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affect each and every citizen, it is more than willing to discuss and lobby for fiscal issues that affect this city. He asked the Council to reconsider its position and become a clear voice for Pleasanton. John Carroll asked the City Council to reverse its decision approving the Stoneridge Drive Extension and Staples Ranch Project EIR based on the substantial and last minute updates to the draft EIR. He said that this action is a breach of CEQA procedure and that the citizens have been deprived of their right to reflect and comment on this new information. He questioned the intelligence behind expansion of a car dealership and construction of a massive ice facility in the current economic climate and also if Pleasanton is in the financial position to maintain roads that will soon see a significant increase in traffic. Mr. Carroll recommended that the City Council focus its fiscal efforts on developing an agreement with the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to provide adequate funding for the cost of this infrastructure as well as ongoing maintenance. Matt Morrison, Tri-Valley Sierra Club, stated that the Sierra Club Executive Committee voted unanimously to ask the City Council to re-circulate the draft EIR that includes proper mitigation for the San Joaquin Spear Scale habitat loss, improve upon other inadequate mitigation measures as detailed by the Alameda Creek Alliance, and include a detailed analysis and discussion of the impacts, mitigation options, and project alternatives for the full extension of Stoneridge Drive. The committee also voted unanimously to join any potential CEQA lawsuit filed by the citizens of Pleasanton challenging the project's environmental documents. He explained that this decision has initiated a process whereby the relevant documents will be reviewed by the Sierra Club San Francisco Bay Chapter Legal Committee and the Sierra Club National legal staff. It is expected that both parties will concur with previously retained counsel that the project's environmental documents do not comply with CEQA's substantive and procedural requirements. He advised the City Council that reversing approval of the Stoneridge Drive Specific Plan and Amendment/Staples Ranch Project EIR and deciding instead to prepare and re-circulate a revised draft EIR would be supported by the Sierra Club and would save the City costly and time consuming litigation. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OTHER MATTERS 12. Receive informational report on the results of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis issued by the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) Assistant to the City Manager Maria Lara reviewed Pleasanton's commitment to climate protection and outlined the Greenhouse Gas House Emissions Analysis provided by ICLEI. The analysis uses 2005 as the baseline year and incorporates data from Stop Waste, Caltrans, the California Energy Commission, and the Citys own records to identify the greatest emitters in both local government and community operations. ICLEI utilizes software that converts the three primary greenhouse gases to equivalent carbon dioxides (CO2e). Ms. Lara identified AB32 and S6375 as key pieces of legislation to monitor carefully. AB32 requires a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2020 and another reduction to 80% below 1990 levels by 2050. The California Air Resource Board has created a scoping plan to guide the implementation and achievement of these targets. SB375 assists in implementing AB32 by linking emissions reductions from reduction of urban sprawl with funding and environmental review. ABAG and MTC are currently working to synchronize their models and incorporate these strategies. Pleasanton's new Committee on Energy and the Environment will focus on establishing an emissions reduction target, developing a climate action plan to achieve that target, implementing the plan, and conducting a new inventory study to measure progress. City Council Minutes Page 3 of 8 March 3, 2009