REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Create a Community Advisory Committee and a Council Ad Hoc Advisory Committee for the Climate Action Plan (CAP) 2.0 Initiative
Report
BACKGROUND
The City's current Climate Action Plan (CAP) for addressing greenhouse gas emissions was adopted in May 2014. The CAP was developed through a comprehensive public participation strategy to engage the community in identifying strategies to reduce emissions. Key components of this strategy were formulated by contributions from the Horizon 2035 Advisory Committee, a Council-appointed committee of 15 individuals representing a broad variety of interests in Sunnyvale that served in an advisory capacity for the development of the CAP.
In May 2016, City Council approved the first biennial progress report on CAP implementation, which concluded that Sunnyvale is on track to meet or exceed the reduction target of achieving 1990 emissions levels by 2020 (which is deemed equivalent to a 15 percent reduction the base year 2008). However, the adopted CAP is not designed to meet the State targets of a 40 percent GHG reduction by 2030 and 80 percent reduction by 2050.
Accelerating Climate Action was added as a Council Policy Priority at the January 2017 Strategic Workshop. In alignment with this Priority, the City Manager's Recommended FY 2017/18 Budget includes Budget Supplement No. 6 in the amount of $250,000 to fund a new initiative - CAP 2.0 - Planning for Climate Action Beyond 2020. The funding will support consultant services that will provide for the research, analysis, and community engagement necessary to support Council policy and goal setting. The main goal of the CAP 2.0 Initiative is the development of a revised and more aggressive CAP that will contain guiding principles and key strategies designed to achieve or exceed the State's long-term greenhouse gas reduction targets.
As described in the CAP 2.0 Work Plan (Attachment 1), the CAP 2.0 Initiative includes:
1) Benchmarking programs...
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