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THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN Community Workshop #2 November 13, 2010 1 El Cerrito Climate Action Plan ---PAGE BREAK--- THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN Contacts 2 El Cerrito Climate Action Plan Maria Sanders El Cerrito Environmental Services Division 10890 San Pablo Ave El Cerrito, CA 94530 [PHONE REDACTED] [EMAIL REDACTED] www.el-cerrito.org/esd ---PAGE BREAK--- THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN WHY A CLIMATE ACTION PLAN? Council Commitment Threats Posed by Global Warming Many Benefits of Taking Action 3 El Cerrito Climate Action Plan ---PAGE BREAK--- THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN Process 4 El Cerrito Climate Action Plan What We Have Done Research and Analysis State and Regional Legal Context Local Threats from Climate Change Benefits of Taking Action Validated Baseline GHG Inventory Developed Growth Projections Investigating and Quantifying Potential Strategies Public Presentations Documents Available on City Website www.elcerrito.org/esd/energyandclimate.html City Council Progress Update – Sept 20 EQC Meeting: GHG Inventory, AB 32 Targets - Sept 28 ---PAGE BREAK--- THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN Process 5 El Cerrito Climate Action Plan Coming Milestones Community Workshops – GHG Reduction Strategies Tuesday, October 26; 5 pm to 7 pm - General Saturday, November 13; 10 am to noon - Transportation Thursday, December 2; 7 pm to 9 pm - Energy Speakers’ Bureau – On-going Climate Action Survey – Close December 15 Reduction Target - Adopted by Council in Jan 2011 Draft Plan: Begin Circulating Draft Plan – Early spring 2011 Community Meetings on Draft Plan – Late spring Plan Adoption: Summer 2011 ---PAGE BREAK--- THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN PURPOSE & SCOPE Purpose To provide a roadmap for pursuing community-wide and municipal reductions in Green House Gas (GHG) emissions To inspire municipal and community climate protection Help streamline GHG analysis for developments undergoing CEQA review Scope GHGs from Municipal Operations GHGs from Community-Wide 6 El Cerrito Climate Action Plan ---PAGE BREAK--- THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN REDUCTION TARGETS Reduction Targets AB 32 recommends local government reduction target 15% below “current” (2005 is good baseline) by 2020 Planning Horizons Baseline 2005 1st Target Year 2020 2nd Target Date 2035 7 El Cerrito Climate Action Plan ---PAGE BREAK--- THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN El Cerrito’s GHG Emissions What’s Counted in the Inventory Activities over which local government has some type of influence Activities that are reliably measured over time What’s Not Counted Consumer Goods: Upstream Emissions Food: Upstream Emissions Air Travel Travel beyond Contra Costa County 8 El Cerrito Climate Action Plan ---PAGE BREAK--- THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN BASELINE INVENTORY 9 ---PAGE BREAK--- THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN 2005 Baseline Inventory - Detail 10 1 2 3 4 ---PAGE BREAK--- THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN EMISSION SCENARIOS 2005 -2035 11 ---PAGE BREAK--- THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN Transportation Reduction Target 12 El Cerrito Climate Action Plan 15% Reduction in Transportation Emissions 1,000 less car miles per person per year Equal to 19 miles per week per person ---PAGE BREAK--- THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN Municipal Actions Municipal Operations Climate Action Plan Clean and Efficient Fleets Employee Trip Reduction Strategies Clean Energy & Energy Efficiency Measures Environmentally Preferred Procurement Municipal Green Building Policies & Projects Urban Greening Urban Forest Bay-Friendly Landscaping 13 El Cerrito Climate Action Plan ---PAGE BREAK--- THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN Community Strategies 14 El Cerrito Climate Action Plan Community-Wide Climate Action Strategies Land Use & Transportation – Livable Communities Building Energy Use – Greater Energy Independence Waste – Less Waste, More Fun Personal and Community Action ---PAGE BREAK--- THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN Transit-Oriented Development Land use policies that set the stage for higher density, mixed-use, transit-oriented development El Cerrito General Plan San Pablo Ave Specific Plan Regional Priority Development Area Market Forces 15 El Cerrito Climate Action Plan ---PAGE BREAK--- THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN Walkable Communities Existing policies and projects that create walkable communities Bike/Ped Plan San Pablo Ave Street Improvements Ohlone Greenway Master Plan 16 El Cerrito Climate Action Plan ---PAGE BREAK--- THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN Trip Reduction Strategies Regional Incentives Spare the Air Day 511ContraCosta.org GreenTrips Building Certification Program Bike to Work Day Is this enough? Can we do more? Business Strategies? El Cerrito Challenges? 17 El Cerrito Climate Action Plan ---PAGE BREAK--- THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN Survey Results! 18 El Cerrito Climate Action Plan Concern about climate change 75% strongly agree it’s an urgent issue; 16% somewhat agree don’t agree or don’t know Transportation Habits Average work commute is 19.5 miles per day 56% of us commute by car by ourselves an average of 70% of the time 34% take BART an average of 56% of the time 93% of us do our errands by car 80% of the time 47% of us walk to do our errands 27% of the time 18% of us bike to do our errands 18% of the time LIVING CLOSE TO SERVICES 29% of us live within easy walking distance of services Another 25% live about 15 minutes away from services ---PAGE BREAK--- THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN Questions? Comments? 19 El Cerrito Climate Action Plan Maria Sanders El Cerrito Environmental Services Division 10890 San Pablo Ave El Cerrito, CA 94530 [PHONE REDACTED] [EMAIL REDACTED] www.el-cerrito.org/esd