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CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE:
MARCH 5, 2012
TITLE:
REPORT ON GREENHOUSE GAS
INVENTORY AND CLIMATE ACTION PLAN
PROCESS
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Receive and file report on Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Climate Action Plan Process.
DISCUSSION
On November 7, 2011, City Council approved an agreement with ICLEI — Local Governments for
Sustainability USA to develop a baseline greenhouse gas emissions inventory and a climate action
plan. Funding for the project was made available through The California Public Utilities
Commission, Local Government Strategic Plan for those cities with an existing Energy Efficiency
Partnership with Southern California Edison (SCE). The contract with SCE requires that the work
be completed by October 15, 2012.
A number of factors are driving the City to develop a GHG Inventory and CAP including:
• Assembly Bill 32: Requires Air Resources Board to adopt a statewide GHG emissions limit
to reach 1990 levels by 2020.
• Senate Bill 97: Directs the Governor's Office of Planning and Research to develop CEQA
guidelines for the mitigation of GHG emissions or the effects of GHG emissions.
• Senate Bill 375: Requires Air Resources Board to develop regional GHG emissions
reduction targets for passenger vehicles.
• California Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan: Goals and strategies for saving energy
applicable to government, utilities and the private sector.
Santa Ana has had an Energy Efficiency Partnership with SCE since 2008. SCE offered funding
to partner cities for completion of tasks that support the California Energy Efficiency Strategic
Plan. The SCE funding covers the entire Baseline GHG Emissions Inventory and the Energy
Chapter of the CAP.
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The purpose of the CAP is to reduce GHG emissions in both municipal operations and in the
community. In addition, an Environmental Impact Report will be prepared that will streamline
future development projects. Developers will have the CAP to refer to regarding mitigating project
emissions and thus will avoid a separate mitigation review. Projects or measures identified in the
CAP will also benefit non - development related projects by strategically positioning them as "shovel
ready," especially those that are grant funded.
Staff completed a Request for Proposal process to hire consultants to develop a GHG inventory
and CAP. ICLEI and their subcontractors were chosen from an initial field of ten teams of
proposers. The team is comprised of industry leaders in preparing these types of studies. In
addition, a CAP Steering Committee has been developed to steer the effort and is comprised of
staff from six City agencies and the City's Energy and Sustainability Consultant. They provide
ongoing input on the process, including the community and selected stakeholders and feedback
on emissions reduction measures.
The first step was to identify the base year for data collection. The base year, 2008, is the earliest
year with complete data and it is from this year that the GHG emissions forecast begins. The data
gathering included energy used from utilities such as SCE and Southern California Gas,
transportation information such as employee vehicle miles travelled and public transportation
impacts, water used and pumped and solid waste disposed.
The ICLEI team will convert the data collected to quantify the GHG emissions:
• Carbon dioxide is the most common GHG and comes from the burning of fossil fuels (oil,
natural gas, and coal), solid waste, trees and wood products.
• Methane is emitted during the production and transport of coal, natural gas, and oil.
Methane emissions also result from livestock and other agricultural practices and by the
decay of organic waste in municipal solid waste landfills.
• Nitrous oxide is emitted during agricultural and industrial activities, as well as during
combustion of fossil fuels and solid waste
• Fluorinated gases: Hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride are
synthetic, powerful greenhouse gases that are emitted from a variety of industrial
processes.
The CAP will provide a comprehensive listing of programs with associated costs and provide an
implementation and monitoring plan for reducing GHG emissions. The objective is to identify
measures that are supported and implementable.
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Each of the programs or measures will be evaluated by:
• GHG reduction potential
• Cost - effectiveness
• Availability of funding and staff resources
• Political support and feasibility
• Co- benefits for other programs and priorities
Public involvement is vital to the success of this CAP. Outreach includes providing an overview of
the process to the community and key stakeholders to generate ideas and solicit feedback.
Spanish and Vietnamese translators will be present. Also, a CAP webpage is being developed
and will be live in early March. A resident survey will be linked to the page for those who are not
able to attend community meetings and want to provide input.
The upcoming events to begin gathering community input are scheduled for March 27 and 28,
respectively:
First Community Meeting — Residents and the general public will be invited to learn about
and participate in the process of creating the CAP and discuss the greenhouse gas
emissions inventory.
Stakeholder Meetings — Four separate stakeholder groups will be invited to participate in
the CAP and will include: City commissions and committees, businesses, architects and
builders, and other interest groups.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with this action.
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