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Public °ewe.,, Hearing Draft <br />Local and Regional Existing and Planned Accomplishments <br />The City of San Leandro, in coordination with regional partners, has a successful history of <br />developing and implementing sustainability policies. The City's adopted plans, along with <br />leadership from community members and businesses, have been partially responsible for <br />the decline in GHG emissions since 2009. Several policies are currently in place that are <br />expected to further reduce San Leandro's GHG emissions. <br />As part of the CAP update process, the project team <br />identified the following existing local and regional Local landscaping. <br />efforts that are expected to reduce San Leandro's future GHG emissions: <br />• East Bay Community Energy. Launched in 2018, East Bay Community Energy is the <br />default electricity supplier for San Leandro and provides an increased supply of <br />electricity from renewable sources. <br />• Energy Efficiency Retrofits. The City has made municipal energy efficiency retrofits under <br />its 2014 Climatec contract and installed a 1 mega -watt solar photovoltaic array with <br />assistance from a 2017 California Energy Commission grant, saving approximately <br />3,810,000 kilowatt-hours in energy per year. <br />• Streetlight Retrofits. The City began replacing high-pressure sodium streetlight bulbs with <br />LEDs in 2010 (Phase 1), with a second phase concluding in 2017. Approximately 4,600 <br />bulbs have been replaced. <br />Renewable Energy Capacity. Across the City, renewable energy capacity has been <br />enhanced via the installation of residential and commercial solar panels. <br />Municipal Renewable Diesel. The City fleet encompasses necessary vehicles ranging <br />from police cars to maintenance trucks to forklifts that all serve important jobs to keep <br />the community safe, clean, and attractive. In 2018, the City switched all diesel municipal <br />vehicles to 100-percent renewable diesel. <br />Shuttles. Since its inception in 2001, the LINKS <br />shuttle has served businesses in West San <br />Leandro by providing a free transportation <br />service for places of employment and the <br />Downtown San Leandro BART Station. As of <br />2018, the LINKs shuttle serviced approximately <br />198,000 riders per year. <br />Clean BART Electricity. Beginning in 2017, <br />BART has significantly increased the amount <br />of renewable and low- and no -carbon shuttle service within San Leandro. <br />Page 62 San Leandro 2021 Climate Action Plan <br />