irvine climate action plan league of cities conference 3.26.10
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Status Update and Important Lessons Learned from CAP for other cities and consultantsTRANSCRIPT
CITY OF IRVINE
DRAFT CLIMATE ACTION PLAN
CHANGING CLIMATE, CHANGING
REGULATIONS: CLIMATE-PROOFING YOUR
COMMUNITY
LEAGUE OF CA C ITIES
PLANNER’S INSTITUTE
MONTEREY, CA
MARCH 26, 2010
Uncertainty for Project Applicants
How do they account for GHG mitigation when a Climate Action Plan (CAP) is not in place?
Climate Change must be addressed in local planning efforts… But how?
California Environmental Quality Act
Review of individual project
Include General Plan Update
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
CONUNDRUM
Long-standing environmental leadership (1971)
Signed U.S. Mayor’s Climate Protection Agreement (2006)
Protection against litigation from Attorney General via AB 32 (2006)
Streamlined CEQA Review (2007)
Implementation of City’s adopted Energy Plan (2008)
Required for EE & Conservation Strategy (2009)
WHY DO A
CLIMATE ACTION PLAN?
6 MILESTONE PROCESS
Leadership Commitment
Inventory Emissions
Establish Target
Develop Climate Action Plan
Implement Climate Action Plan
Monitor/Evaluate Progress
IRVINE’S PROCESS
Bring ICLEI* database down from regional
to Irvine-specific:
Transportation Water Utilities
* ICLEI =International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives
SPATIAL ASSESSMENT
PROTOCOL
The CAP will be disaggregated from the community-wide scale to 50+ individual planning areas:
Planning area-specific growth scenarios
Potentially planning area-specific targets for growth and existing land use
Planning area specific monitoring and reporting
MAJOR COMPONENT OF EMISSIONS:
TRANSPORTATION
At least 40% statewide emissions come from transportation
In most So Cal cities, 50-70% of emissions come from transportation
Most cities lack agriculture or manufacturing that contributes to statewide emissions
VMT has grown and is projected to grow even more in the future
Transportation will soon be the #1 fuel user in the Country
RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN CAP
AND ENERGY
EFFICIENCY &
CONSERVATION
BLOCK GRANTS
FUNDING
Total Cost: $645K
Web-based Monitoring and Verification : Approx. $100K
Climate Action Plan Implementation: Approx $110K
Climate Action Plan: Approx $235K
GHG Protocol Development : Approx. $200K
LESSONS LEARNED
Working with Public Works -Transportation Staff
Breaking down the technical details
Importance of vetting the analysis, modeling, and the assumptions that went into the model
Applies to Everyone!
Explaining “Why are we doing a CAP to begin with?”
LESSONS LEARNED
Communication & presentation of materials is Critical!!
Within the City, external stakeholders, public education
This is unlike anything you’ve done before
Not legally mandated and no common standards
Do by trail and error
LESSONS LEARNED
A quality inventory is key –appropriate level of detail
Don’t have any standard protocols
Choose the right consultants
The goal is implementation
LESSONS LEARNED
Look at the CAP from a programmatic perspective
Make sure it is actually useful for Implementation
How are you going to fund these items?