HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2018-009 N.C.S. 01/22/2018Resolution No. 2018 -009 N.C.S.
of the City of Petaluma, California
REAFFIRMING THE CITY OF PETALUMA'S INTENT TO REDUCE
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AS PART OF A COORDINATED EFFORT
THROUGH THE SONOMA COUNTY REGIONAL CLIMATE PROTECTION
AUTHORITY AND TO ADOPT LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION MEASURES
AS IDENTIFIED IN CLIMATE ACTION 2020
WHEREAS, climate change is a real and increasingly urgent threat that demands action
at every level of government; and
WHEREAS, actions taken by local governments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
(GHGs) provide multiple benefits by providing energy and cost savings, air quality and public
health improvements, local job creation, resource conservation, climate resilience, and enhanced
equity; and
WHEREAS, the State of California has adopted policy targets to reduce GHGs by 40%
from 1990 levels by 2030 and by 80% from 1990 levels by 2050; and
WHEREAS, the City of Petaluma has taken a number of actions in support of addressing
climate change, including joining Sonoma Clean Power, malting PACE financing available to
property owners, and implementing energy- saving projects; and
WHEREAS, the City of Petaluma participates in a coordinated, countywide
collaboration to address climate change via the Sonoma County Regional Climate Protection
Authority (RCPA); and
WHEREAS, the success of the RCPA depends on the participation of and collaboration
with all local jurisdictions, and a commitment to pool resources towards common goals; and
WHEREAS, the RCPA has adopted the same GHG reduction targets as the State of
California; and
WHEREAS, the RCPA has established twenty goals to reduce GHG emissions and nine
goals to prepare for local climate impacts; and
WHEREAS, the RCPA and the City of Petaluma collaborated through the Climate
Action 2020 project to develop Measures specific to Petaluma that will result in the reduction of
GHG and result in substantial environmental and community benefits.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Petaluma agrees to work
towards the RCPA's countywide target to reduce GHG emissions by 40% below 1990 levels by
2030 and 80% below 1990 levels by 2050; and
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Petaluma adopts the following goals to
reduce GHG emissions, and will pursue local actions that support these goals:
1. Increase building energy efficiency
2. Increase renewable energy use
3. Switch equipment from fossil fuel to electricity
4. Reduce travel demand through focused growth
5. Encourage a shift toward low- carbon transportation options
6. Increase vehicle and equipment fuel efficiency
7. Encourage a shift toward low - carbon fuels in vehicles and equipment
8. Reduce idling
9. Increase solid waste diversion
10. Increase capture and use of methane from landfills
11. Reduce water consumption
12. Increase recycled water and greywater use
13. Increase water and waste -water infrastructure efficiency
14. Increase use of renewable energy in water and wastewater systems
15. Reduce emissions from livestock operations
16. Reduce emissions from fertilizer use
17. Protect and enhance the value of open and working lands
18. Promote sustainable agriculture
19. Increase carbon sequestration
20. Reduce emissions from the consumption of goods and services; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Petaluma will continue to work to
increase the health and resilience of social, natural, and built resources to withstand the impacts
of climate change; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Petaluma has the goal of increasing
resilience by pursuing local actions that support the following goals:
1. Promote healthy, safe communities
2. Protect water resources
3. Promote as sustainable, climate - resilient economy
4. Mainstream the use of climate projections
5. Manage natural buffer zones around community resources
6. Promote agricultural preparedness and food security
7. Protect infrastructure
8. Increase emergency preparedness and prevention
9. Monitor climate change and its effects.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Petaluma will support these goals
through its own actions and through collaboration with other local governments through the
efforts of the Regional Climate Protection Authority; and
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Petaluma intends to implement its
local measures from the Climate Action 2020 planning project; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the adoption and implementation of the climate
protection measures developed for the City of Petaluma in Climate Action 2020 are categorially
exempt from environmental review pursuant to Section 15308 of Title 14 of the California Code
of Regulations, because these measures constitute actions taken by a regulatory agency, as
authorized by state or local ordinance, to assure the maintenance, restoration, enhancement, or
protection of the environment.
Under the power and authority conferred upon this Council by the Charter of said City.
REFERENCE: I hereby certify the foregoing Resolution was introduced and adopted by the Approve, ,as to
Council of the City of Petaluma at a Regular meeting on the 22 "d day of January
2018, by the following vote:
City Attorney
AYES: Barrett, Mayor Glass, Vice Mayor Healy, Kearney, King, Miller
NOES: None
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