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CLK-Pamela Aguilar <br />From: <br />Pat Nicholson <patnicho@gmail.com> <br />Sent: <br />Monday, October 28, 2019 11:35 AM <br />To: <br />GRP -City Council <br />Cc: <br />Doug Silverstein; Carol Cross <br />Subject: <br />Reach Codes <br />Dear Mayor Bain and all Council members, <br />Please consider strong Energy and Green Building Standards ("Reach Codes") that require All -Electric new construction <br />or prohibited gas use in new homes and buildings. Preventing the use of fossil fuels, including natural gas, in new <br />construction will create more affordable, cleaner, healthier, and more resilient housing and buildings for communities <br />throughout Redwood City. It will also future proof our cities and County against expensive and uncertain supplies of <br />natural gas. <br />A swift transition away from fossil fuel use is necessary to avoid the very worst and irreversible impacts of climate <br />change, and it is consistent with the UN's recent IPCC 2018 Special Report that shows we must dramatically reduce <br />Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions by 2030 through rapid and unprecedented measures. <br />Accordingly, the County of San Mateo joined over 1,000 national, international, and local jurisdictions with a formal <br />declaration of a Climate Emergency on September 17th of this year. They too are now strongly considering all -electric <br />building reach codes. <br />Adopting an all -electric Reach Code is the single biggest climate action you can take this year, and I ask you to support it <br />as an important action to phase out fossil natural gas fuel use in our homes and buildings. <br />Sincerely, <br />Pat Nicholson <br />