TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Anne McIntosh, Director of Community Development
Dana Murray, Environmental Programs Manager
Laurie Jester, Planning Manager
Erik Zandvliet, Traffic Engineer
SUBJECT:Title
Receive and File Draft Climate Action Plan (CAP) Phase II Policy Guidance Document to Reduce the City's Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) from the South Bay Cities Council of Governments (SBCCOG) (Community Development Director McIntosh).
RECEIVE REPORT, DISCUSS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that City Council receive information from the SBCCOG on the City's draft Climate Action Plan (CAP) Phase II.
Further, staff recommends that the City use this draft Climate Action Plan as the foundation for future climate action plan work and development, with City Staff and the Manhattan Beach Community reviewing and developing a revised draft Climate Action Plan for City Council adoption in 2018.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
No fiscal implications associated with the recommended action.
BACKGROUND:
The SBCCOG has been preparing a CAP for each South Bay city. The first GHG inventories were funded by a special assessment. The Energy Efficiency Chapter was developed through funding from Southern California Edison (SCE) & Southern California Gas (SCG) to help meet goals from the CA Long-Term Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan. Phase II of the project was funded by the Strategic Growth Council and Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Technical support for the methodology to calculate the GHG reductions was provided by consultants Fehr & Peers, Atkins Consulting, and Studio 111; Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts; and support from the University of Utah.
The SBCCOG completed GHG inventories for 2005, 2007, 2010, and 2012. Inventories are a necessary first step towards development of...
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