Reso 2021-113 Adopt 2021 CAP and Addendum to 2035 General Plan

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2021 CLIMATE ACTION PLAN ADDENDUM NO.1 TO THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT CITY OF SAN LEANDRO 2. Project Description ■ EJ-1: Environmentally Preferred Purchasing. Continue to promote and enforce Environmentally Preferred Purchasing policies for City operations and encourage community businesses to adopt similar policies. (This is a supportive policy that does not create its own GHG emission reductions.) ■ EJ-2: Local goods and services. Continue Keep It Local SL campaign efforts and encourage businesses providing a variety of goods and services to locate in San Leandro. (This is a supportive policy that does not create its own GHG emission reductions.) ■ EJ-3: Low -carbon building materials. Work with local, regional, and State partners to expand the awareness of, availability, and cost-effectiveness of low -carbon or carbon -free construction materials. (This is a supportive policy that does not create its own GHG emission reductions.) ■ EJ-4: Green job training. Maximize opportunities for green jobs by supporting workforce training and other economic development activities in a manner that supports labor unions and improved equity. (This is a supportive policy that does not create its own GHG emission reductions.) ■ EJ-5: Workforce equity. Prioritize formerly incarcerated individuals, individuals with barriers to employment for green workforce development programs through 'ban the box' and other procurement standards. Perform culturally -sensitive targeted outreach for these programs. (This is a supportive policy that does not create its own GHG emission reductions.) The Modified Project revises the City's GHG emissions targets from the 2009 CAP, which was designed to reduce GHG emissions 25 percent below 2005 emissions levels by 2020. The 2021 CAP is projected to reduce San Leandro's GHG emissions to 426,890 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MTCO2e) by 2030 and 296,700 MTCO2e by 2050. This would reduce emissions to 41 percent below 2005 levels by 2030, and to 59 percent below 2005 levels by 2050. Thus, implementation of the 2021 CAP would achieve the City's 2030 GHG reduction target. On its own, this does not achieve the City's 2050 GHG reduction target, but instead places San Leandro on a trajectory toward continued GHG emission reduction that will support increased reduction activities in the future. Because the 2021 CAP is an actively -managed document, it has the flexibility to be modified as the science and regulatory framework around climate change is refined and improved over time. The City of San Leandro has successfully decreased GHG emissions by 20 percent (147,409 MTCO2e) between 2005 and 2017. Like the 2009 CAP, the proposed 2021 CAP would reduce GHG emissions for San Leandro through a mix of mandatory and voluntary measures listed previously. May 11, 2021 Page 15