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DISCUSSION In January 2007, the matter was discussed by the Council during their 2007-08 work plan development process. Staff was directed to bring the matter back to Council for consideration. Alameda County Climate Protection Project ICLEI has initiated a program to help cities approach emissions reduction. Data collected from local agencies is loaded onto software that generates emissions amounts and sources associated with a base year and a forecast year. Based on this inventory, cities can then decide what, if any, changes to make to reduce emissions in the future. Alameda County Waste Management Authority (stopwaste.org) has offered to coordinate local agency activities in Alameda County and has contracted with ICLEI on behalf of participating cities to receive the following: • A baseline emissions inventory and forecast for each jurisdiction's internal operations and community activities • Assistance in developing an emissions reduction target for each jurisdiction • A survey of existing policies and programs being implemented by Alameda County local governments that serve to reduce emissions and save energy • A template Local Climate Action Plan, including common text and potential emissions reduction measures that can be used by each jurisdiction as a starting point for developing their individual local action plan • Individual assistance and information sharing with each jurisdiction, as well as overseeing coordination between jurisdictions. Alameda County began the project in summer 2006; several cities throughout the county have begun their inventories and participation in the project. To date, all cities within Alameda County, with the exception of Fremont, Dublin, Livermore and Pleasanton, have chosen to participate. Some of these cities have decided not to participate because the emissions inventory has been completed for their cities. Resources Required Costs for participating in the project include a $10,000 contribution (that may be paid using the Waste Import Mitigation funds) and a $1,200 membership fee to join ICLEI (which must be paid with other funds). In addition, both Alameda County and ICLEI request a staff liaison and an elected official to be designated as the contacts for the project; an estimated 40 hours of staff time will be needed to complete the project deliverables which include: • Develop greenhouse gas inventories • Participation in workshop on the inventory/action plan process • Customized Local Climate Action Plan development for use and potential implementation by the City Page 2 of 3