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Ordinance No. City Council, February 20, 2024 <br />Exhibit A to Ordinance, New PMC Chapter, Page 1 <br />EXHIBIT A <br />Chapter 2.31 ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMISSION <br />2.31.010 Commission created. There is created an energy and environment commission. <br />2.31.020 Duties. <br />A. The energy and environment commission shall advise the city council in matters related to <br />city energy and environmental services as outlined in the City’s adopted Climate Action Plan <br />(CAP). <br />B. The duties of the commission shall include the following: <br /> 1. Advise and assist in implementation of the adopted CAP and assist with subsequent <br />updates to the CAP; <br />2. In collaboration City staff, prepare an Energy and Environmental Priorities Plan <br />focusing on energy and environmental issues and strategies reflecting community <br />opportunities, needs, and interest as identified in the CAP, and in consideration of <br />available City resources to successfully implement priorities; <br />3. As identified in the CAP, promote and recommend strategies toward preservation, <br />enhancement and sustainable utilization of environmental resources for use by <br />residents and businesses of the City of Pleasanton; <br />4. As identified in the CAP, give special consideration to issues that may adversely <br />affect those natural resources within the city. <br />5. Develop strategies that are measurable in a quantitative and qualitative fashion; and <br />6. Support the intent of the General Plan's environmental goals, policies and programs. <br />2.31.030 Membership—Appointments. <br />A. The commission shall have five regular commissioners, one youth member, and one <br />alternate commissioner all of whom shall be residents of the city. <br />B. The five regular commissioners and the one alternate commissioner shall be selected from <br />the community at large. The youth member shall be the minimum age of a high school <br />freshman. The regular commissioners, the youth member, and alternate commissioner shall be <br />appointed by the mayor, subject to the ratification by the city council, as provided in the adopted <br />city council resolution establishing procedures for appointments to boards and commissions. <br />C. Commissioners shall be eligible to participate in all activities of the commission except that <br />the alternate commissioner shall vote only in the event of an absence or conflict of interest of <br />one of the regular commissioners. <br />D. The alternate commissioner may serve as a voting member on any subcommittee of the <br />commission and may be designated as the commission’s representative to other boards and <br />commissions. <br />E. Commissioners shall be compensated as established by city council resolution, unless the <br />youth member is unable to qualify for a work permit that allows for compensation. <br />2.31.040 Term of membership. <br />A. Regular commissioners shall be eligible to serve a maximum of eight years with two four- <br />year terms. <br />Page 24 of 228