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Draft Climate Action Plan Errata
September 4, 2013
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On March 5, 2012, the Alameda County Superior Court issued a judgment finding that the BAAQMD had
failed to comply with CEQA when it adopted the thresholds. The court did not determine whether the
thresholds were valid on the merits, but found that the adoption of the thresholds was a project under
CEQA.The court issued a writ of mandate ordering the BAAQMD to set aside the thresholds and cease
dissemination of them until the BAAQMD had complied with CEQA.The BAAQMD.appealed the ruling,
and on August 13, 2013,44as-appea4e<J-the California First District Court of Appeal reversed the Alameda
County Superior Court's decision._.The appeal is euFFently pending in the GeWt ef Appeal of the State a
in view of the eeuo's eFder,the BAAQMD is ne lengeF FeeerAmending that the thFesholds be used as a
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City as a lead agency centinues te relies"on the substantial evidence based on statewide data and
analysis relative to AB 32 that underlie the june 2010-BAAQMD thresholds in making a an indepeadepA
determination of significance of plan-level GHG impacts
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Emissions by Sector
The Dublin community emitted approximately 328,155 MTCO2e in the year 2010. As visible in Figure 1
above and Tables 1 and 2 below,vehicles on roads and highways in Dublin are by far the largest sources
of Dublin's community emissions (62.2%). Emissions from the built environment(e.g., residential and
commercial/industrial sectors) account collectively for 4 est about one-third (35.4%)of community
emissions.The rest of Dublin's emissions are from wastewater transport to treatment facilities and waste
sent to landfills(2.4%) by Dublin residents and businesses.
TABLE 1: COMMUNITY GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BY SECTOR (MTCOZe)
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Stationary source emissions within Dublin are excluded from the inventory due to their low contribution
to community emissions or because they are captured elsewhere in the inventory.Stationary sources
within Dublin are permitted by the BAAQMD and represent less than 1%of the inventory total presented
above including activities such as such as diesel equipment at facilities and buildings and vehicle miles
traveled.
Transportation
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EXHIBIT A TO
ATTACHMENT 1
City of Dublin Climate Action Plan
Staff Proposed Changes and Errata to Draft CAP
Like most jurisdictions in the San Francisco Bay Area,the majority of Dublin's community emissions are
from the transportation sector. As Table 1 and Figure 1 show, nearly two-thirds (62.2%) of Dublin's
estimated emissions came from the transportation sector, with overall emissions from the sector totaling
204,151 FnetriG tensMT-0O2e.
The transportation sector analysis includes emissions from a44-vehicles using MTC's u-se-trip generation
model,which assigns within s Dublin 50%of VMT from trips that begin or end in the city, and 100%
of the VMT trips that begin and end in the city. 44ghw4ys
passing thFough Dublin's ,The transportation sector also includes—a—, �off-road vehicles and an apportioned amount of emissions generated by the
City's use of the BART passenger rail service.
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Local factors considered in selecting the target percentage to reduce GHG emissions included estimation
of the effects of implemented and planned programs and policies, an approximate assessment of future
opportunities to reduce emissions,targets adopted by peer communities, BAAQMD guidance and CEQA
significance thresholds, and emissions reductions expected to be achieved by state-level policy under AB
32 and other regulations. The City of Dublin is adopting a community emissions reduction target of 15%
below 2010 levels by 2020. By using 2010 GHG emission levels,the target is based on more reliable data
that includes sectors not captured in the 2005 inventory.To reach this target, the Dublin community must
reduce annual emissions by about 102,380 MTCO2e from 2010 levels,which includes both the state
reductions and CAP measures(see Table 11).
TABLE 11–DUBLIN COMMUNITY-WIDE EMISSIONS SUMMARY
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Further,the City of Dublin's CAP is designed to meet or exceed the goals of AB 32. Generally,the AB 32
goal refers to a 15%reduction below baseline levels and the BAAQMD plan-level thresholds of
significance identifies a baseline year from 2005-2008 to be an acceptable baseline.The intent of AB 32 is
to reduce mass emissions consistent with these baseline years.The City has determined that emissions in
2010 were not substantially different than emissions in 2008 and that a reduction target of 15%below
2010 emissions levels would meet similar goals. Estimates from the California Department of Finance
indicate a slight increase in population and housing in Dublin since 2005 with 2010 residents and housing
iust 3%above 2008 levels.Although the City experienced significant growth during the 2005-2008
timeframe growth has slowed following the recession as shown in Table 12 below.Thus,the 2010
inventory allows provides a more conservative analysis that likely overinflates emissions above 2005–
2008 levels resulting in a larger absolute amount of reductions that the City must reduce.The 2010
inventory also provides a more complete inventory capturing additional sectors(e.g. BART)that lack
comparable data for the 2005–2008 timeframe.A complete 2010 inventory allows the City to create a
comprehensive baseline and forecast accounting for all emissions-generating activities within the
community, consistent with the intent of AB 32.
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City of Dublin Climate Action Plan
Staff Proposed Changes and Errata to Draft CAP
TABLE 12—COMPARISON OF SELECT EMISSIONS INDICATORS,2005-2010
Emissions 2005 2008 2010 %Change, %Change,
Indicator 200_5-2010 2008-2010
Population 38,147 44,321 45.681 20% 3%
Housing 13,105 15.280 15,782 20`/� 3%
Sources:
1. State of California,Department of Finance, E-4 Population Estimates for Cities,Counties,and the State,2001
2010, with 2000&2010 Census Counts.Sacramento,California,November 2012
2. State of California,Department of Finance,E-8 Historical Population and Housing Estimates for Cities,Counties,
and the State,2000-2010.Sacramento,California,November 2012
To further demonstrate the City's commitment to the goals of AB 32,the City's CAP achieves the
BAAQMD's plan-level GHG efficiency-based metric of 6.6 MTCO2e per service population per year, where
service population is the summation of population and the number of jobs within the City.As displayed in
Table 13 below, the City of Dublin's measures achieve both the 15%reduction target and the BAAQMD
efficiency metric.The City will be growing over the 10-year period covered by the CAP Update, but during
this same time,the City's GHG emissions will be decreasing on a per-individual basis.While this CAP
identifies a 2020 reduction target, Executive Order S-3-05 identifies a state target of 80%below 1990
emissions levels by 2050. Dublin's CAP identifies a near-term,strategic 2020 target as a first step to
support longer-term reductions consistent with the state's 2050 goals.
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Renumber Table 12 and all subsequent tables to reflect the renumbering of current Table 12 to Table 13,
and-insertion of a new Table 12, as summarized above.
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A top-down approach to quantifying GHG emissions starts with a GHG reduction measure(e.g.,
installation of photovoltaic panels). If the measure is assumed to reduce electricity demand by a certain
number of kWh,this can be converted to GHG emissions reductions using an emissions factor for
electricity generation. HeweveF,it is cFitieal that the assumed Adiusted emissions factors "^ ,e
were developed by accounting for the effects of State actions on the adiusted
forecast recognizing that by 2020 California will achieve lower emissions rates for each unit of energy or
transportation based on the implementation of State programs The adjusted emissions factors are then
used to calculate the emissions reductions anticipated for each measure,ensuring that reduction
measures do not double-count the effects of state actions.
Page 1, Appendix D
Complete the following edits to the "Data Sources"column, as indicated below:
• Measures A.1.1, A.1.2, A.13:
Communication with City staff
Downtown Dublin Specific Plan
City of Dublin 2009—2014 Housing Element
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City of Dublin Climate Action Plan
Staff Proposed Changes and Errata to Draft CAP
Fehr& Peers_.(2009
• Measure A.1.5:
Urban Land Institute:Growing Cooler. ISBN:978-0-87420-082-2.Washington, DC(2008)
• Measure A.1.9:
Center for Clean Air Policy: CCAP Transportation Emissions Guidebook
Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority:Rapid, Local, and Express Routes
City of Dublin 2010 CAP
• Measure A.2.2:
City of Dublin 2010 CAP
California Public Utilities Commission. Energy Upgrade California:Alameda County
https://energyupgradeca.orp/county/alameda/about overview.
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