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Implementation • Implementing user fees for selected activities and services • Implementing paid parking in selected locations • Adding transportation impact fees to requirements for new construction projects Monitoring and Improvement To ensure that the emissions targets described in this CAP are met, ongoing monitoring is necessary. If it's determined that CAP efforts are falling short of the goals, the City will consider adding additional voluntary and mandatory measures to the CAP. This process is necessary for this CAP to maintain its status as a "GHG Reduction Strategy." Generation -based inventories provide a consistent way to track progress over time. But these inventories have two shortfalls: 1. Annual GHG generation -based inventories lag about two years behind. For instance, the 2018 inventory will be available in late 2020. This makes it difficult to get immediate feedback on changes to programs and policies. 2. Generation -based inventories don't tell the whole story. Our goal is to achieve 50 percent reduction of GHG emissions by 2030 on the way to carbon neutrality well before 2045. It will be difficult to meet the carbon neutrality goal without calculating and tracking emissions from the consumption of goods and services in addition to generation of emissions. Redwood City's monitoring and ongoing improvement program addresses these shortfalls: • Through the RICAPS program, Redwood City will consider participating in a countywide goal for Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) agreed to by all cities in the county. Those KPIs will be posted and tracked on the County's website. Examples of common KPIs are number of solar installations, number of EV charging stations installed, number of homes retrofitted, number of EVs purchased, number of heat pump water heaters and/or space heaters installed, etc. • Every year, the Environmental Initiatives Coordinator will provide an annual update to the City Council, residents, and other interested stakeholders on progress made implementing the CAP actions. The update will detail lessons learned and make recommendations for changes to the implementation strategy or the CAP itself. Following the release of the update report, a 30 -day public comment period will be open to allow for community input on the implementation of the CAP. • The Environmental Initiatives Coordinator will track the programs, additions and modifications, emissions, resource savings, equity and inclusion impact, and any other effects of each implemented action. Each action will be summarized in the annual update and made available for public review. • Every year, Redwood City will review the newest community GHG inventory provided by the County of San Mateo Office of Sustainability through the San Mateo County Energy Watch program. Every five years, the City will conduct a municipal GHG generation -based inventory to track progress on reducing the City's own emissions. • The Environmental Initiatives Coordinator will update the Plan as needed based on the results of the GHG inventories. Redwood City may modify and/or add new actions to ensure that the City is on track to meet its GHG reduction goals. • In partnership with the County Office of Sustainability, Redwood City will explore a collaboration with a research institution to include questions about climate protection behaviors in an annual countywide survey of community members. Responses from the survey could be used to track progress on community actions related to consumption -based emissions. City of Redwood City Climate Action Plan 70