Resolution 14183CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO.14183
SETTING A GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION GOAL OF 25% BELOW THE
2005 BASELINE LEVEL, ADOPTING THE LOCAL ACTION PLAN FOR
CLIMATE PROTECTION, AND DISSOLVING THE CLIMATE PROTECTION
TASK FORCE
WHEREAS, scientific consensus has developed that carbon dioxide
(002) and other greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere have a
profound effect on the Earth's climate; and
WHEREAS, the 2001 Third Assessment Report from the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the 2000 U.S. Global Change
Research Program's First National Assessment indicate that global warming
has begun; and
WHEREAS, energy consumption, specifically the burning of fossil fuels,
accounts for more than 80% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions; and
WHEREAS, local governments influence communities' emissions by
exercising key powers over land use, transportation, construction, waste
management, and energy management; and
WHEREAS, in 2007 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
stated that coastal communities and habitats will be increasingly stressed by
climate change impacts interacting with development and pollution; and
WHEREAS, local government actions taken to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions and increase energy efficiency provide multiple local benefits by
decreasing air pollution, creating jobs, reducing energy expenditures, and
saving money for the local government, its businesses and its residents; and
WHEREAS, in November 2006 the City Council pledged to participate in
the International Council on Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) Cities for
Climate Protection Campaign's Five-Milestone Process to reduce both
greenhouse gas and air pollution emissions throughout the community; and
WHEREAS, in November 2006 the City created the Climate Protection
Task Force to develop a Local Action Plan and greenhouse gas emission
reduction goal; and
WHEREAS, in January 2007, the City conducted a baseline inventory
based on 2005 data that summarized Alameda's greenhouse gas emissions;
and
WHEREAS, the baseline shows that the City has significant programs
already in place to reduce greenhouse gases, and that Alameda Power and
Telecom provides power that is already 85% carbon-free, and that the City of
Alameda has the lowest per capita rate of greenhouse gas emissions in
Alameda County and has the second lowest greenhouse gas emissions per
residential household in Alameda County; and
WHEREAS, the Climate Protection Task Force has developed initiatives
and measures within the draft Local Action Plan that, if fully implemented, could
reduce local greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 25% from the 2005
baseline inventory; and
WHEREAS, at the meeting of January 7, 2008, the Climate Protection
Task Force recommended a greenhouse gas emissions reduction goal of at
least 25% and adoption of the Local Action Plan for Climate Protection, as
amended, and
WHEREAS, the Climate Protection Task Force has met its obligations
pursuant to Resolution No. 14001.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Alameda determines that the project is Categorically Exempt from CEQA,
Guidelines, Section 15308 — Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of
the Environment.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council adopts a greenhouse
gas emissions reduction goal of 25%.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council adopts the Local
Action Plan for Climate Protection.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that he City Council dissolves the Climate
Protection Task Force.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and
regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda during the Regular
Meeting of the City Council on the 5th day of February, 2008, by the following vote to
wit:
AYES: Councilmembers deHaan, Gilmore, Matarrese, Tam
and Mayor Johnson - 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of
said City this 6th day of February, 2008.
Lara Weisiger, City Clerk
City of Alameda