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RESOLUTION NO. 10- XX
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
~ RECOMMENDING CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THE ~ CITY OF DUBLW CLIMATE ACTION PLAN
WHEREAS, the Fiscal Year 2010/2011 City Council Goals and Objectives includes as a
high priority goal, the creation of a Climate Action Plan; and
WHEREAS, on July 17, 2007, the Dublin City Council passed Resolution 139-07
approving participation in the Climate Protection Project for Alameda County jurisdictions; and
WHEREAS, the City of Dublin committed to ICLEI's five. milestone methodology for
reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions within the City, which includes the development of a
Climate Action Plan for reducing GHG emissions; and
WHEREAS, in June 2010, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD)
adopted California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) air quality thresholds of significance for
use within its jurisdiction, which included an emission level threshold and an efficiency threshold
for GHG emissions for development projects; and
WHEREAS, alternatively, under CEQA and the BAAQMD CEQA thresholds, a City may
prepare a qualified GHG Reduction Strategy or Climate Action Plan to evaluate a community's
cumulative impact due to GHG emissions from future planned development; and
WHEREAS, if a project is consistent with an adopted, qualified GHG Reduction Strategy
or Climate Action Plan, the Strategy/Plan can be used as a basis for determining that the project
would have a less than significant impact on a community's cumulative GHG emissions under
CEQA; and
WHEREAS, the City of Dublin has contracted with AECOM to assist Staff in preparing
the Draft Climate Action Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Draft Climate Action Plan does the following:
o Provides background on actions taken to curb GHG emissions;
o Presents Dublin's baseline GHG emissions inventory in 2005 and forecast for GHG
emissions in 2020 based on business-as-usual scenario;
o Establishes a GHG emission reduction target of 20% from the 2020 GHG emissions
forecast which results in an efficiency level of 4.22 MT C02e per service population
per year in 2020;
o Sets forth GHG emission reduction policies and measures for transportation/land use,
energy, and solid waste and recycling that Dublin will implement or is already
implementing to achieve the reduction target;
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o Presents steps for implementation, monitoring and verification of the Plan to achieve
the designated emission reduction target; and
WHEREAS, the reduction measures within the Draft Climate Action Plan are grouped
into the following seven categories:
1. Communitywide Transportation and Land Use Measures;
2. Communitywide Energy Measures;
3. Communitywide Solid Waste and Recycling Measures;
4. Municipal Transportation and Land Use Measures;
5. Municipal Energy Measures;
6. Municipal Solid Waste and Recycling Measures;
7. Public Outreach Programs; and
WHEREAS, the Draft community-wide CAP measures combined with the Statewide
initiatives would reduce the anticipated emissions in the community by 99,000 metric tons/year
of carbon dioxide equivalent and would achieve the City's reduction goal of reducing GHG
emissions by 20% below the business-as-usual projection of GHG emitted during 2020 by said
year which results in an efficiency level of 4.22 MT C02e per service population per year in
2020; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act certain projects
are required to be reviewed for environmental impacts and when applicable, environmental
documents prepared, and on October 26, 2010, the Planning Commission adopted Resolution
10-XX recommending that the City Council adopt a Negative Declaration for the Draft Climate
Action Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a properly noticed public hearing on the Draft
Climate Action Plan and related Negative Declaration on October 26, 2010; and
WHEREAS, a Staff Report was submitted recommending that the Planning Commission
adopt a Resolution recommending that the City Council approve the Draft Climate Action Plan;
and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission did review and consider the Negative Declaration
and Draft Climate Action Plan, all said reports, recommendations and testimony herein above
set forth prior to making its recommendation.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the foregoing recitals are true and correct
and made a part of this Resolution.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Dublin Planning Commission does hereby
recommend that the City Council adopt a Resolution approving the Draft Climate Action Plan,
with the City Council Resolution attached as Exhibit A.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 261h day of October 2010 by the following
vote: AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Planning Commission Chair
ATTEST:
Planning Manager
G:IPA#120100ublin Climate Action Plan & Neg DecIPC Meefing 10.26.101PC Reso 10.26.10 CAP_doc
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