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THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN Community Workshop #1 October 26, 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 Cost savings Less pollution More livable and healthy quality of life Resilience to fuel and energy price shocks 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 Saturday, November 13; 10 am to noon Thursday, December 2; 7 pm to 9 pm Speakers’ Bureau – On-going Close the Climate Action Survey – December 15 City Council: Quantification/ Workshop Results & Setting a Reduction Target – 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 OBJECTIVES Plan Objectives Where we are: To conduct an inventory of baseline GHGs (2005) and forecast growth Where we want to be: To assist the City Council and community in determining realistic, yet ambitious reduction targets How we get there: To provide an analysis of existing and potential policies, programs, and projects that will reduce GHGs To determine how much these measures will contribute toward potential reduction targets To outline implementation actions 7 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 8 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 9 El Cerrito Climate Action Plan ---PAGE BREAK--- THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN BASELINE INVENTORY 10 ---PAGE BREAK--- THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN 2005 Baseline Inventory - Detail 11 1 2 3 4 ---PAGE BREAK--- THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN Per Capita Detail 12 El Cerrito Climate Action Plan 2005 Baseline End Use Total Tons CO2e CO2e per User User # of Users Residential Energy Use 41,620 4.03 Household 10,340 Commercial Energy Use 22,385 46.64 Business 480 Water Use & Treatment 655 0.06 Home & Business 10,820 Transportation 74,825 2.73 Resident & Employee 27,444 Landfill Waste 7,302 0.67 Home & Business 10,820 Total 146,787 ---PAGE BREAK--- THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN EMISSION SCENARIOS 2005 -2035 13 ---PAGE BREAK--- THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN EMISSION SCENARIOS 2005 -2035 14 El Cerrito Climate Action Plan Year BAU Scenario Emissions after CA State Initiatives 15% Reduction Target Tons to Reduce after State Initiatives 2005 146,613 146,613 NA 2020 166,471 154,304 124,621 29,682 2035 192,225 180,058 102,629 77,429 • 2020 reductions equal to all residential natural gas use in 2005 ---PAGE BREAK--- THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN Municipal Actions Municipal Operations Climate Action Plan Clean Energy & Energy Efficiency Measures Clean and Efficient Fleets Employee Trip Reduction Strategies Environmentally Preferred Procurement Municipal Green Building Policies & Projects Urban Greening Urban Forest Bay-Friendly Landscaping 15 El Cerrito Climate Action Plan El Cerrito News and Views •205 tons reduced in just 2 years • $53,000 in annual cost savings • 9% reductions from our 2005 municipal baseline ---PAGE BREAK--- THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN Community Strategies 16 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 SAMPLE MEASURES Existing Policies, Programs, or Projects Emerging Policy Frameworks Potential New Mechanisms 17 El Cerrito Climate Action Plan ---PAGE BREAK--- THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN EXAMPLE OF EXISTING STRATEGIES Recycling Programs reducing waste by 3% per year since 2005 Reducing CO2e by 3,228 tons per year How do we keep that going? Waiving of Solar Permit Fees 18 El Cerrito Climate Action Plan ---PAGE BREAK--- THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN EXAMPLE OF POLICY FRAMEWORKS Land use policies that set the stage for higher density, mixed-use, transit-oriented development San Pablo Ave Specific Plan Policies and projects that create walkable communities Ohlone Greenway Master Plan San Pablo Ave Street Improvements Bike/Ped Plan 19 El Cerrito Climate Action Plan ---PAGE BREAK--- THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN EXAMPLE OF NEW MECHANISMS Community energy and green building measures Beyond Title 24 for new construction CalGreen Tier 1 or 2 Energy performance of existing buildings Energy Efficiency Ordinances Public education PACE Financing 20 El Cerrito Climate Action Plan Potential policies and programs that will need to go through their own policy making and adoption processes ---PAGE BREAK--- THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN Questions? Comments? 21 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