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Community Development Department Planning Division 200 Old Bernal Avenue • P.O. Box 520 Pleasanton, California 94566-0802 Phone 925-931-5600 • pod@cityofpleasantonca.gov www.pleasantonpermits.com GHG EMISSION COMPLIANCE CHECKLIST The City of Pleasanton has adopted the Climate Action Plan (CAP) 2.0 that establishes 2030 and 2045 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions targets. The CAP 2.0 includes specific strategies and actions to reduce emissions to 4.11 MTCO2e per capita by 2030 (70 percent below 1990 levels) and provide substantial progress towards carbon neutrality by 2045. This is consistent with and exceeds California’s goal of reducing GHG emissions to 40 percent below 1990 levels (per Senate Bill 32) by 2030 and neutrality (per Executive Order B-55-18) by 2045. Pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15183.5, a lead agency may determine that a project’s incremental contribution to a cumulative effect is not cumulatively considerable if it complies a previously adopted plan. The CAP 2.0 is considered a “qualified” GHG reduction strategy and provides CEQA streamlining for future development that are subject to discretionary review and trigger environmental review pursuant to the CEQA. The purpose of the following GHG Emission Compliance Checklist (herein referred to as “Checklist”) is to assist with determining CAP 2.0 consistency for a future development project or plan (herein referred to as the “Project”). The CAP 2.0 includes actions that are both mandatory and voluntary actions, both contained in this Checklist. While mandatory actions that are required, voluntary actions are encouraged. Funding may be available for certain efforts as noted in the Checklist. Projects that are consistent with the CAP 2.0, as determined using this Checklist, may rely on the programmatic CAP 2.0 Initial Study-Negative Declaration GHG emissions analysis for the respective project- and cumulative-level GHG emissions impacts analysis. Inconsistency with any of the applicable mandatory actions in this Checklist would make a Project inconsistent with the overall Checklist. Projects that are identified as inconsistent with the CAP 2.0 through the use of this Checklist must prepare a project-specific analysis of GHG emissions, including quantification of existing and projected GHG emissions compared to BAAQMD GHG emissions thresholds or other GHG emissions thresholds determined appropriate by the City. Said projects must still incorporate CAP 2.0 actions in this Checklist to the extent feasible. This Checklist may be periodically updated to incorporate new GHG reduction techniques, to comply with later amendments to the CAP, or to reflect changes in other sustainability-focused local, State, or federal laws, regulations, ordinances, and programs. Checklist Applicability The Checklist includes a column with the applicable regulation, project type, requirements, Project compliance, and explanation. The Project Type column of the Checklist indicates regulation applicability based on project type. Project types include: • Renovations and additions • New construction (which includes any new buildings irrespective of existing development on a lot as well as any development on a vacant lot)