HomeMy WebLinkAboutPC Reso 13-31 Climate Action Plan Rec City Council Approval RESOLUTION NO. 13- 31
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
RECOMMENDING CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THE
CITY OF DUBLIN CLIMATE ACTION PLAN UPDATE
WHEREAS, an update to the City's Climate Action Plan is a City Council key initiative for
FY 13-14; 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, under CEQA 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, on November 16, 2010, the Dublin City Council adopted Resolution 167-10
approving the City of Dublin Climate Action Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City of Dublin has contracted with PMC to assist Staff in preparing the
Climate Action Plan Update; and
WHEREAS, the Climate Action Plan Update does the following:
o Provides background on actions taken to curb GHG emissions;
o Presents Dublin's baseline GHG emissions inventory in 2010 and forecast for GHG
emissions in 2020 based on business-as-usual scenario;
o Establishes a GHG emission reduction target of 15% below 2010 levels by 2020,
which results in an efficiency level of 3.2 MT CO2e 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;
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 Climate Action Plan Update 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 CAP Update community-wide measures combined with the Statewide
initiatives would reduce the anticipated emissions in the community by 102,380 metric tons/year
of carbon dioxide equivalent and would achieve the City's reduction goal of reducing GHG
emissions by 15% below 2010 levels by 2020, which results in an efficiency level of 3.2 MT
CO2e 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 September 24, 2013, the Planning Commission adopted
Resolution 13-XX recommending that the City Council adopt a Negative Declaration for the
Climate Action Plan Update; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a properly noticed public hearing on the
Climate Action Plan Update and related Negative Declaration on September 24, 2013; and
WHEREAS, a Staff Report was submitted recommending that the Planning Commission
adopt a Resolution recommending that the City Council approve the Climate Action Plan
Update; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission did review and consider the Negative Declaration
and Climate Action Plan Update, 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 Climate Action Plan Update,
with the City Council Resolution attached as Exhibit A.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 24th day of September 2013 by the following
vote:
AYES: O'Keefe, Bhuthimethee, Do, Goel, Kohli
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Mining Commission Chair
ATTEST:
Assis ant Citt unity Development Director
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RESOLUTION NO. XX-13
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
ADOPTING THE CITY OF DUBLIN CLIMATE ACTION PLAN UPDATE
WHEREAS, an update to the City's Climate Action Plan is a City Council key initiative for
FY 13-14; 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, under CEQA 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, on November 16, 2010, the Dublin City Council adopted Resolution 167-10
approving the City of Dublin Climate Action Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City of Dublin has contracted with PMC to assist Staff in preparing the
Climate Action Plan Update; and
WHEREAS, the Climate Action Plan Update does the following:
o Provides background on actions taken to curb GHG emissions;
o Presents Dublin's baseline GHG emissions inventory in 2010 and forecast for GHG
emissions in 2020 based on business-as-usual scenario;
o Establishes a GHG emission reduction target of 15% below 2010 levels by 2020,
which results in an efficiency level of 3.2 MT COze 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;
o Presents steps for implementation, monitoring and verification of the Plan to achieve
the designated emission reduction target; and
EXHIBIT A TO
ATTACHMENT 3
WHEREAS, the reduction measures within the Climate Action Plan Update 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 CAP Update community-wide measures combined with the Statewide
initiatives would reduce the anticipated emissions in the community by 102,380 metric tons/year
of carbon dioxide equivalent and would achieve the City's reduction goal of reducing GHG
emissions by 15% below 2010 levels by 2020, which results in an efficiency level of 3.2 MT
CO2e 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
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a properly noticed public hearing on the
Climate Action Plan Update and related Negative Declaration on September 24, 2013 and
adopted Resolution 13-XX recommending that the City Council adopt the Negative Declaration
and Resolution 13-XX recommending that the City Council adopt the CAP Update; and
WHEREAS, the City Council held a property noticed public hearing on the Climate Action
Plan Update and related Negative Declaration on , 2013; and
WHEREAS, a Staff Report was submitted recommending that the City Council adopt a
Resolution approving the Climate Action Plan Update; and
WHEREAS, the City Council did review and consider the Negative Declaration and the
Climate Action Plan Update, all said reports, recommendations and testimony herein above set
forth prior to making its decision on the Climate Action Plan Update.
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 City Council does hereby approve
and adopt the Climate Action Plan Update attached as Exhibit A with the proposed changes
outlined in the Climate Action Plan Errata included as Attachment 1 to Exhibit A and authorizes
Staff to make any non-substantive grammatical or editing changes in the final document.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this day of 2013 by the
following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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