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Staff Report for a City of San Leandro City Council Resolution to Adopt 2030 and 2050 Carbon Emissions Targets and a City Council Resolution to Approve Amendment No. 6 to the Contractual Services Agreement with PlaceWorks for an Additional $68,151 for a Total Not to Exceed Amount of $815,119 and to Approve an Appropriation of $58,151 from the General Fund Unrestricted Fund Balance
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council approve Amendment No.6 to the Consulting Services Agreement (CSA) with PlaceWorks for preparation of the General Plan 2035 for an additional $68,151, for a total not to exceed amount of $815,119, and approve an appropriation of $58,151 from the General Fund. This amendment builds upon approved Work Task 5.3 from that CSA to conduct a Qualified Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Reductions Strategy, also known as a Climate Action Plan (CAP). The amended CSA will include in the scope of work: prepare a full updated CAP; create the City's first integrated Adaptation Plan; and conduct associated California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) analysis through an amendment to the General Plan EIR.
Staff also recommends that the City Council direct staff to set GHG emissions reductions goals for the Climate Action Plan Update to comply with the State of California's targets under Senate Bill (SB) 32, set for GHG emissions reductions of 40 percent below baseline levels by 2030 and 80 percent below baseline by 2050.
BACKGROUND
Analysis
Consulting Services Agreement
The existing scope of work for the General Plan 2035 contract with DCE | Planning Center (now known as PlaceWorks) includes updating the City of San Leandro's 2009 Climate Action Plan for the target year of 2020. The work was not started during adoption of General Plan 2035 due to a priorities shift to complete a Zoning Code Update concurrent with the General Plan 2035 adoption in 2016.
In the interim, the State of California released its 201...
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