishes a long-term aspirational goal of carbon neutrality by 2045,and as discussed in Section 2.3,GHG Emissions Forecast, implementation of the plan will achieve a 51 percent reduction in total emissions compared to 1990 emissions levels by 2030.Therefore,this local target is more stringent than the State targets of a 40 percent emission reduction in 1990 levels by 2030. Identify and analyze the GHG Consistent.The CAP 2.0 breaks down its inventories and forecasts into sectors emissions resulting from specific (passenger transportation,non-passenger transportation,non-road actions or categories of actions equipment,residential energy(electricity and natural gas),non-residential anticipated within the geographic energy(electricity and natural gas),water and wastewater,solid waste,and area. carbon sequestration). Specify measures or a group of Consistent.The CAP 2.0 specifies strategies and actions that the City will enact measures,including performance and implement between 2022 and 2030 to meet its 2030 GHG emissions standards,that substantial evidence target.As discussed in Section 2.3,GHG Emissions Forecast,implementation of demonstrates,if implemented on a the plan will achieve a 51 percent reduction in 1990 emissions levels by 2030, project-by-project basis,would which is more stringent than the State target of a 40 percent emission collectively achieve the specified reduction in 1990 levels by 2030 and demonstrates substantial progress by emissions level. 2030 toward achieving the City's longer-term goal of carbon neutrality by 2045. Establish a mechanism to monitor the Consistent.Section 4,Implementation,includes a process to complete plan's progress toward achieving the community GHG emissions inventories every three years,with the first level and to require amendment if the inventory to be completed for calendar year 2023.The inventories will allow plan is not achieving specified levels. the City to measure progress towards meeting the CAP 2.0 goals.If an inventory indicates that the City is not on track to meet the CAP 2.0 GHG emissions goals,additional measures may be required at that time to increase emissions reduction strategies and maintain the CAP 2.0 status as a CEQA qualified GHG emissions reduction plan. 4