TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Tony Olmos, Public Works Director
Sona Coffee, Environmental Programs Manager
SUBJECT:Title
Resolution No. 15-0061 to Include Energy Efficiency Measures in the City's Climate Action Plan (Public Works Director Olmos).
ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 15-0061
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that City Council adopt Resolution No. 15-0061 to include Energy Efficiency Measures in the City's Climate Action Plan.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
No fiscal implications are associated with this action.
BACKGROUND:
The City of Manhattan Beach is working with the South Bay Cities Council of Governments (SBCCOG) to prepare a community-wide Climate Action Plan (CAP) to serve as the City's roadmap for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in municipal operations and the community at large. The SBCCOG received grant funding to complete the GHG inventory, as well as develop a CAP for the City, from Southern California Edison and the Southern California Gas Company.
The CAP is being drafted in line with the goals outlined in AB 32, California's Global Warming Solutions Act, for GHG reductions. The CAP will include a list of emission reducing actions organized by sector (energy, waste, power generation/storage, land use, and transportation) and time frame for implementation from CAP adoption (short-term, 1-3 years; medium term, 3-5 years; and long term, 5-10 years). It will also include GHG emission inventories to assess potential reductions and chart progress.
On April 29, 2015, Governor Brown issued a new Executive Order (B-30-15) to establish a California GHG reduction target of 40% below 1990 levels by 2030. The State's California Climate Change Scoping Plan emission target for 2020 and 2050 are 15% and 80% respectively below the 1990 baseline. The executive order and scoping...
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